Oil eased as investors weighed the odds of more supply from the Middle East after a landmark trip to the region by US President Joe Biden. West Texas Intermediate edged lower in early Asian trading, following last week’s drop of almost 7% as investors fretted that a global slowdown may hurt demand and the dollar hit a record. US energy envoy Amos Hochstein said...
So now, it is not just oil and oil products that trade way above historical averages, natural gas is way above the norm, too. Meanwhile, oil prices plunged on Friday morning as recession fears soared. White House Considers Export Caps to Tame Fuel Prices. According to Bloomberg, the Biden Administration is looking into capping fuel exports out of the US, with...
BCO breaking 2D High very quickly after Asian Open. Tumoilsin Lybia,uncertainty and mixed participants,long-Term Trend Traders took profits at 127 area that was followed by the Russians announcements to increase the Russian oil production in 2023.And ofcourse the recesion fears of 2023. Technicallyis BCO still in the long area.Yesterday ...
REASONS TO TRADE OIL LONG( SHORT TO MID-Term) Political Turmoil Could Plague Libya’s Oil Exports All Year Long Bashaga: It’s unlikely that Libya will descend into a full-blown civil war again. Without a unified government, Libya's oil exports will remain unstable in the short-to-midterm. As of the middle of last week, Libya was producing only about...
It’s an unavoidable reality that your forex trading success or failure will largely depend on your mindset. In other words, if your Forex trading psychology is not right, you aren’t going to make any money! Unfortunately, most traders ignore this important fact or are unaware of how critical having the proper mindset is to Forex trading success. If you do not...
Natural gas and steel prices are closely intertwined. Sky-high energy costs fueled by Europe’s push to reduce its dependence on Russian gas are beginning to weigh on the steel industry. Steelmakers rely on natural gas for ironmaking in blast furnaces as well as for steelmaking in electric arc furnaces. Steel prices and gas are the primary topics of conversation...
The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a small build this week for crude oil of 567,000 barrels. The draw comes even as the Department of Energy released 6 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves in Week Ending May 20. U.S. crude inventories have shed some 75 million barrels since the start of 2021 and about 18 million barrels since the...
First Covid,Now Hizbolla.AGAIN! Geopolitical instability is on the rise in Latin America, and an unlikely player may be partially to blame. Hezbollah, a U.S. designated terrorist organization, has established a strong presence in the region. The organization has turned to illicit activities to bolster its finances. Extreme socioeconomic inequality, weak central...
Several E.U. member states made it plain that they will veto any E.U. proposal to ban Russian oil (or gas) imports. Removal of oil ban ‘fear factor’ may significantly reduce risk premium in crude oil prices. Lack of clear leadership from Germany makes an effective oil embargo a long shot. A key factor in the upper band of the benchmark crude oil trading ranges...
After easing up on Iranian oil somewhat in favor of heavily discounted Russian crude, China is now set to receive nearly two million barrels of Iranian oil, Reuters reports, citing Vortexa Analytics tanker tracking data. The cargo, set to unload in south China later this week for pumping into the government’s reserves, is the third large cargo to come from Iran...
Crude oil prices are still trading lower on the day, despite a shortfall in US crude oil stocks this Wednesday. Brent crude oil price predictions remain unchanged from the bearish stance after the Energy Information Administration said that US crude oil inventories fell by 3.4 million barrels in the week ended 13 May 2022. This was a steep drop from the surplus...
18 hours ago,I read:CHINA-Lockdown and I shorted immediately all my positions in crude,brent and WTI.In some I took the losses,other Break even or profits. The fact is :My decision was King.Our Jobs as Traers is to be flexible and adapt as soon as possible to the market circumtances.Sosometimes News catalysts like these help to decide immediately. Although our...
Crude prices have erased most gains since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Lockdowns in China weigh on demand expectations. China’s financial hub Shanghai reported a record more than 25,000 new infections during the weekend. POSSIBLE OIL TRADING STRATEGY: IF YOU ARE BIG RISK TAKER ON DAILY CHART :TAKE THE TREND! DONCHIAN 20,25and30 has been...
The West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil market has rallied a bit on Wednesday to break above the top of the candlestick from Tuesday. If you remember, the Tuesday candlestick was what I referred to as a potential “binary trade”, meaning that if we can break above it, the market could go higher. After all, the neutral candlestick suggests that we are in the midst of...
Oil Could Rise to $120-150 Range in Next Few Months Oil price forecast April 2022 and beyond: Will prices test $140? Oil prices eased slightly on Friday, robust US data and weekend risk supporting prices, while US SPR releases as well as yet to be determined ones from other IEA members capped gains. A UN-brokered two-month ceasefire between Saudi Arabia and...
Buyers in the West are shunning Russian oil, sparking fears of a potential supply shortage. Some experts are warning that pulling Russian oil off the market could result in a global economic downturn. "Every recession in the past 50 years has been preceded by an oil price spike, and it is déjà vu all over again.” The more Russian oil supply comes off the market...
Surging Oil Prices Could Spark A Global Recession Federal Bank of Dallas economists warn that a global economic downturn may be unavoidable if a large of Russian energy exports remain off the market throughout the year. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn also warned that there could be a recession amid the surging inflation So far, the EU found sufficient support...
BCO WTI SHORT SHORT TERM MIDTERM LONG Sky-high oil prices have left both America’s oil industry and its President pointing fingers at one another. Biden has repeatedly called on the oil industry to increase production, but the industry has been slow to act, and perhaps for good reason. Historically, the oil industry has ramped up production when prices rose...