You better have a huge bank account if you intend to trade CL futures long with naked directional risk that far out (by EOY) .
I'm not interested in discussing whether or not myself or another person can manage or forecast risks in derivatives, its beside the point. Regardless, margin rates are cheap as hell. Roll overs aren't hard to deal with either and neither is letting go of a position due to news. Sorry if I've given the impression I was going full Warren Buffet mode on oil futures lol.