Crude oil prices fell further, yesterday, and the fall this week has been swift and outsized. The $98 mark has proved formidable resistance for WTI. The growing open interest to record levels was obviously made up of late-comers with weak conviction. The unwind has been rapid. This afternoon’s Commitment of Traders report will not capture the liquidation wave, but it will show just how extended the speculative length got.
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