Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Provencial greetings from the stunningly gorgeous Vaucluse. Contrary to the fast-paced rat race of San Francisco, here in the South of France amongst these vast vineyards and rolling hills of dark...

WTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Positions: Large speculators added to their bullish net positions in the WTI crude oil futures markets last week for a fourth consecutive week, according to the latest...

Gold Non-Commercial Positions: Large speculators boosted their bullish net positions in the gold futures markets last week for a third consecutive week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders...

Copper Non-Commercial Positions: Large speculators increased their net bullish positions in the copper futures markets last week as sentiment for the metal has improved in recent weeks, according to...

What a great market week we saw this past week, until Friday where we saw some flash crashes in stocks, mostly those who populate the Nasdaq.The crash was just that, a flash crash and stocks came back...

During the past seven days, energy investors were left confused by two major geopolitical decisions – one in the United States and one in the Middle East.The first was President Trump’s...

Trading position (short-term; our opinion): Short positions (with a stop-loss order at $54.15 and the initial downside target at $45.55) are justified from the risk/reward perspective.Although crude...

by Pinchas Cohen Yesterday, the Russian energy minister put forward the possibility of including an additional extension of three months on top of the already extended oil production freeze deal's...

Crude Oil: Potential For 2017's Highs As Eyes Are Set On the Bigger PrizeCrude oil surged +1.44 bp since Monday and clocked 51.86 high today boosted by potential positive outcomes as OPEC and Non-OPEC...

In anticipation of Thursday’s semiannual OPEC meeting, the following provides a breakdown (by country) of some of the key issues for both OPEC and participating non-OPEC players. The key issues...

WTI Crude meets the 200 day moving average at 5195/99. In overbought conditions gains are likely to be limited, but with no sell signal yet, if we continue higher look for a move towards the 100 day...

Gold topped almost exactly at quite strong resistance at 1264/65 to target 1255/56 and retest minor support at 1251/52. We are holding here again today as I write, but look for much better support at...

The oil market received a fairly significant bump this week when Saudi Arabia and Russia announced that they both support extending the current OPEC and non-OPEC production cuts for an additional nine...

Gold key to direction is resistance at 1233/34. If we have just seen the low for the 1 month correction then shorts here will be risky of course as bulls gain control. If you decide to try, stop above...