Crude Oil Rally in Focus as Retail Traders Turn Net-Short for First Time Since April
Crude oil prices have rallied over 17 percent since bottoming. Retail traders are now majority short for the first time since April. This hints at an increasingly bullish contrarian conviction. Crude oil prices have rallied over 17 percent since bottoming in the middle of June. So far this month, WTI is up over 13%. If gains are sustained, this would mark the best 20-day period for oil since January 2022. In response, retail traders have
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