Excerpt from:  Financial Spread Betting Strategies
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July 10, 2007

Oil Prices and Financial Spread Betting Strategy

Oil remains above $72 a barrel
Placing spread bets on oil prices should consider that even though prices are down slightly, they are still over $72 a barrel. U.S. demand is still high, as the summer driving season continues. And even though there is a dearth of news right now, some nervousness remains. MarketWatch reports information that may help your oil prices financial spread betting strategy:

"We are slightly lower on a relatively quiet news cycle, coupled with the fact that there is some nervousness ahead of the Energy Information Administration numbers scheduled for release tomorrow, where modest builds are expected," said Edward Meir, analyst at Man Financial, in a research report.

"Bulls are perhaps easing up on the throttle as they may be sensing they have company - and lots of it," Meir said.

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