27 December 2024: 08:30 GMT
Totsa ate everyone up, we would say . They are winning big time, and all the sellers are licking their wounds wishing they had not sold so early. Truly a magnificently engineered play! All the signs were there from the moment the Chinese issued the extra buy crude tender. Now the Taureau is just stomping on the shorts, snorting as it gores them away. If we could give them the orange award for master presseur we would . There were very few Dubai offers late on, just bids flying around like a swarm of confused sparrows as sellers tried to swipe them out of the air. Of the final 9 trades, just 1 was an offer being lifted – by Totsa of course . Naturally, many of the bids swarming the sellers came from Totsa too, but Mercuria and Glencore weren’t going to be left out. The variety of sellers did their best to keep a lid on things but they just couldn’t do it. Look no further than the Dubai physical premium for proof: we know it was strong yesterday, but today the premium soared to $2.16! OMG, we say to the shorts, RIP!
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