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In October crude oil market caught a “bear flu” after almost gripping the $90 per barrel price level (Brent).  In the beginning of October the market apparently priced in quite a lot of risks regarding U.S. threats to zero Iran’s oil exports. 

16 November 2018, Arbat Capital

oil, investment, equity

In September crude oil market was all about looming Iran sanctions and real numbers for Saudi Arabia’s spare capacities. At the meeting of OPEC’s monitoring committee on September 23 nothing was mentioned regarding preventive measures to make sure that t...

18 October 2018, Arbat Capital

oil, investment, equity

In July there were not many disturbances for crude oil price trading levels. The price was on the edge of breaking downside but Saudi Arabia made an effort to support it by limiting production growth. Saudi Arabia said it won’t oversupply the market just...

17 August 2018, Arbat Capital

oil, investment, equity

In May Brent oil price finally got to $80 per barrel. Almost all the gain was made on Trump’s decision to cut off from the deal with Iran and to return oil sanctions. Geopolitical nature of the rally made it quite unstable, but significant correction beg...

14 June 2018, Arbat Capital

oil, investment, equity

In March crude oil market had been mostly in consolidation phase before breaking through technical resistance level and recovering to local maximum. Geopolitical risks were believed to support the returning of bullish sentiment. The risks of trading war ...

09 April 2018, Arbat Capital

oil, investment, equity

Crude oil price has ended the year on a very high note. WTI and Brent benchmarks have got to 2015 maximum levels ($62.5 for WTI and almost $70 for Brent). Technically it looks supported by breaking through key resistance. Brent surpassed its resistance e...

18 January 2018, Arbat Capital

oil, investment, equity

Crude oil market in November had been trading in anticipation of successful Nov-30 OPEC/non-OPEC meeting. It went as anticipated and the price reacted quite well given already overloading situation with long positions in crude oil futures. Some correctio...

11 December 2017, Arbat Capital

oil, investment, equity

Crude oil market climbed higher in October following some consolidation in the beginning of the month. Brent even closed the month above $60 per barrel, WTI got to its technical level $55 per barrel (upper channel trend). Some correction after the rally ...

17 November 2017, Arbat Capital

oil, investment, equity

Crude oil price broke through strong resistance in September and occupied higher levels (above $50 per bbl for WTI benchmark and above $55 per bbl for Brent). Unusually active hurricane season in Gulf of Mexico limited upside for U.S. oil popular benchma...

13 October 2017, Arbat Capital

oil, investment, equity