{"id":43438,"date":"2016-04-09T08:49:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T12:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=43438"},"modified":"2016-04-13T10:17:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T14:17:34","slug":"a-long-trade-in-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/a-long-trade-in-oil","title":{"rendered":"A Long Trade in Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this video I discuss a recent swing\u00a0trade in oil. One thing I should have mentioned in the video is that if you want to intra-day trade oil futures is the way to go. Because of the global nature of this commodity many of its cleanest moves happen outside of US stock trading hours.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wistia_embed\" src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/jnl91if33a\" name=\"wistia_embed\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trader-90-trader-365\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42986 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/trader901.jpg\" alt=\"trader90\" width=\"600\" height=\"220\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Banners', 'clicked', 'Long Oil Ad');\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/trader901.jpg 600w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/trader901-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sspencer_smb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/follow_me-c.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. He has traded professionally for 19 years. His email address is: sspencer@smbcap.com.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Spencer is currently net long USO via USO call options and the USO ETF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video I discuss a recent swing\u00a0trade in oil. One thing I should have mentioned in the video is that if you want to intra-day trade oil futures is the way to go. Because of the global nature of this commodity many of its cleanest moves happen outside of US stock trading hours. 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