One word: OIL

[stockstradr]

My GREAT REGRET about those oil ETF trades of mine is I missed the bottom because I was so busy with the holidays. I even thought that markets were closed on the 24th; I didn’t check oil prices until late afternoon , then I saw it had been a trading day and oil ETF’s had hit new lows. If I had seen that during the trading day, I would have moved at least 25% of my entire portfolio into those long oil sector ETF’s that day. With oil having hit $34, you simply couldn’t lose, but I missed the bottom. Let’s hope deflation brings us another opportunity: how about $30 oil!

[KIBU]

stockstradr,

My only great regret was that I didn’t fill up my gas tanks last week and gas price seems to go up again. Otherwise, all else being equal for me :)))

[KIBU]

stockstradr,

My only great regret was that I didn’t fill up my gas tanks last week and gas price seems to go up again. Otherwise, all else being equal for me :)))

[KIBU]

stockstradr,

My only great regret was that I didn’t fill up my gas tanks last week and gas price seems to go up again. Otherwise, all else being equal for me :)))

[KIBU]

stockstradr,

My only great regret was that I didn’t fill up my gas tanks last week and gas price seems to go up again. Otherwise, all else being equal for me :)))

[KIBU]

stockstradr,

My only great regret was that I didn’t fill up my gas tanks last week and gas price seems to go up again. Otherwise, all else being equal for me :)))

[stockstradr]

I cannot believe I dumped my 2X long oil ETF positions when oil only hit $42/bbl.

Oil is now $48.60. Unreal. It ran from $33/bbl up to $48 in ten days.

One fund I bought “UCO” is now up 70% but I sold it after only booking just the first 15%.

My common mistake in trading is selling early. I gotta break that habit this year. I need to learn to put in a trailing stop under my position and then just let it run and gather profits.

I can pick ’em. My timing is often great. But I sell too early.

[stockstradr]

I cannot believe I dumped my 2X long oil ETF positions when oil only hit $42/bbl.

Oil is now $48.60. Unreal. It ran from $33/bbl up to $48 in ten days.

One fund I bought “UCO” is now up 70% but I sold it after only booking just the first 15%.

My common mistake in trading is selling early. I gotta break that habit this year. I need to learn to put in a trailing stop under my position and then just let it run and gather profits.

I can pick ’em. My timing is often great. But I sell too early.

[stockstradr]

I cannot believe I dumped my 2X long oil ETF positions when oil only hit $42/bbl.

Oil is now $48.60. Unreal. It ran from $33/bbl up to $48 in ten days.

One fund I bought “UCO” is now up 70% but I sold it after only booking just the first 15%.

My common mistake in trading is selling early. I gotta break that habit this year. I need to learn to put in a trailing stop under my position and then just let it run and gather profits.

I can pick ’em. My timing is often great. But I sell too early.

[stockstradr]

I cannot believe I dumped my 2X long oil ETF positions when oil only hit $42/bbl.

Oil is now $48.60. Unreal. It ran from $33/bbl up to $48 in ten days.

One fund I bought “UCO” is now up 70% but I sold it after only booking just the first 15%.

My common mistake in trading is selling early. I gotta break that habit this year. I need to learn to put in a trailing stop under my position and then just let it run and gather profits.

I can pick ’em. My timing is often great. But I sell too early.

[stockstradr]

I cannot believe I dumped my 2X long oil ETF positions when oil only hit $42/bbl.

Oil is now $48.60. Unreal. It ran from $33/bbl up to $48 in ten days.

One fund I bought “UCO” is now up 70% but I sold it after only booking just the first 15%.

My common mistake in trading is selling early. I gotta break that habit this year. I need to learn to put in a trailing stop under my position and then just let it run and gather profits.

I can pick ’em. My timing is often great. But I sell too early.

[paramount]

60 Minutes on the Oil Fiasco

60 minutes had an EXCELLENT investigation on the fluctuation in oil prices, I’ll try to summarize:

1. As stocks began to fall in early 2008, investors moved money into commodities, much of that oil.

2. There was way more money in the oil markets than there was actual oil!

3. Early in 2008, according to the US Gov’t oil supplies were increasing while demand was going down.

Bottom line: We were paying $4.50 per gallon due to nothing more than speculators and investors.

One of the largest oil investors was CalPERS – so now California gov’t workers will not only take down California, they want to take down the entire country!

They also connected much of that speculation all the way back to Enron (who lobbied hard for commodity market deregulation).

Why is oil cheaper now? According to 60 minutes, one big reason is that congress was threatening increased oil market regulation.

[paramount]

60 Minutes on the Oil Fiasco

60 minutes had an EXCELLENT investigation on the fluctuation in oil prices, I’ll try to summarize:

1. As stocks began to fall in early 2008, investors moved money into commodities, much of that oil.

2. There was way more money in the oil markets than there was actual oil!

3. Early in 2008, according to the US Gov’t oil supplies were increasing while demand was going down.

Bottom line: We were paying $4.50 per gallon due to nothing more than speculators and investors.

One of the largest oil investors was CalPERS – so now California gov’t workers will not only take down California, they want to take down the entire country!

They also connected much of that speculation all the way back to Enron (who lobbied hard for commodity market deregulation).

Why is oil cheaper now? According to 60 minutes, one big reason is that congress was threatening increased oil market regulation.

[paramount]

60 Minutes on the Oil Fiasco

60 minutes had an EXCELLENT investigation on the fluctuation in oil prices, I’ll try to summarize:

1. As stocks began to fall in early 2008, investors moved money into commodities, much of that oil.

2. There was way more money in the oil markets than there was actual oil!

3. Early in 2008, according to the US Gov’t oil supplies were increasing while demand was going down.

Bottom line: We were paying $4.50 per gallon due to nothing more than speculators and investors.

One of the largest oil investors was CalPERS – so now California gov’t workers will not only take down California, they want to take down the entire country!

They also connected much of that speculation all the way back to Enron (who lobbied hard for commodity market deregulation).

Why is oil cheaper now? According to 60 minutes, one big reason is that congress was threatening increased oil market regulation.

[paramount]

60 Minutes on the Oil Fiasco

60 minutes had an EXCELLENT investigation on the fluctuation in oil prices, I’ll try to summarize:

1. As stocks began to fall in early 2008, investors moved money into commodities, much of that oil.

2. There was way more money in the oil markets than there was actual oil!

3. Early in 2008, according to the US Gov’t oil supplies were increasing while demand was going down.

Bottom line: We were paying $4.50 per gallon due to nothing more than speculators and investors.

One of the largest oil investors was CalPERS – so now California gov’t workers will not only take down California, they want to take down the entire country!

They also connected much of that speculation all the way back to Enron (who lobbied hard for commodity market deregulation).

Why is oil cheaper now? According to 60 minutes, one big reason is that congress was threatening increased oil market regulation.

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