Resumen del libro

Reseña: In the current market conditions investors and traders have to become more skilful to make money in the plain vanilla bond markets. They can no longer rely on structured products and complex derivatives as the credit crisis has shown these to be riskier than expected. With this in mind, Hor Chan, with a wealth of practical experience and knowledge, gets right to the heart of creating successful fixed income trading ideas. He carefully explains and illustrates the wide variety of approaches that can be employed in the market; describing various types of strategies, from simple directional trading based on macroeconomic and fundamental analysis to complex strategies using swaptions. He shows you how to identify the best trades, how to structure the trades, and the potential profits and risks involved. Aimed at practitioners in the fixed income markets the emphasis is always on practical examples and a strong focus on profitable techniques. The must have guide to profitable fixed income trading.

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indice: How fixed income traders make money Forming a trading view Relative value trading of government bonds Repos Relative value trading of corporate bonds Yield curve trading strategies Butterfly and barbell trades Using derivatives to put on relative value trades Conditional trades using swaptions Basis trades using credit default swaps Credit default swap curve trades

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