JavaBeans, Admitted you know about the markets in general but this is Emini's time and again proven trading strategies here.  He's talking about "trading" not "investing"!  And this is where you've confused yourself (Trading = extreme short run while Investing = short run or mainly, the long run).  Its like talking to academicians who blow out technical indicators on charts as being bogus, but on the street, its what everyone swears and lives by.  Talk to me about the charts and I could od it all day...Any trader out there would know what I'm talking about, but if I do the same to academicains and financial consultants (brokers), they'd look at me as though I was crazy!!

Admitted that risk management is key when it comes to trading for the IBs and hedgefunds, but for individual traders out there with a few Gs to speculate, going outright is key.  How is one to hedge bets using deltas and the greeks and what have yous when capital is limited and leverage used is some hundreds to one (in few cases)?  I truly applaud this thread and would like to encourage emini to continue posting his insights.  Cramer of Mad Money gets his selections wrong half the time, yet he's on TV as it's HIS POINT of view...Nothing wrong with Emini doing the same here, ain't it?

And, you say "pump and dump strategy"?  C'mon, who on sajha would fall for that...The players here are small fries and they won't even affect the market prices by a penny uptick/dowtick on even the most untraded penny stock.  C'mon man, lets keep talking about trading here.  If you wanna talk about your investing strategies, start a new thread and we could all come there too and pour in our insights.