The resurgence in U.S. oil demand is showing signs of flagging, with drivers easing off the gas pedal a bit in August, according to U.S. data on Friday that may weaken one of the key arguments for
bullish oil traders.
Not exact matches
Oil could again be a positive catalyst for stocks Wednesday, as
traders await government inventory data that could be more
bullish than expected.
The expected strong demand growth, coupled with OPEC's production cuts, is making
oil analysts and
traders at the Singapore conference more
bullish this year than at the same event last year, according to Bloomberg.
Oil traders will also continue to weigh a steady increase in U.S. production levels in the week ahead as the rise in U.S. drilling marked one of the few factors tamping back crude in an otherwise
bullish environment.
When it became clear earlier
bullish bets on
oil post-OPEC were about to cost speculators a lot of money,
traders and their machines took over and engineered bearish positions to mitigate losses.
For example, if a large speculator who was very
bullish on
oil bid - up the price of the December - 2016
oil contract from $ 64 to $ 70, it would create an opportunity for other
traders to lock - in a profit by purchasing physical
oil and selling the December - 2016 futures with the aim of delivering the
oil into the contracts late next year.
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Oil Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large energy speculators continued to boost their
bullish net positions in the WTI Crude
Oil futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of
Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
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Oil Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large energy speculators reduced their
bullish net positions in the WTI Crude
Oil futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of
Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
Oil prices flip - flopped Thursday as fears of lingering oversupply held back a
bullish push from technical
traders, brokers said.
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