Textbook:
Trader Construction Kit: Fundamental & Technical Analysis, Risk Management, Directional Trading, Spreads, Options, Quantitative Strategies, Execution, Position Management, Data Science & Programming
Author(s): Joel Rubano

Trader Construction Kit is a practical guide to developing the skills and techniques employed by professional traders, including: • Fundamentally and technically analyzing a market. • Assessing the volatility and risk characteristics of the market. • Developing a view, an actionable perspective on the future of price. • Evaluating directional, spread, option & quantitative trading strategies. • Weighing the inherent risk and reward in potential positions. • Efficiently executing trades and managing the resulting exposures. • Pricing and hedging structured transactions.Additional chapters describe how: • The evolutionary state of a market shapes the activities of its inhabitants. • The role of a trader varies at different types of financial institutions. • A trader’s personality forms an integral part of their approach to the market.• To survive and thrive on a trading floor.Trader Construction Kit contains a single, highly detailed case study that incrementally incorporates and applies the lessons learned in each chapter. A new for 2020 appendix presents an overview of the basics of data science and programming for traders.

Introduction
Know Yourself
Know the Enemy
Fundamental Analysis
Technical Analysis
Understanding Volatility
Understanding Risk
Developing a Cohesive Market View
Directional Trading Strategies
Spread Trading Strategies
Option Trading Strategies
Quantitative Trading Strategies
Evaluating Trades & Creating a Trading Plan
Trading Mechanics
Managing Positions & Portfolios
Pricing & Hedging Structured Transactions
Navigating the Corporate Culture
Conclusion
Appendix A - Resources
Appendix B – Data Science & Programming
Index