[s_jambo]

Going long on a 2x leveraged oil ETF for the long term IS a surefire bet, just a very bad one.

Going long via a normal oil ETF for the long term is still quite questionable.

What the above poster is saying is - you're doing something with real consequences and, by writing about it you could hurt not just yourself but other people too.

Learn from his mistakes and given you are patently insufficiently informed to do this, don't do it. Given all you're trying to do is implement Scott Adams and NNT's advice why not just link to their articles and leave it at that. Why do you feel the need to pontificate to the world about this subject?