Futures Spread Trading

While most market participants view futures trading as a game of directional speculation, institutional professionals know the true edge lies in relative value. Designed specifically for active futures traders, quantitative analysts, and portfolio managers, this book provides a comprehensive framework for mastering multi-leg futures strategies. By trading the structural relationships between assets rather than outright price, you will learn to capture market inefficiencies while isolating your capital from broad directional volatility.
This guide explores the precise mechanics and quantitative models behind the industry's most reliable relative value trades. You will dive deep into calendar spreads, mastering term-structure anomalies, cost-of-carry models, and the nuances of curve roll dynamics. Moving beyond intra-market curves, the text details the construction of inter-commodity strategies, including energy crack spreads and agricultural crush spreads. You will learn the exact economic drivers, unit conversions, and fundamental linkages that dictate industrial processing margins across global supply chains.
What sets this book apart is its rigorous focus on institutional risk management and practical trade execution. You will discover how to navigate implied order books to eliminate legging risk and learn to manage the unique margin, liquidity, and correlation threats inherent in highly leveraged spread portfolios. Bridging the gap between economic theory and market microstructure, this essential resource equips you with the analytical tools to confidently build, stres