Stock Index Futures & Options: The Ins and Outs of Trading Any Index, Anywhere »

SUSAN ABBOTT GIDEL is a financial writer who has devoted her career to examining and writing about all aspects of the financial markets, with an emphasis on exchange-traded futures and options. Formerly an editor of Futures magazine, she is President of CGA Communications Group, Inc., whose clients have included the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Futures Industry magazine, Hull Equity Management, the London Metal Exchange, MAR, Prudential Securities, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. She lives in Chicago and can be reached at sgidel@educatedinvestor.com.

Praise for Stock Index Futures & Options "Everything you wanted to know about global stock indexes in one place." -Tom Basso CEO, Trendstat Capital Management "With twenty years of professional experience behind her, Susan Abbott Gidel is the perfect person to present this intricate overview of today's futures and options markets. Included is everything a beginner needs to know to understand the world of derivatives." -Robert R. Prechter Jr. President, Elliott Wave International