Don’t Worry, We know ETFs Roll « Curving Futures Blog

Don’t Worry, We know ETFs Roll

Does it ever seem, like every retail investor you meet, doesn’t understand how oil ETFs roll forward each month?

Just wanted to state the obvious, since some people are worried, the creators of curvingfutures.com know how the ETFs roll. We understand you cannot profit from contango by buying USO now and selling it in 6 months for a 21% gain. (Duh?)

We do want to point out, that you can buy the front month and sell the back end of the curve, if you have the infrastructure to take delivery of the physical.

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