professional traders are assigned to trade, they are not descretionary traders if you work for a company. if you are home trader trading your own capital yo u can do whatever your want.
Quote from xelite777:
A real trader does not concern himself with any particular financial instrument, be it gold, sugar or Mexican pesos.
If horse shit futures is moving up he will buy horse shit futures contracts, if they are liquid enough (no pun intended), period.
Yes, i see your points.