My coverage of crude will remain perfunctory, since paying closer attention might induce coma. Its gratuitous ups and downs over the last three years have been worse than merely screwing the pooch. The head-fakes, foot-fakes and other annoyances are especially difficult to trade, and even voodoo numbers don’t seem to work. Although the sonofabitch cannot outsmart us when we observe its stupid little tricks on a 5-minute chart, it’s simply not worth the effort to stalk them. No one has mentioned crude in the chat room in months — not even Artie — but I will continue to answer your trading-related questions as always.