Forum

Posts by "asad"

793 Posts by Anonymous "asad":
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Sep 1, 2009 12:43
Even so...the world markets had corrected themselves, while Footsie needed a breather anyway. Didn't you see it moving up like a nanny in recent days? It had to fall - it HAD to...
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Sep 1, 2009 12:35
There were two signboards las night which read:

Ashraf - 'On Holiday' & Money - 'Come and get me'

I was telling Smiler to get the oil money b/w 69.50 & 70.50 ("I doubt it'll breach 71. 70.50 or 70.60, let's see. I hope you've got your limit in place to bank on the 69.50 - 70.50 delta.") & we were given the chance. :) Hope you guys banked it!

Footsie was a sure shot one! Even my three-yo niece could tell that the world equity markets fell on Monday & Footsie, believe me, is not as powerful as DJ & Nikkei to have opposed the trend. It's not rocket science, is it? :) There was easy money lying around this morning - real easy money!

Spec, NEVER underestimate the power of common sense...
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Sep 1, 2009 3:47
I really can't sleep. I can't wait for London to wake up today. There's money to be made shorting Footsie...
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Sep 1, 2009 3:06
Smiler,

Even as we speak (sleep?), oil has breached $70...as stated a couple of hours ago. I doubt it'll breach 71. 70.50 or 70.60, let's see. I hope you've got your limit in place to bank on the 69.50 - 70.50 delta.

Ashraf, do you think I'm being overly aggressive? Because I would like to think that I am being extremely cautious...and in control. Not a sign of complacency. But I can't seem to separate the emotion from the trade. I've set my shorts at every $2, increasing by a factor of 1.5. Still, I'm pretty tight on risk management!

Let me know how I'm coming across to you. because I would ALWAS think I'm cool, until...boom! ;)
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Sep 1, 2009 2:58
FX,

Sorry to hear that. But don't worry...I'll be following you pretty soon. ;) But I TOTALLY disagree that you had to take sick-leave & sit at home. The world is not ending, is it? Neither is oil. :)

Golden rule in life. We all start w/ 200. I wasn't that fortunate...and did with 100. When I made my first 100 on it, I took my initial capital (100) out...and BELIEVE ME...I felt like Warren Buffet!! Swear...I felt like George Soros - I...Asad...made a 100% profit...and took out my initial capital?? That was like six years back. :)

Look, start again w/ that 200. Forget you're going to get that money overnight. Even if Israel attacks Natanz tonight...and oil jumps to $200/barrel...NONE of us can make obscene money unless we've invested 200K into the market (sorry, barring Ashraf...who must be dipping 2m just-for-fun *heheh*)

Save 200 and make a fresh start. Say, if you were trading CFD...and you bet 2/point (if not 5)...you could have made near 1000 within seven hours today when oil went from 73 to 69. My own friend made 2700 when I woke him up in the middle of the night to tell him 'today was the day'.

ANYONE who stays short on oil hereon until 60...on 2/point is collecting what...near 2000. And believe me...2/point is kids play! I always believed (my original thinking)...that getting INTO a bullish market is a science...while getting OUT in a falling market is an art!

Similarly, risk management (which Qin is SO against) is both a science and an art. Everyone knows the science, but it is the art that a few understand...
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Sep 1, 2009 2:02
FX,

You SAID it mate:

'The reason why you and Qin is so big enemies is because you both are so extreme in your way of thinking.'

As for Ashraf, he's the grand-daddy of intermarket analysis! I think he needn't even CONSIDER what people have to say about him (unless its Lloyd Blankfein or Tim Geithner). I'm sure Qin & the likes are just time passes. Good fun Ashraf, eh? ;)

It's simple. Like it, stay. Hate it, leave. Love it, GROWL!

Guys, I'll tell you what (while Ashraf's on holiday). Do you know why Goldman bought a 10% stake in CMC? Because they couldn't Ashraf to join them. Shhhhhhhh!
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Sep 1, 2009 1:53
Ashraf,

If you ever decide to give (paid) advice on oil, remember me as you sidekick! A great man once said, 'Remember the ordinary on your way up...you'll be requiring the same people on your way down!' At least in oil, I'd like to think our analyses are somewhat near!

I have done some successful trading in gold (Raulin, the LAST thing you should speculate on is Forex, then GOLD, then oil), but the margins required are larger than in oil. Besides, if you know how to gauge one of oil, gols, USD...you can pretty much (ok, somewhat) predict the other two. But for females, yeah...I'd do anything! Even go long on oil. Right now!

Smiler, oil will touch & kiss 70.50, I believe, sometime today...and then we should be heading down. I know this can irritating at times, but I must repeat, and emphasize, the importance of stops & limits (& OCOs :p)! On a sunny day, imagine you're short $65 overnight & Israel attacks Natanz! Boy, you won't even have this laptop to write what happened to you. *heheh* On a serious note, long within 70...and then stay short (for Qin: my position. Do you wish to know my age & salary too? *heheh*)
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Aug 31, 2009 17:20
Ha!

The funny thing is that London's missing out on the gains. & when they join the short tomorrow...oil will start rising! *heheh*
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Aug 31, 2009 17:15
BOYS & GIRLS...

The imminent sell-off has begun!! *glee* For those ready w/ short positions days ago...CONGRATS!! Enjoy the fruits of your hard work (moves). For those who didn't...well, you should've listened better to the markets.

Gunjack, depends on the timeframe. If you're talking about a week or two from now, it's around 60! If you're talking over a couple of sessions, well...take your short to above 68.50...then get a quickie b/w here and 70. Umm it may sneak over 70 a last time. If I were you, I'd set my trade over a week...and enjoy it! ;)
asad
London, UK
Posted Anonymously
15 years ago
Aug 31, 2009 1:33
Go Ashraf, go! 8) I just wrote a week ago that I see oil b/w 40 & 50 by 11/09. Do I have your vote on it??!! *glee*

Spec, EVEN if cars (& aircrafts!) equate to 55% of oil consumption, 45% is industrial processes. & even if 55% is run on alternate energy, what about 45%. I know you tries hard, but still didn't answer a single of the three questions!

As for profitability, the closest alernative we got to (was/is) the Canadian oil sands, but for that crude has to average 65/barrel for oil sands extraction to be viable (IF it is allowed owing to EXTREMELY environmentally hazardous). In the medium run, this is a gamble, but again, let's see (again, we get nowhere afa oil alternative is concerned). Ethanol showed some promised until sugar shortage took place & resources went again into sugar production!

Ashraf, I agree (& long hold the belief) that next year this time, we'll be around 150. I've gone through our posts on oil...and I think we agree on its movement. What do you have for breakfast? Weetabix?