Does Undercapitalisation Help Explain Why Futures Speculators Lose Money?

This paper explores the role that capitalisation rates per futures contract may play in the success or failure of private traders. While a trader may believe that they have found some 'edge' in the market, this paper demonstrates that unless the trader has allocated sufficient capital to t...

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Published in:Tydskrif vir studies in ekonomie en ekonometrie 2004-04, Vol.28 (1), p.45-56
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