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Trader Construction Kit forms the foundation for Instradev, LLC’s approach to developing traders

Trader Construction Kit is designed to be the best first book for aspiring traders interested in a career with a bank, hedge fund or other financial institution. Written by Instradev, LLC’s founder Joel Rubano, it was a #1 New Release in the commodities trading category on Amazon on its publication in 2020.

Trader Construction Kit is currently in use by hedge fund, bank, merchant, and commercial traders, and is part of the curriculum at academic institutions with internationally competitive trading teams and universities with student-run funds active in the commodity & equity markets. 

Trader Construction Kit discusses:

•    Fundamentally and technically analyzing a market.
•    Assessing the volatility and risk characteristics of the market.
•    Developing a view, an actionable perspective on the future of price.
•    Evaluating directional, spread, option & quantitative trading strategies.
•    Weighing the inherent risk and reward in potential positions.
•    Efficiently executing trades and managing the resulting exposures.
•    Pricing and hedging structured transactions.

Additional chapters describe how:

•    The evolutionary state of a market shapes the activities of its inhabitants.
•    The role of a trader varies at different types of financial institutions. 
•    A trader’s personality forms an integral part of their approach to the market.
•    To survive and thrive on a trading floor.

Trader Construction Kit contains a highly detailed case study that applies the lessons learned in each chapter, providing structure and creating continuity through the text. The updated second edition includes a new 23 page appendix introducing important concepts from data science & programming.

More information (including a free preview of the first chapter) can be found at the Trader Construction Kit website.