Jim Colburn

Despite another move up in crude oil prices, put open interest went up way more than calls… This is a pattern we have seen on and off since prices

Noah Browning, Reuters, summarizes today’s release of the IEA Oil Market Report, here… ”A global energy crunch is expected to boost oil demand by

Mares eat oats and does eat oats but probably less so, now:

David Wethe, Kevin Crowley and Sergio Chapa, Bloomberg, have a nice piece on where the increase in US oil production is coming from, here… ”Oil

Scott DiSavino, Reuters, points out that natural gas implied vol is at record levels, here... " Volatility in U.S. natural gas futures jumped to a

Alex Longley, Bloomberg, writes about deep out of the money options trading in Brent oil, here… And, yes, the calls were not just bought, they were

WTI options were active yesterday with almost 130,000 calls trading… Be careful interpreting this as bullish sentiment… Note that net open interest in

Saket Sundria and Alex Longley, Bloomberg, discuss oil prices, here… ”Crude is rallying on signs that inventories globally are falling sharply,