CL Redux
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I wish it would hurry up I've gotta go i 15 mins. Just give 100.50... Not going to happen move to -325 basically neutral
Well sometimes it's easy to trade. Today was that day. Looked at all the news reports, all basically negative so my bias slightly negative. Waiting for my setup for CL March 2012 contract. Chart not working for example not printing candles, I don't care watching DOM and something else for setup. Went short had to get in 4 ticks down on slight slippage due to low volume. Set stop and target. CL moves a little against me but I have a wider stop since I don't want to be stopped out on low volume spikes.
Finally, its starts moving in my favor, and I lower stop to standard stop but give it room to breath. Thought it would take till 9 pm at night to hit my target, but it got hit quickly for a nice swing. Just need to trade logically and with patience like today all the time and not revenge trade.
Finally, its starts moving in my favor, and I lower stop to standard stop but give it room to breath. Thought it would take till 9 pm at night to hit my target, but it got hit quickly for a nice swing. Just need to trade logically and with patience like today all the time and not revenge trade.
GM Here's the rest of that article for non-subscribers.
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OIL FUTURES: Crude Mixed Ahead Of Europe Meet; Iran Impact Limited
By Surabhi Sahu
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)âCrude-oil futures were mixed in Asia Monday, with supply risks from Iranâs threat to block the Strait of Hormuz countering a bearish outlook in Europe due to unresolved sovereign-debt issues. Investors exercised caution ahead of a key meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel later in the global day.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in February traded at $101.71 a barrel at 0745 GMT, up $0.15 in the Globex electronic session. February Brent crude on Londonâs ICE Futures exchange rose $0.55 to $113.61 a barrel.
Positive U.S. economic data Friday showed the unemployment rate fell to its lowest since February 2009, lifting market sentiment, but this was quickly overshadowed by growing concerns about Greece, Italy and Spain.
âWe have difficulty constructing a price scenario that would carry WTI values much above $105 a barrel or Brent significantly above the $115 area,â Jim Ritterbusch at Ritterbusch & Associates said.
Significant developments in the Iran issue are likely only by the month-end, when Europeâs foreign ministers are expected to announce details of additional sanctions, if any, he said.
âIn the meantime, we look for the Iran factor to preclude aggressive selling rather than induce additional speculative buying.â
Iranâs blockade is unlikely to have a lasting impact on prices, Morgan Stanley said in a note, tipping Brent to fall to $85-$90 a barrel in the first half of 2012.
The U.S. will likely clear any Iranian blockade of the Strait in a month, it said, citing military and geopolitical experts.
âAlternative routing could keep the global impact [of supply disruptions] well below the 15-17 million barrels a day of crude that is shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.â
If the impact is limited to 10 million barrels a day for three weeks, this could be easily replaced by an SPR crude release, the bank added.
âItâs not about fundamentalsâ¦prices will be driven by currencies and macroeconomic developments,â D.J. Carmichael oil and gas analyst Edwin Bulseco said. He expects the U.S. benchmark to average $95 this year.
Nymex reformulated gasoline blendstock for Februaryâthe benchmark gasoline contractârose 107 points to $2.7623 a gallon, while February heating oil traded at $3.0884, 182 points higher.
ICE gasoil for January changed hands at $965.25 a metric ton, up $4.50 from Fridayâs settlement.
-By Surabhi Sahu, Dow Jones Newswires; +65 6415 4086; surabhi.sahu@dowjones.com