691
Index
Generic trading systems:
breakouts (see Breakout systems)
moving averages and, 237–243
Gold:
fundamental analysis and, 347, 371
futures (see Gold futures)
intramarket stock index spreads and, 461
market response analysis and, 410
prices, 284
seasonal index and, 400
spot, buying, 555
Gold futures:
buying, 555
volume shift in, 10
Gold/silver spread, 454
Good-till-canceled (GTC) orders. See GTC orders
Government regulations, potential impact  
of, 415
Government reports, unexpected developments 
and, 420
GPR (gain-to-pain ratio), 328–329
Grain prices, 351
Great Recession, 423
Gresham’s law of money, 312
Grinder, John, 586
Gross domestic product (GDP):
deflator, 383
independent variables and, 677
GTC orders:
about, 16
order placement and, 568
stop-loss points and, 183, 188
trade exit and, 569
Hard work, skill versus, 576–577
Head and shoulders:
about, 138–141
failed top pattern, 227–229
Heating oil:
alternative approach, 396–397
average percentage method, 391, 392–394,  
398
link relative method, 394–396, 398
Hedge, definition of, 517
Hedge ratio, neutral (delta), 484–485
Hedging, 11–13
applications, 554–555
buy hedge, 12–13
Fundamental analysis:
about, 16
analogous season method, 374
balance table, 373–374
danger in using, 417
discounting and, 428–430
expectations, role of, 379–381
fallacies. see Fallacies
forecasting model, building, 413–415
gold market and, 371
index models, 376–377
inflation, incorporation of, 383–388
long-term implications versus short-term 
response, 432–435
market response analysis (see Market response 
analysis)
money management and, 426–427
“old hand” approach, 373
pitfalls in, 418–426
reasons to use, 427–428
regression analysis, 374–375
seasonal analysis and, 389–401
spread trades and, 449
supply-demand analysis, 359–371
technical analysis and, 21–24, 417–418, 426–427
trading and, 417–435
types of, 373–377
FundSeeder.com, 343
Futures markets, nature of, 3–4
Futures price series selection, 279–288
actual contract series, 279–280
comparing the series, 285–287
constant-forward (“perpetual”) series, 281–282
continuous (spread-adjusted) price series, 282–285
nearest futures, 280
Gain(s):
expected, 550, 551
maximization of, 583
Gain-to-pain ratio (GPR), 328–329
Gardner, John, 314
GDP . See Gross domestic product (GDP)
General rule, spreads, 443–445
about, 443
applicability and nonapplicability, 443–444
commodities bearing little or no relationship to, 
444–445
commodities conforming to inverse of, 444