Commodities Analysis & Opinion

By now we're likely all aware of the protests in Iran that have, in some cases, turned violent. Iranian protestors took to the streets beginning last week, originally to protest economic conditions...

Gold Continues To Advance Despite Interest Rate HikesAfter the dollar’s worst year since 2003, gold has been seeing its longest advance since mid-2011. The precious metal currently on its 12th...

In this final column of 2017, we look back at some of the biggest energy stories of the year, and we look forward to what we can expect in 2018.1. Without a doubt, the most important story of 2017 was...

Markets will likely slow over the holidays but there are a few peculiarities that may cause disruptions to oil production and distribution as we head toward year-end and into 2018.1. Venezuela’s...

Oil prices soared on Monday and early Tuesday on news that a pipeline in the North Sea had suffered significant damage. 450,000 barrels per day of oil will be shuttered for several weeks while the...

Originally published by AxiTraderWTI broke below $56.70 support earlier, paving the way for a correction towards at least $55. The commodity should reach that price level fairly soon. Traders looking...

Originally published by AxiTraderGold made a low around $1260/61 overnight. That's the lowest it's fallen to since the low around the same level back two months ago at the beginning of October. It's...

by Jesse Cohen The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), along with some non-OPEC producers led by Russia, agreed last week, at OPEC's Vienna meeting to extend current oil output cuts...

OPEC’s November meeting is just a bit more than a week away. The most important issue OPEC members will debate at the meeting is whether to extend their production cut agreement beyond its...

Originally published by Guppytraders.comThe NYMEX breakout above long term resistance near $54 has caused a ripple of excitement in what has been a largely moribund market for nearly 18 months. Sure...

According to many analysts and pundits, the Middle East suddenly became a much riskier place in which to do business over the past two weeks. Some reasons include sweeping arrests of influential...

The geopolitical backdrop in the Middle East is fluid to say the least, and this fluidity has helped the black fluid undertake what is looking like a potential upside breakout as the news/noise levels...

Briefly: In our opinion, full (150% of the regular full position) speculative short positions in gold, silver and mining stocks are justified from the risk/reward perspective at the moment of...

Key Points: OPEC quietly admits that its Shale Oil Strategy has failed. ULCC static off Oman since 2015 offloads oil. Imagery suggests Saudi Arabia could be fudging their inventory storage...