Praise for Stock Index Futures & Options "Everything you wanted to know about global stock indexes in one place." -Tom Basso CEO, Trendstat Capital Management "With twenty years of professional experience behind her, Susan Abbott Gidel is the perfect person to present this intricate overview of today's futures and options markets. Included is everything a beginner needs to know to understand the world of derivatives." -Robert R. Prechter Jr. President, Elliott Wave International
A stock index is a compilation of many stocks such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the Standard & Poor's 500. These broader indexes can be very profitable to trade. However, individual investors and smaller traders have traditionally been left out of these markets due to the expense of just one contract (which can be as high as $100,000).
