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Oil bulls face severe test of faith (and pockets)

Reuters -- The collapse in oil prices since the start of May is posing a severe test for oil market bulls who must meet big margin calls to maintain their positions -- or close them out and accept their losses.
The price collapse has already prompted many hedge funds and commodity trading advisers to pull out of WTI.

TO CLING ON OR QUIT?

In April and especially May, plunging Brent and WTI prices are likely to have inflicted significant pain on many hedge funds. Month-end performance letters are likely to reveal some big casualties.

With Brent languishing, and bulging stockpiles around the NYMEX delivery point at Cushing, Oklahoma, WTI prices may struggle to rally much.

Many must now be more focused on minimising losses than maximising gains.

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Submitted May 15, 2012 By: Tomeboy

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hemiMI Veteran Author Michigan Posts:259 Points:403,340 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:13:10 PM Ignore hemiMI Report Abuse Burn baby burn.
yakstar Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,405 Points:476,720 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:12:52 PM Ignore yakstar Report Abuse just like schmitter- burned to a crisp!
BobD2009 Champion Author Long Island Posts:6,974 Points:1,236,860 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:10:13 PM Ignore BobD2009 Report Abuse They'll have their comeback, I'll shed no tears for them.
GasholeMI Champion Author Lansing Posts:10,124 Points:1,715,365 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:10:11 PM Ignore GasholeMI Report Abuse They deserve it. They are entitled to profits but they have been gouging the consumer.
joel27nc Champion Author Raleigh Posts:10,522 Points:1,855,445 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:10:01 PM Ignore joel27nc Report Abuse Collapse? It should never been this high!
bobdec Champion Author Miami Posts:8,949 Points:1,766,795 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:09:20 PM Ignore bobdec Report Abuse How they get burned big time
LostToo Champion Author Illinois Posts:4,392 Points:975,315 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:08:48 PM Ignore LostToo Report Abuse My heart bleeds for them. I hope they all loose their shirts. Then have to go work for their cousin Habeeb at the Stop and Go. Let them listen to all the griping and bitching all day about how much gas cost.
viperND Champion Author South Bend Posts:3,295 Points:733,015 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:07:03 PM Ignore viperND Report Abuse gas $2 yet?
unicornpmb Champion Author Buffalo Posts:8,476 Points:1,626,590 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:06:27 PM Ignore unicornpmb Report Abuse That's life.
rawdog1313 Champion Author Lexington Posts:3,289 Points:1,639,980 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:05:50 PM Ignore rawdog1313 Report Abuse Regulate Oil Speculation!!
TheeRedRam Champion Author Hartford Posts:3,148 Points:669,710 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:04:50 PM Ignore TheeRedRam Report Abuse Hummmmm
rickone All-Star Author Detroit Posts:535 Points:391,535 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:04:31 PM Ignore rickone Report Abuse Interesting - Thanks for posting.
mcmonsta Champion Author Honolulu Posts:3,212 Points:815,520 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:02:07 PM Ignore mcmonsta Report Abuse if it brings oil to &70 a barrel...sell sell sell
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Nicoalbum Champion Author Ottawa Posts:6,005 Points:1,186,100 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:01:47 PM Ignore Nicoalbum Report Abuse Entering a new recession,. thanks to Europe and Canada.
DozenSpeed Champion Author St. Louis Posts:1,293 Points:391,550 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:00:32 PM Ignore DozenSpeed Report Abuse HA! Suck it
us4usa Champion Author Missouri Posts:5,978 Points:1,110,400 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 11:00:32 PM Ignore us4usa Report Abuse High prices kill the middle and poor class...
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tidalwave3 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:1,296 Points:1,460,990 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:57:22 PM Ignore tidalwave3 Report Abuse As I've stated before, I believe they should be required to post monies at time of bid !!!!
radiorumor Champion Author Texas Posts:2,797 Points:750,935 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:57:04 PM Ignore radiorumor Report Abuse I really hate that speculators could be losing money. Just as bad as they hated I was having to pay more at the pump
eblair54 Sophomore Author Missouri Posts:143 Points:435,200 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:56:40 PM Ignore eblair54 Report Abuse Just goes to show you....sometimes pessimism doesn't pay off!
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sickhp Champion Author San Antonio Posts:1,364 Points:514,205 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:46:34 PM Ignore sickhp Report Abuse Will prices fall through $90 this week.
Liberty2000 Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:1,739 Points:280,520 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:45:58 PM Ignore Liberty2000 Report Abuse Are they going to need another bail out?
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g747 Champion Author Mobile Posts:4,526 Points:930,745 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:44:27 PM Ignore g747 Report Abuse These guys make money up or down market!!!!!!!.
drobbbb Champion Author Maryland Posts:3,465 Points:809,535 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:44:27 PM Ignore drobbbb Report Abuse hopefully speculators lost their hats and houses too
judgemobile Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,555 Points:2,442,210 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:39:23 PM Ignore judgemobile Report Abuse OIL prices low, but GAS prices are high, because GREED and SPECULATION are the new supply and demand.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,777 Points:410,710 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:37:23 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse You would think Wall Street learned their lesson in 2008 but the only two emotions that resonate on The Street are fear and greed. The truly sad part is that the future for them is only as long as the next fiscal quarter and the past is all about denial. Bankers and traders live in hope that, "This time it'll be different."
bonzoonfmb Champion Author Florida Posts:1,767 Points:641,660 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:36:24 PM Ignore bonzoonfmb Report Abuse Sorry speculators!
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,777 Points:410,710 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:33:32 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse BanTheEPA said, "Hedge funds and speculators need to stay out of oil markets, and all energy markets for that matter. They are tring to rape and pillage the masses to benefit a few. The steep drop at the end of 2008 should have taught them a lesson. May the financial ruin they have caused be visited on them 10 fold!" As much as I disagree with your name, I gotta second your statement. Wall Street is like a ticket scalper trying to gouge customers at a sold out concert.
themaninthehat Champion Author New Orleans Posts:1,824 Points:472,265 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:33:21 PM Ignore themaninthehat Report Abuse Too bad for speculators.
adgam Champion Author Orange County Posts:2,262 Points:500,855 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:33:15 PM Ignore adgam Report Abuse Get the hell out and don't come back
mgune9 All-Star Author Dallas Posts:914 Points:200,395 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:31:43 PM Ignore mgune9 Report Abuse gee -- will the speculators have to take a loss??
mstearno Champion Author Dayton Posts:8,048 Points:1,728,210 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:31:16 PM Ignore mstearno Report Abuse bring on the bears
serrog Champion Author Nova Scotia Posts:5,554 Points:1,510,180 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:30:36 PM Ignore serrog Report Abuse Nice
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,777 Points:410,710 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:30:34 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Wall Street banks have so much money that they basically run around looking for markets to speculate in. What did Michael Douglas say in the movie, Wall Street? "Money never sleeps."
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,777 Points:410,710 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:27:57 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse kusanagisamasaid, "Obama sure says he can't do anything, but when a Saudi prince speaks, the price falls quickly." Just so you know, we used to sit on top of an ocean of oil, too. But over the last century we squandered all of it without thinking of the future. Now we're forced to wring every last drop out of the ground. The difference between us and Saudi Arabia is that there aren't 300 million Saudi citizens that all want a driver's license.
Jeff1944 Champion Author South Dakota Posts:4,222 Points:1,071,780 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:27:43 PM Ignore Jeff1944 Report Abuse Time for them to have some pain like we have endured.
pgerassi Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:10,886 Points:2,129,655 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:27:32 PM Ignore pgerassi Report Abuse Hopefully that pain became fatal for most of them.
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BooHooMI Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,556 Points:344,610 Joined:Sep 2010	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:13:11 PM Ignore BooHooMI Report Abuse The bulls win in the end, they always do.
DustyHorse Champion Author Virginia Posts:6,072 Points:1,388,920 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:13:01 PM Ignore DustyHorse Report Abuse I hope the speculators lose every penny they have and some they do not. I have been waiting for this day for a very long time.
Bezalel Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:12,083 Points:2,287,770 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:12:50 PM Ignore Bezalel Report Abuse The market is 'net zero' - they bought from someone, so if the funds lose, someone else gains.
zaq001 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:3,965 Points:1,470,150 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: May 15, 2012 10:12:31 PM Ignore zaq001 Report Abuse Not good