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Oil Speculators Hold Shorts Despite Middle East Crisis
18 Jun 2025 16:15 GMT
Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist,
The positioning of speculators in oil futures was short going into the Israel-Iran conflict. Despite some covering, it’s likely that core position is being held, with fundamentals supportive of a lower …
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Oil Speculators Turn Sour as Bullish Wagers Get Trimmed Back
24 Feb 2025 03:35 GMT
(Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds are turning less optimistic on crude oil’s prospects, trimming net-bullish bets in a further sign of market softening. Most Read from Bloomberg Net-long positions for US marker West Texas Intermediate fell for a fourth week to …
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WTI Crude Oil Weekly Forecast: Attack And Assassination And Fast Known Values
14 Sep 2025 20:29 GMT
… back challenges and WTI Crude Oil speculators had room to wager on …
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Oil Speculators Start Year With Huge Increase in Bearish Bets
08 Jan 2024 14:22 GMT
(Bloomberg) -- Money managers made one of their biggest bearish shifts on oil prices in years around the start of 2024.
Speculators added about 61,000 combined short positions in Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude in the week to Jan. 2, according to …
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Kilgore museum pays tribute to long legacy of oil industry
06 Sep 2025 09:32 GMT
… peace between roughnecks, lease hounds, oil speculators and camp followers,” according to …
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Top Saudi official says oil speculators had better ‘watch out’
23 May 2023 14:07 GMT
“‘Speculators, like in any market they are there to stay, I keep advising them that they will be ouching — they did ouch in April. I don’t have to show my cards — I’m not a poker player. … But I would just tell them to watch out.’”
— Prince Abdulaziz bin …
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Saudi energy minister warns oil speculators to ‘watch out’
23 May 2023 16:53 GMT
Saudi Arabia’s top energy official issued another warning to oil short-sellers, just over a week before the OPEC+ alliance is due to meet.
“I keep advising them that they will be ouching — they did ouch in April,” Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin …
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Prince Abdulaziz tells oil speculators to ‘watch out’
23 May 2023 13:10 GMT
“We have to be vigilant, we have to be proactive - as we in OPEC+ has been saying for quite some time,” said Prince Abdulaziz.
Image Credit: Bloomberg
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s top energy official issued another warning to oil short-sellers, just over a week …
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Saudi Energy Minister Tells Oil Speculators to ‘Watch Out’
23 May 2023 08:42 GMT
Saudi Arabia’s top energy official issued another warning to oil short-sellers, just over a week before the OPEC+ alliance is due to meet.
Riyadh and its partners surprised crude traders last month by announcing output cutbacks intended to scare off …
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Saudi Warns Oil Speculators; Qatar Air Ramps Up: Qatar Forum
23 May 2023 08:42 GMT
Saudi Arabia’s top energy official issued another warning to oil short-sellers, just over a week before the
OPEC+ alliance is due to meet.
“I keep advising them that they will be ouching — they did ouch in April,” Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin …