Informationen zum Autor GREG GLINER most recently worked at AQR Capital Management on the Global Asset Allocation team and as an analyst at Tudor Investment Corporation, a global macro hedge fund focusing on discretionary macro in equities, commodities, foreign exchange, and fixed income. Prior to this, he was with Thracian Capital (a hedge fund seeded by Man Group PLC/GLG), where he was a Portfolio Manager. Gliner also worked at BNP Paribas in their equity derivatives business and was also with Citigroup's Financial Institution Group in investment banking where he was involved in various M&A, equity, and debt transactions. He holds MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School, and has a BS and BA from Miami University (OH) in finance and history.Gliner pledges all personal profits from the sale of this book to charity. Klappentext Brings global macro trading down to earth for individual and professional traders, investors and asset managers, as well being a useful reference handbookGlobal Macro Trading is an indispensable guide for traders and investors who want to trade Global Macro - it provides Trading Strategies and overviews of the four asset classes in Global Macro which include equities, currencies, fixed income and commodities. Greg Gliner, who has worked for some of the largest global macro hedge funds, shares ways in which an array of global macro participants seek to capitalize on this strategy, while also serving as a useful reference tool. Whether you are a retail investor, manage your own portfolio, or a finance professional, this book equips you with the knowledge and skills you need to capitalize in global macro. Provides a comprehensive overview of global macro trading, which consists of portfolio construction, risk management, biases and essentials to query building Equips the reader with introductions and tools for each of the four asset classes; equities, currencies, fixed income and commodities Arms you with a range of powerful global-macro trading and investing strategies, that include introductions to discretionary and systematic macro Introduces the role of central banking, importance of global macroeconomic data releases and demographics, as they relate to global macro trading Zusammenfassung Brings global macro trading down to earth for individual and professional traders, investors and asset managers, as well being a useful reference handbookGlobal Macro Trading is an indispensable guide for traders and investors who want to trade Global Macro - it provides Trading Strategies and overviews of the four asset classes in Global Macro which include equities, currencies, fixed income and commodities. Greg Gliner, who has worked for some of the largest global macro hedge funds, shares ways in which an array of global macro participants seek to capitalize on this strategy, while also serving as a useful reference tool. Whether you are a retail investor, manage your own portfolio, or a finance professional, this book equips you with the knowledge and skills you need to capitalize in global macro. Provides a comprehensive overview of global macro trading, which consists of portfolio construction, risk management, biases and essentials to query building Equips the reader with introductions and tools for each of the four asset classes; equities, currencies, fixed income and commodities Arms you with a range of powerful global-macro trading and investing strategies, that include introductions to discretionary and systematic macro Introduces the role of central banking, importance of global macroeconomic data releases and demographics, as they relate to global macro trading Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xiPart One: An Overview of Global MacroChapter 1 Surveying the Global Macro Landscape 3Types of Global Macro Strategies 3Return Profile and Allocations 6Hedge Funds and Global Macro 7Summary 10Chapter 2 Trading Process, Sizi...

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GREG GLINER most recently worked at AQR Capital Management on the Global Asset Allocation team and as an analyst at Tudor Investment Corporation, a global macro hedge fund focusing on discretionary macro in equities, commodities, foreign exchange, and fixed income. Prior to this, he was with Thracian Capital (a hedge fund seeded by Man Group PLC/GLG), where he was a Portfolio Manager. Gliner also worked at BNP Paribas in their equity derivatives business and was also with Citigroup's Financial Institution Group in investment banking where he was involved in various M&A, equity, and debt transactions. He holds MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School, and has a BS and BA from Miami University (OH) in finance and history. Gliner pledges all personal profits from the sale of this book to charity.

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Brings global macro trading down to earth for individual and professional traders, investors and asset managers, as well being a useful reference handbook Global Macro Trading is an indispensable guide for traders and investors who want to trade Global Macro - it provides Trading Strategies and overviews of the four asset classes in Global Macro which include equities, currencies, fixed income and commodities. Greg Gliner, who has worked for some of the largest global macro hedge funds, shares ways in which an array of global macro participants seek to capitalize on this strategy, while also serving as a useful reference tool. Whether you are a retail investor, manage your own portfolio, or a finance professional, this book equips you with the knowledge and skills you need to capitalize in global macro. Provides a comprehensive overview of global macro trading, which consists of portfolio construction, risk management, biases and essentials to query building Equips the reader with introductions and tools for each of the four asset classes; equities, currencies, fixed income and commodities Arms you with a range of powerful global-macro trading and investing strategies, that include introductions to discretionary and systematic macro Introduces the role of central banking, importance of global macroeconomic data releases and demographics, as they relate to global macro trading

Inhalt

Preface xiii

Part One: An Overview Of Global Macro

Chapter 1 Surveying the Global Macro Landscape 3

Types of Global Macro Strategies 3

Return Profile and Allocations 6

Hedge Funds and Global Macro 7

Summary 10

Chapter 2 Trading Process, Sizing Trades, and Monitoring Performance 11

Maintaining a Stringent Process 12

Objectivity and Bias 12

Taking Losses 15

Position Sizing 16

Unit Size 17

Volatility Adjusting Position Size 17

Risk/Reward 18

Correlation 19

Gap Risk 20

Position Sizing Sheet 21

Thematic Trade 21

Sharpe Ratio 22

Sortino Ratio 23

Drawdowns 23

Value at Risk (VaR) 23

Risk Utilization 24

Stress-Testing 26

Monitoring Performance 27

Trend Analysis 29

Bloomberg Shortcuts 31

Summary 31

Chapter 3 Back-Tests, Queries, and Analogs 33

Simple Back-Tests and Queries 33

An Example of Building a Query 34

Historical Correlations and Analogs 40

Summary 43

Chapter 4 The Building Blocks of Global Macro Trading:The Importance of Equities, Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, and Commodities in Global Macro 45

The Four Product Groups 45

Assessing the Relationships between Assets 50

Summary 53

Chapter 5 Technical Analysis 55

Strengths and Weaknesses of Technical Analysis 55

Types of Charts 56

Volume and Open Interest 63

CFTC Positioning 64

Trend 66

Moving Averages 66

Bollinger Bands 67

Reversal Patterns 67

Head and Shoulders 68

Trend Lines 69

Triple Tops and Bottoms 69

Continuation Patterns 70

Triangles 70

Oscillators 71

Elliott Wave Theory 74

Parabolics 80

Seasonals 82

Cycles 83

Crowd Psychology and Contrarian Views 84

Chartered Market Technician (CMT) 87

Bloomberg Shortcuts…