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- From: suhre@meltami.dsd.trw.com (Maurice E. Suhre)
- Subject: Re: Oil Futures
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.011346.27653@gumby.dsd.trw.com>
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- Organization: TRW, INC.
- References: <2387@sdrc.COM> <1992Dec22.211705.16019@shearson.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:13:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.211705.16019@shearson.com> jmemon@shearson.com (Janine Memon) writes:
- >I do not believe, when investing in oil futures that it is possible to
- >invest only $100.
-
- I think you can purchase *options* on *futures contracts*. This means
- that you can get into the futures game and limit your downside risk to
- 100% of your investment, just like stock options.
-
- Since I don't do options on commodity futures, I don't really have any
- other details. I would suggest talking to your broker. But the option
- route seems to me to be the cheapest way to get in. Of course, profits
- are not guaranteed, but losses are limited to the original investment
- (using the word investment loosely -- perhaps "bet" would be better :-)
-
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- Maurice Suhre
- suhre@trwrb.dsd.trw.com
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