shorted oil pre-market, before 8am CT, but it went against me, got stopped out, lost 200 dollars.
Then the price came down. If I didn't use stop, I would have made money. That makes me think that some oil manipulators were running stops. I have no proof, but somebody has it.
Anyway, I went long. Advised by my mentor to reverse direction. It worked for a short time when the trade went in favor of me. Then I decided to hold for more money, thinking the Syrian situation will get worse (I read that US will directly supply weapons to Syrian opposition forces) and drive up oil price.
But some manipulators suddenly sold before the oil pit closed. Oil price dropped a lot and so did my account balance.
I am still holding my long position. I hope the price will come back tomorrow............