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[...]... 10 1 Goldman Sachs Commodity Index 10 1 Reuters/Jefferies Commodity Research Bureau Index 10 4 Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index 10 6 Rogers International Commodities Index 10 8 Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index 11 1 Which Index Should You Use? 11 3 Chapter 8: Understanding How Commodities Exchanges Work 11 5 Why Do We Have Commodities. .. How Commodities Exchanges Work 11 5 Chapter 9: Back to the Future: Getting a Grip on Futures and Options 13 3 Chapter 10 : Technically Speaking: Using Technical Analysis 15 1 Part III: The Power House: How to Make Money in Energy 16 7 Chapter 11 : It’s a Crude, Crude World! Investing in Crude Oil 16 9 Chapter 12 : Welcome to Gas Vegas, Baby! Trading Natural Gas 18 9 Chapter 13 : Fuel for. .. in action! 14 6 Trader talk 14 7 Options have character .14 8 xv xvi Commodities For Dummies Chapter 10 : Technically Speaking: Using Technical Analysis 15 1 Looking at Charts: A Picture Is Worth More Than a Thousand Words .15 2 Line it up: Checking out line charts 15 3 Going for bar charts 15 3 Lighting up the chart with candlesticks 15 5 Identifying Patterns:... 1 Part I: Commodities: Just the Facts 9 Chapter 1: Investors, Start Your Engines! An Overview of Commodities 11 Chapter 2: Earn, Baby, Earn! Why You Should Invest in Commodities 25 Chapter 3: Is Investing in Commodities Only for the Brave? 41 Chapter 4: Get Ready to Rumble! Commodity Bulls vs Bears 51 Chapter 5: Feel the Love: Welcoming Commodities into Your Portfolio 61 Part... Commodities: Just the Facts .9 Chapter 1: Investors, Start Your Engines! An Overview of Commodities 11 First Things First 12 Going for a Spin: Choosing the Right Investment Vehicle .14 The futures markets .14 The equity markets 16 Managed funds 18 Physical attractiveness 18 Checking Out What’s on the Menu .19 ... Energy 16 7 Chapter 11 : It’s a Crude, Crude World! Investing in Crude Oil 16 9 Crude Realities .17 0 No need for a reservation: Examining global reserve estimates 17 1 Staying busy and productive: Looking at production figures .17 3 It can be demanding: Checking out demand figures 17 4 Going in and out: Eyeing imports and exports .17 6 Going Up the Crude Chain 17 8 You... 210 Current affairs 210 Power plays . 211 Always Brand Spanking New! Renewable Energy Sources 213 Sunny delight: Solar energy . 214 Fast and furious: Wind energy 214 Chapter 14 : Totally Energized: Investing in Energy Companies 217 Bulls Eye! Profiting from Oil Exploration and Production 217 Going offshore 218 Staying on dry land 2 21 Servicing... Anyway? 11 6 Identifying the Major Commodity Exchanges 11 7 Ready, Set, Invest: Opening an Account and Placing Orders 12 0 Choosing the right account .12 1 Placing orders .12 3 Tracking your order from start to finish 12 6 Owning a Piece of an Exchange 12 9 Chapter 9: Back to the Future: Getting a Grip on Futures and Options 13 3 The Future... Contracts 13 4 The competition: Who trades futures? 13 6 Contract specs: Keeping track of all the moving pieces .13 8 For a Few Dollars Less: Trading Futures on Margin 14 2 Taking a Pulse: Figuring Out Where the Futures Market Is Heading .14 3 Contango: It takes two to tango 14 3 Backwardation: One step forward, two steps back .14 4 Keeping Your Options Open: Trading with Options 14 5 Cutting... Trend Is Your Friend 15 6 Identifying support and resistance 15 6 Trend lines: Ride the trend till the end 15 9 Pump Up the Volume! 16 0 Moving Averages: Anything But Average 16 2 Keeping it simple with the SMA 16 2 Taking it up a notch with the EMA 16 2 It’s All Relative: Using the RSI .16 4 Breaking into Bollinger Bands 16 5 Part III: The Power . Bouchentouf Commodities FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_ 049286 ffirs.qxp 10 /26/06 2:54 PM Page iii 01_ 049286 ffirs.qxp 10 /26/06 2:54 PM Page ii Commodities FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_ 049286 ffirs.qxp 10 /26/06 2:54 PM Page i 01_ 049286. ffirs.qxp 10 /26/06 2:54 PM Page ii by Amine Bouchentouf Commodities FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_ 049286 ffirs.qxp 10 /26/06 2:54 PM Page iii Commodities For Dummies ® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 11 1 River. Have Commodities Exchanges, Anyway? 11 6 Identifying the Major Commodity Exchanges 11 7 Ready, Set, Invest: Opening an Account and Placing Orders 12 0 Choosing the right account 12 1 Placing orders 12 3 Tracking