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So where are you short oil from?

Ok, didn't get a single response in the energy futures forum, so I'll try here where I know there are people that trade this.... To all NYMEX miNY Crude Oil traders - which contract month is your standard trading vehicle - always the front month contract? Any advantage to trading any other...

To all NYMEX miNY Crude Oil traders - which contract month is your standard trading vehicle - always the front month contract? Any advantage to trading any other months?

Flytiger - :D :D :D I think she has a clause in her contract that mandates wearing sweaters for ratings :p :p :p

:p lol electric - I cancelled the original reply due to non-response - ended up "doubling" my reply:D I agree brown - that's why I wanted to know if anyone out there actually bets this way - 40yotrader started this way, but I think he changed his ways.....anyone doubling down every loss????

Doubling up your position size every time you have a losing trade. This has all of the gambling theory behind it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_%28betting_system%29

Look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_%28betting_system%29

There was a recent thread about position sizing. Made me think about how in my countless hours of education via ET, I have only seen one full-time trader, "40yotrader", who was using a martingale position sizing method. My question is, does anyone out there use martingale successfully...

Traveler, that could work - if you can short the high yield bond fund to begin with.

Thanks for the heads up!

Two questions for everyone: OK, this has nothing to do with intraday Dowmini or S&P mini trading - but I want to place a bet in my "longterm portfolio" on the following: 1) Is there a way to place a trade on US real estate prices using futures? Is anyone out there trading any of the...

I read a very simple money management method for increasing position size by Trader Vic - does anyone have any comments on this: When you have a winning trade, you bank half the profit, and then take the other half and add it to your capital base. Your "new" higher capital base amount is...

Thanks all for the input - confirmed what I suspected.

On my DowMini vs S&P mini thread, John Carter's book was mentioned. The book is good, very educational and useful. My question is, has anyone out there ever done the training with John Carter, or at the very least, went to a seminar or bought a seminar dvd? Given that I am in the...

Thank you for the links everyone - didn't realize they had so much educational material on the exchange sites - they're a great first step. I will be following the advice of several of these posts to get me going, especially on the beginning steps.

I think I found the real traders on this website! I appreciate all of your guidance, I hope this thread gets more responses in the future.....

Everyone's input is greatly appreciated - thanks all, I'll have more questions as I go.......

Thanks to everyone for your input - the "Index" forum has serious people in it with good insight, that's why I posted there. If anyone else has anything more to add, keep it comin'.......any and all comments are valued!

Wayne, do you also trade the dow and s&p, or are you only Russell?

I want to start trading the mini index futures, but only want to start with one and make that my entire focus. To all of the index traders out there, can you give me your list of pros for your index of choice - Dow Mini or emini S&P. Which has more trading range, more opportunity, more...