In September, as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been raging for three and a half years, a resolution continues to elude. There continues to be no strong voice for peace, although US President Trump’s position on the conflict
Another week brings another selection of new trade ideas from Flux Insights. This week, we look at trades in Gasoline and Naphtha….
The Dec’25 Brent futures fell to $65.63/bbl at 15:00 BST before recovering to $65.73/bbl at 17:00 BST and softening to $65.56/bbl at 17:50 BST (time of writing). In the news, Denmark’s Environment Ministry has said that they are strengthening inspections
View: Cautiously Bullish Target Price: $65-67/bbl The Dec’25 Brent futures sold off to $64/bbl last week, the lowest level for a prompt contract since May 2025. Prices saw their sharpest weekly decline in four months as the market anticipated a
Money managers have been risk off in the week ending 30 Sep, trimming their ICE Brent futures long positions (-7mb, -2.23%) for a second week in a row; for this week they added 2.7mb (+2.35%) to their short positions. Money
The Dec’25 Brent futures contract gapped up by roughly $1 from Friday’s close ($64.37/bbl), trading within the 60c range between $64.35/bbl and $65.63/bbl before rising to $65.65/bbl at 10:40 BST (time of writing). In the news, OPEC+ has announced a
The Dec ’25 Brent futures contract rallied this afternoon, from $64.36/bbl at 12:00 BST to $64.69/bbl at 17:30 BST (time of writing). Crucially, prices this week have come off to below $65.00/bbl, its lowest levels since June 2025. In the
The Dec’25 Brent futures contract rallied this morning before retreating, from $64.36/bbl at 02:00 BST to $64.73/bbl at 07:00 BST and down to $64.40/bbl at 11:00 BST (time of writing). In the news, a large fire was reported at Chevron’s
As the saying goes, what goes up must come down (unless you’re gold – another all-time high), and this past week, Brent got a quick trial of that Sweet 70 before being hurled back to the Sorrowful 60s.
The Dec’25 Brent Futures contract fell once again this afternoon, from $65.06/bbl at 12:00 BST to $64.38/bbl at 17:02 BST (time of writing). Reuters reported that India has likely exported the all-time high monthly volume of diesel to Europe in
This week in Brent, we anticipate money managers and other reportable players to trim their length. In gasoil futures, we expect producer/merchants to add to both their long and short positions. In contrast, we anticipate producer/merchants to exit their positions
The Dec’25 Brent Futures contract fell this morning, from $65.76/bbl at 03:00 BST to $65.00/bbl at 10:45 BST (time of writing). In the news, an official from the Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina (PERTM.UL) reported no supply disruptions following a
The Dec’25 Brent Futures contract dipped this afternoon before recovering, from $65.68/bbl at 12:00 BST to $65.24/bbl at 14:00 BST and rallying to $65.78/bbl at 17:25 BST (time of writing). In the news, Indian imports of Russian crude oil dipped
The Dec’25 Brent Futures contract fell this morning, from $66.38/bbl at 08:00 BST to $65.76/bbl at 11:05 BST (time of writing). In the news, PENGASSAN (Nigerian oil workers union) has agreed to call off its strike after a meeting with
Dated Brent – Vitol Takes A Toll
After spending nearly an entire month in the negatives, the physical caught a large break last week and rallied to nearly $1/bbl. BP came out bidding across the benchmark grades on 24 Sep,
