[Bird of Fire]

	Quote:	ezduzzit
	Very true Wrines.. .but then we have always been subject to that kind of manipulation in all markets and the only sane response is to simply recognize the pigs are being fancied up as is usual for this time and take advantage of it while it lasts. Hopefully most people in here are traders rather than buy and hold investors and will be just as happy to take advantage of the swing back to reality when it occurs. Heck, it is obvious in the markets now that they are having major trouble keeping the cute little dresses on those poor pigs long enough to even get to the elections. Frankly, I can't help but feel that traders who trade the futures markets by listening to the news, etc. are already well on their way to emptying their trading accounts in short order anyway. If they are longer term swing and position traders then one can only hope they are not falling for this expected short term mirage. However, market statistics on winners versus losers have not changed much in eons and thus we can depend on the fact that in reality even most of the longer term traders are just as oblivious to what is really going on as the averge man or woman at the local shopping mall. But, is that a bad thing? Absolutely not. If it weren't for the huge percentage of losers in the financial markets, we wouldn't be pulling any meaningful profits out of trading them. This game was not designed so that most people could win and it will always be so. Happy Trading

The "game" as you put it was designed for portfolio managers to hedge their bets on other instruments, not to speculate or crap shoot for a scalp or two of quick and easy profit.