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In addition to our regular Monday CFTC COT analysis report, Onyx Insight will publish its own in-house CFTC COT forecast ahead of the official Friday report. The model forecasts changes in long and short positions using machine learning, utilising Onyx’s
This afternoon, Nov’24 Brent futures flat price showed steep downward movement from $74.50/bbl at 12:00 BST down to $73.19/bbl at 17:30 BST (time of writing), spiking briefly to $74.05/bbl around 15:45 BST. In the news today, engineers at Libya’s Brega
After trading around the $73/bbl level overnight, the November Brent futures flat price saw another collapse on Wednesday morning where price action fell to lows of $72.64/bbl at 09:00 BST. From 11:22 BST, prices spiked by $1 over two minutes
The gasoline market has seen pressure in the past two weeks. The summer driving season stalled on arrival, and Oct’24 RBOB flat price fell below $2/gal on 3 Sep alongside the crude sell-off and complete void of bullish intent in
For all the market chatter about a disappointing summer for crude oil (flat price) and refined products, Dated Brent certainly did not get the memo.
The November Brent futures capitulated on Tuesday afternoon following the US open, falling from the $76/bbl level to $74/bbl within an hour, where it found better support. Prices fell to their lowest levels in nearly 9 months and were trading
The November Brent Futures contract has seen a weak morning, trading down from daily highs of around $77.53/bbl at 08:00 BST to $75.73/bbl at the time of writing (11:20 BST). In headlines, two tankers, the Panama-flagged Blue Lagoon I and
Another week brings another selection of new trade ideas from Onyx Research, this time looking at trades in naphtha, LPG and crude oil. Our weekly Onyx Alpha report presents speculative and hedging trades based on technical analysis and data-driven tradecraft
The $80/bbl Battleground – Front-month ICE Brent futures moved sideways during August, unable to break out of a circa $76-83/bbl range. Geopolitical swell-ups and weak economic news, raising concern over oil demand, notably out of China, took turns pushing the
Nov’24 Brent futures fl at price increased sharply this afternoon after a period of volatility, pricing at $76.80/bbl at 12:00 BSTand reaching $77.42/bbl at 17:50 BST (time of writing). In the news, Russian oil shipping costs to India are easing,
The Nov’24 Brent futures contract began strong last week, reaching $80.15/bbl on 26 Aug amid thin liquidity from players exiting for the bank holiday in the UK. This strength was also attributed to supply outages in Libya.
Money managers were more bullish in the crude futures benchmarks in the week ending 27 August. In both Brent and WTI futures we saw an addition of long positions and a liquidation of short positions. Bullish sentiment was boosted in
Nov’24 Brent futures flat price showed volatility this morning, rallying from $76.37/bbl at 07:00 BST to $77.18/bbl at 10:15 BST, before steeply declining to $76.80/bbl at 11:00 BST (time of writing). In the news today, Guyana raised their 2024 GDP
Show Me the Demand! The Nov’24 Brent futures contract was trading at around $77.05/bbl at 09:00 BST (time of writing), and we expect it to end the week trading between $75-78/bbl. Amid the varying factors impacting the benchmark crude futures,
The Nov’24 Brent futures contract recorded a weaker afternoon ahead of Oct’24 Brent’s expiry today. The Nov’24 flat price dropped from $79/bbl at noon to $76.70/bbl at 15:00 BST. Prices found more support here and firmed up to $77.25/bbl at
