Michael,
In the case of copper and nickel in particular, which equities do you prefer to use as a proxy for the upward trending price of these two base metals? You summed up the dissadvantage of futures trading here in mentioning the embedded element of time. That's the reason I stopped trading futures years ago.
I too am a stand up guy, probably owing to my age as much as any thing else. Additionaly I really don't like rolling around on the mat with sweaty males as a training regimne. It is still necessary however to train defending against the tackle as it is the favorite entry techinque in my world of beach idiots. Without a lot of work in practicing redirects and frontal knees, punches etc. one can not expect to have the timing to avoid going to the ground. Much as I dislike the idea, I still have to face the likelyhood of landing on my back and therefore have to practice.
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