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"During some time periods it will make 200-300 trades per second." That's interesting. So you actually do high frequency trading? Not just simulated HFT? Doesn't it take a substantial amount of capital? ADD: I see your other thread here. I'll have to read it when I have a chance. Sounds...

You probably got that from me. :) See the second link too about hoarding oil in tankers. And go to the first page of the forum too to read the articles if you're interested. You may have already read these...

Quoting the article, "No part of the markets are trading on fundamental values, nor on forward business expectations. They are instead trading as “hot money” repositories where speculators rotate in and out of various instruments literally on a minute-by-minute basis." That seems to be truer...

I was honest enough to share my story about letting a trade run, but then also letting a profit evaporate to nothing as an example of not taking a profit, and as part of this discussion about when to take a profit. One should take a sizable profit when it's there, especially if you're doing a...

A smug statement. Especially the way it's worded. Actually it's not only not the dumbest statement ever, but not dumb at all. Losing novice traders, as you call them, who have losers bigger than their winners has nothing to do with this. Holding losing trades for big losses is their problem, not...

Now I remember. It's your dog, right? That's always good news.

Didn't see your post til I posted, but that's what I'm saying too. I don't see any signals yet to swing this short. So why be on the wrong side of this in the meantime and have it go against you? Why try to be the first and get flattened? This won't tank 10 points in a day for no reason.

The first part here sounds right. I feel this is in the process of testing the upper end of its range. And the whole market, the indices, seem to be ramped up too. As I mentioned before, there's been mostly positive, improving economic reports for a while now and no significant bad news. But...

Another version of that joke is: Q: How can you make a small fortune in the stock market? A: Start with a large fortune and invest in airline stocks. :)

Couple of more articles. http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/05/05/crude-oil-prices-collapse/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/gambling-on-hunger-food-crisis-regulators_n_823725.html

Oil futures close near $114 a barrel April 29, 2011 http://articles.marketwatch.com/2011-04-29/markets/30677950_1_crude-supply-disruptions-oil-production Not saying it's going there or not. Just some info on what happened last year. At some point this obviously will top and reverse. If...

Interesting. Yeah, maybe. But this looks pretty strong. So it may be better to hold through pullbacks, which would have been the best strategy so far. Unless you sell the spikes up and then reenter on pullbacks. At some point this will reverse and some people will try to buy the dips not...

Anyone?

I was trying to remember what drove this up to 114 last year. Wasn't it the Saudis? And then I was trying to remember what caused it to top out and reverse. Just so we can maybe have some sense what to maybe look for in this situation, which I realize isn't exactly the same. Going to take off...

May have found a short term top here. Or just some profit taking, which makes sense. Time will tell. V how would it be okay to be short over the weekend even without leveraging? Unless you have zillions of $$ and average in. I scalped my way up the last hour, so did good. But somehow I...

Poor little DX. Cast aside. Unloved.

Good entry scalp but exited before a small pullback and didn't reenter in time so I left a little there.

Was May 5th the 114?

Hey :) I PM'd you about that loan. I'll be able to pay you right back as soon as my trading improves. :p

But another thing is the basic stories behind these runs, whether it's crude or the general market, remains the same. The Iran story is the same and unresolved. The job picture has improved and other economic reports are generally good. Etc. So until that changes we're probably going to hang at...