United States Oil Fund. Every tracked FinTwit mention of $USO, newest first. 368 mentions since the first on Feb 23, 2026. See the price chart.
July 2026 · 29 mentions
Jul 16
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 16, 2026
$XLV +2.5%. Healthcare leads. Yesterday's laggard is today's leader. $SOXX -3.8%. All four thematics red. All four macro red. $SLV -2.9%. Spread w…↗
Jul 15
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 15, 2026
$XLC +1.5%. $XLY +1.4%. Consumer and comms lead. $SOXX -2.6%. $MTUM -2.6%. Semis and momentum sold. $SLV -1.9%. Spread 4.2%. Narrowing. The volati…↗
Jul 14
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 14, 2026
$TAN +3.9%. $SOXX +3.0%. All four thematics green. $SLV +1.9%. $GLD +1.4%. Precious metals rally. Cool CPI. $XLV -2.0%. Healthcare laggard. Growth…↗
Jul 14
Antonio Costa — This diver that I introduced to you a few months ago continues to stare at the horizon searching for $200 per barrel of oil. Stop being lunatics, it’s never going to happen. The pr…↗
Jul 13
Alphatica — @henry_petzold We say much lower by December. $USO↗
Jul 13
Alphatica — @mwhitmoe Going to even out when this is done. $USO↗
Jul 13
Alphatica — Oil has surged 9% on the Strait of Hormuz blockade. FinTwit is panicking. Read the research before you position.
We built the $100 Oil Stress Timer after the last Hormuz spike. Th…↗
Jul 13
Alphatica — @KobeissiLetter We've seen this before. Our oil research says the same thing it said last time.
The $100 Oil Stress Timer framework: the price isn't the signal. The duration is. S…↗
Jul 13
Alphatica — We are heading back to session lows. $USO is mispriced based on the data. OIL is a supply side story.
VWAP VELOCITY:
VWAP Vel: 15m:-5.3pts 30m:-4.6pts
$SPY $QQQ $IWM↗
Jul 13
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 13, 2026
$SOXX -3.7%. All four thematics negative. $SLV -2.8%. $GLD -2.2%. Precious metals sell again. $USO +4.6%. $XLE +2.6%. Oil leads. Again. Same struc…↗
Jul 13
Antonio Costa — Dow Jones futures back in the green 🟢. Looks like another recession/crash call has been cancelled 🤣
Unpopular opinion: The situation with Iran has flipped what was once a major…↗
Jul 12
Antonio Costa — The Strait of Hormuz remains open, as you can see. This tanker is bound for the United States. $USO $SPY
Source: Courtesy of Marine Traffic website https://t.co/FUHSi7oPX8↗
Jul 10
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 10, 2026
$XBI -3.6%. Biotech crashes. All four thematics negative. Again. $XLB +1.4% leads. Materials. Factors flat. No conviction. The rotation stalled. Q…↗
Jul 9
Alphatica — @Nostre_damus Very simple. Oil is a supply side story. Short it.
$USO↗
Jul 9
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 9, 2026
$SOXX +5.1%. After-hours alert validated. All four thematics green. $SLV +3.2%. $MTUM +3.0%. $USO -2.6%. Oil lagging. $XLE only red sector. Mirror…↗
Jul 8
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 8, 2026
$USO +5.2%. Second session leading. 10.1% spread. Widest of the series. All four factors negative. All four thematics negative. $SLV -4.9%. No safe…↗
Jul 8
Alphatica — @KobeissiLetter SUPPLY SIDE STORY SHORT $USO↗
Jul 8
Alphatica — SPY OPEN | Wednesday July 8, 10:00 AM
$744.10. Down 0.48%. The market absorbed an Iran ceasefire collapse, a Spain trade halt, and a NATO confrontation overnight. The reaction: mu…↗
Jul 8
Antonio Costa — The memorandum of understanding (MOU) is over today, but there is a possibility it will remain alive tomorrow 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 $USO Honestly , Oil is a sell on any pop now. $200 per barr…↗
Jul 7
Wolf Capital — @RentTheMarket Let $USO hit $120 first↗
Jul 7
Wolf Capital — Maybe trump just wants to trade oil! XD
$USO https://t.co/kCpYMhSJVG↗
Jul 7
Alphatica — @BullTheoryio Fake news. Short the supply story. $USO↗
Jul 7
Alphatica — SPY ALERT 2nd UPDATE | Tuesday July 7
The catalyst behind the 3 PM IV spike: the US withdrew the general license allowing Iranian oil sales. Reuters quotes a US official calling I…↗
Jul 7
Alphatica — BREAKING:
US withdraws general license allowing Iranian oil sales
The official saying Iran's Strait of Hormuz actions were "wholly unacceptable" following recent attacks on shipp…↗
Jul 7
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 7, 2026
$SOXX -4.9%. Ten sessions. $TAN -4.7%. $MTUM -3.1%. Growth crushed. $USO +2.5% leads. Oil back above $70. $XBI +2.1%. $USMV only green factor. The…↗
Jul 6
Alphatica — INTERNALS | 12:28 PM ET
Nasdaq +1.29%. Volume 1.02x. Finally balanced. Breadth 1.16x. AMEX 0.91x. Small caps sell again. Back from holiday. Q3 week two.
Dow -0.03%. S&P +0.68%. N…↗
Jul 6
Alphatica — We said it in March. We said it in April. We said it in May. Oil is a supply story. Supply-driven spikes are sharper, shorter, and mean-revert. The data held every time.
The narra…↗
Jul 2
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 2, 2026
$SLV +3.02%. Silver leads the scanner. First time a commodity leads. $SOXX -4.04%. The semi sell continues. Healthcare. Staples. Defense. Pure defe…↗
Jul 1
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 1, 2026
$IGV +4.30%. Largest software move of the series. $SOXX -5.31%. 9.6% spread. Widest of the series. The split inverted on Q3 day one.
Leader: $IGV…↗
June 2026 · 49 mentions
Jun 30
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 30, 2026
$SOXX +3.71%. Second session. The dark pool buy validated. $XLRE -1.28%. Defensives sell. Growth buys. All four thematics green. Last day of Q2.…↗
Jun 29
Alphatica — @Nostre_damus We don't trade geopolitical predictions. We track the mechanics. Here's what the data says from the last time Iran tensions escalated:
June 9: Iran headlines hit. SP…↗
Jun 29
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 29, 2026
$SOXX +2.84%. All four thematics green. $IGV +1.86%. The split resolved. Q2 close. JPM collar day.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +2.84%
Laggard:…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 29, 2026 | Week 12
$IGV +5.3%. The largest software move in our scanners history. $DELL +33%. Gold +1.5%. 7.0% spread.
Leader: $IGV (Software) +5.3%
Laggar…↗
May 28
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 28, 2026
$ARKK leads +3.0%. $IGV +2.5%. All factors green. Innovation back. The risk trade is on.
Leader: $ARKK (ARK Innovation) +3.0%
Laggard: $XLU (Utili…↗
May 28
Antonio Costa — $USO The trend is your friend and the trend was broken to the downside. From a technical standpoint, oil is now a sell on any pop imho
Oil is less dominant in passenger road trans…↗
Alphatica — Oil spiking. FinTwit is in full panic mode. Before you make a decision based on fear, go read our research.
We published the $100 Oil Stress Timer signal weeks ago. The framework…↗
Apr 29
Antonio Costa — $USO Iran has only a few weeks at most before the storage crisis becomes critical. A deal is around the corner.... working behind the scenes imho Crude Oil is trading at premium at…↗
Apr 29
InvestmentGuru — $USO
Oil is near $105 https://t.co/zCrb3Sf0WX↗
InvestmentGuru — If oil stays above $100 , this are the play to concentrate on
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February 2026 · 1 mention
Feb 23
Jason Luongo — If we go to war with Iran, these are the stocks you will want to keep an eye on:
Defense primes:
$LMT, $RTX, $NOC, $GD, $LHX, $HWM
Drones and autonomous systems:
$ONDS, $AVAV, $K…↗
June 2025 · 1 mention
Jun 23
Space Investor — $ASTS / $RKLB
Focus on what’s right in front of you.
You don’t need 50 different strategies.
If you’re shorting $QQQ, chasing $USO options, day trading here, swing trading there…↗
— In case you do not understand what we mean when we say short $USO and $GLD on pops
NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE
Alphatica — @The_WholeArmour Where is oil trading right now? Everyone on this platform says it should be up 10%. We are a few days away from one of the busiest holiday travel days. Oil is not…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 26, 2026
$IGV +3.28%. Session leader. For the first time. $SOXX -4.92%. The split fully inverted. Software on top. Semis crash. 8.2% gap.
Leader: $IGV (So…↗
Jun 26
Jeff York, PPT — @stoxkcharts Hi Mike, I prefer $USL over $USO . Uso is only front month CL contracts. https://t.co/zsnpcfr4t1↗
Jun 26
Alphatica — @GuidoVerweyen We believe the dxy story but not the $USO story. $GLD and $USO will be much cheaper by December in our opinion. We could be wrong though.↗
Jun 25
Alphatica — @rajeshdande Thank you. We see $GLD going lower. We think the new Fed regime will talk tougher on getting inflation back to it's 2% mandate. Coupled with not providing forward guid…↗
Jun 25
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 25, 2026
$VLUE +4.09%. The value surge. $SOXX +2.87%. $MU bounce. $IGV -1.35%. Software sells again. Commodities reversed. All four green.
Leader: $VLUE (…↗
Jun 25
Alphatica — $USO and $GLD SHORT SHORT SHORT. They are reeling.
NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE↗
Jun 25
Alphatica — @Mayhem4Markets Short $GLD and $USO. That is the trade.↗
Jun 24
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 24, 2026
$XBI leads. Second session. All four thematics green. $SLV -4.84%. $USO -3.69%. $GLD -2.64%. Commodities crushed. $TLT +1.44%. Bonds rally.
Leade…↗
Jun 24
Alphatica — Breaking News:
DOE crude inventories just dropped. +6.09M barrels vs consensus of -4.5M expected. A 10.6 million barrel miss.
Gasoline: +2.06M vs -600K expected.
Distillates: +3.…↗
Jun 24
Alphatica — $GLD $USO
Short on any pops. We will disclose the trading pattern on both $GLD and $USO later today.
NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE↗
Jun 24
Alphatica — $USO and $GLD SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT
NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE↗
Jun 23
Alphatica — $GLD and $USO should be shorted on any bounces (meaning strategically), and an appropriate size relative to your portfolio. Don't be a degenerate.
🚨🚨🚨NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE 🚨�…↗
Jun 23
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 23, 2026
$SOXX -7.22%. The worst semi day of the series. $IGV +0.89%. The split inverted. Software up. Semis crash. The great rotation.
Leader: $XBI (Biot…↗
Jun 22
Alphatica — @WhaleFUD It was never a demand story. Always supply.
$USO #WTI↗
Jun 22
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 22, 2026
$XBI +3.6%. Biotech leads the week. $IGV -2.3%. Software selling accelerates. 5.9% gap. The widest biotech/software spread of the series.
Leader:…↗
Jun 22
Alphatica — They are going to need the plunge protection team for this one. Watch out below.
$USO #WTI↗
Jun 22
Alphatica — Any pops in $USO should be shorted in our opinion. We think its easy money. We are certain this is not a demand story.
NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE
$USO $SPY $QQQ↗
Jun 18
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 18, 2026
$SOXX +6.3%. Quarterly OPEX. $IGV -0.4%. The split at its widest. 6.7% gap. Gamma concentrates in semis.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +6.3%
Lag…↗
Jun 18
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO Like I’ve said several times, $200 oil per barrel was a complete mirage. Now I’m saying the Fed rate hike is also a mirage. Oil down equals inflation down, period. https:…↗
Jun 17
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 17, 2026
$XBI +4.6%. Biotech leads on FOMC day. The rate-sensitive trade. $SOXX +3.5%. $IGV flat. Software waits for Warsh.
Leader: $XBI (Biotech) +4.6%
L…↗
Jun 16
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 16, 2026
$XLU +1.6%. Utilities lead. First time. $SOXX -3.5%. $IGV -1.4%. Yesterday reversed. FOMC eve. Full defensive.
Leader: $XLU (Utilities) +1.6%
Lag…↗
Jun 15
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 15, 2026
$ARKK +5.6%. $SOXX +5.0%. $IGV +3.0%. Software is back. The split resolved. $USO -4.6%. 10.2% spread.
Leader: $ARKK (Innovation) +5.6%
Laggard: $…↗
Jun 15
Alphatica — We see a lower risk of a prolonged gas price spike. Not an all clear. But enough to start positioning in consumer discretionary.
We would look at: AZO, CVNA, and MNRO. Auto parts…↗
Jun 15
Antonio Costa — $USO The Strait of Hormuz is moving 👇 as I’ve said from the very start of the war, the $200 oil is a mirage and you probably won’t see it in your lifetime. https://t.co/32te0uxuQU↗
Jun 15
Alphatica — US and Iran just confirmed a deal. Signing ceremony June 19 in Switzerland. Strait of Hormuz reopens.
Oil is about to gap down hard.
But read the fine print.
Iran says $24B in s…↗
Jun 14
Jeff York, PPT — Straight of Hermuz live tells the story! $WTIC $BRENT $USO
https://t.co/ICQN0so6ro↗
Jun 12
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 12, 2026
4.3% spread. The narrowest of the series. Nearly everything green. $XLB leads. $IGV still red. SpaceX IPO day.
Leader: $XLB (Materials) +1.6%
Lag…↗
Jun 11
Alphatica — @Nero1131171 @margbrennan Always a short. We have posted a dozen times about WTI. $USO↗
Jun 11
Alphatica — INTERNALS UPDATE | 2:30 PM ET
Trump says there is an Iran peace deal. The internals flipped in three hours. The roller coaster continues.
This morning at 11:30 AM we published t…↗
Jun 11
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 11, 2026
$SOXX +3.9%. All factors green. $XBI +2.0%. $IGV -1.5%. Software alone on the sell side. The split returns.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +3.9%…↗
Jun 11
Alphatica — BREAKING NEWS:
Trump says US will take over Iran's oil infrastructure, including Kharg Island - Truth Social
"The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Rada…↗
Jun 10
Alphatica — BREAKING NEWS:
The Strait of Hormuz is closed. Here is everything we know right now.
What happened:
The US launched a second wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, targeting…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 9, 2026
$XLRE +1.9%. Real estate leads. $SOXX -3.0%. $IGV -2.9%. Oil crashing. The market is pricing lower rates.
Leader: $XLRE (Real Estate) +1.9%
Laggar…↗
Jun 8
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 8, 2026
$SOXX +7.1%. The largest semiconductor move in this series history. Friday: -6.5%. A 13.6% swing.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +7.1%
Laggard: $X…↗
Jun 7
Alphatica — Israel and Iran are escalating tonight. Oil futures open in a little over an hour. Before the panic starts, read the research.
We published the $100 Oil Stress Timer in the beginn…↗
Jun 5
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 5, 2026
$SOXX -6.5%. $SLV -7.1%. $TAN -7.3%. $XLP +1.7%. Consumer staples leads. The market hides in cereal and toothpaste.
Leader: $XLP (Consumer Staples…↗
Jun 4
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 4, 2026
$XBI +3.0%. $XLF +2.5%. $SOXX -2.9%. $XLK -2.0%. The great rotation. Out of tech. Into everything else.
Leader: $XBI (Biotech) +3.0%
Laggard: $USO…↗
Jun 3
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 3, 2026
$IGV -4.0%. Four days. The $DELL rally is gone. $SOXX +1.3%. $AVGO reports tonight.
Leader: $USO (Oil) +2.4%
Laggard: $IGV (Software) -4.0%
Spread…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 26, 2026 | S&P All-Time High
$SOXX +5.8%. $MTUM +3.3%. Oil only red. 8.3% spread. The greenest scanner since this series began.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconducto…↗
May 24
PhotonBull — Don't worry folks, they mean drilling for fresh oil
$USO $QQQ $SPY bitcoin:native https://t.co/QmTeWMgjws↗
May 24
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO Breaking : U.S. and Iran Agree in Principle to Reopen Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Official Says - NYT https://t.co/6lAyQHpICW↗
May 24
Antonio Costa — I have been saying this since the start of War in Iran. $200 Oil per barrel is mirage and Oil producers have a big problem in the future. The erosion of oil’s dominance is gaining…↗
May 23
Alphatica — 🚨BREAKING: The US and Iran are closing in on a deal that extends the ceasefire by 60 days. If this sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve tracked this cycle since April 7. Ceasefire.…↗
May 22
Alphatica — JUST IN: Trump is "seriously considering launching new strikes against Iran"
Always has been. 😂
$SPY $QQQ $USO #Trump https://t.co/2U442d6WBO↗
May 22
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 22, 2026 | Warsh Day 1
$SOXX +2.6%. All sectors green. All factors green. The scanner wakes up.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +2.6%
Laggard: $SLV (Silver)…↗
May 22
Antonio Costa — QATAR HAS SENT A NEGOTIATING TEAM TO TEHRAN, IN COORDINATION WITH THE U.S., TO HELP SECURE A DEAL TO END THE IRAN WAR, SOURCE WITH KNOWLEDGE TELLS REUTERS
Big news for markets $SP…↗
May 21
Alphatica — This oil story is a supply side story. It’s hot air. It does not matter. $WTI will close back under $100 again. The clock resets.
$USO $OIL↗
May 21
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 21, 2026 | Post $NVDA
3.3% spread. The quietest scanner in weeks. The market is digesting.
Leader: $TAN (Solar) +1.7%
Laggard: $XLP (Consumer Staples) -1.6…↗
May 21
Alphatica — WTI closed below $100 yesterday at 98.26 after dipping under.
This morning it crossed back above $100, now trading at $100.61.
This remains a supply-driven story, not a dema…↗
May 20
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 20, 2026 | $NVDA Day
$SOXX +4.3%. All sectors green. All factors green. Oil only red. $NVDA tonight.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +4.3%
Laggard: $USO (Oi…↗
May 19
Alphatica — CTA Positioning Proxy: May 19
The regime hit +0.420 (LONG, approaching MAX LONG threshold). SPY $737.
The DBMF CTA ETF finally confirmed what the trend data has been saying for w…↗
May 19
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 19, 2026 | $NVDA Eve
All tech red. Semis, software, solar. Healthcare and oil only green. $NVDA tomorrow.
Leader: $USO (Oil) +1.9%
Laggard: $SLV (Silver) -…↗
May 18
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 18, 2026
Tech sells into $NVDA earnings. Energy and financials lead. Two days.
Leader: $USO (Oil) +1.7%
Laggard: $TAN (Solar) -3.5%
Spread: 5.2%
The marke…↗
May 15
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 15, 2026 | OPEX Day
11.5% spread. All-time record. $SLV -8.5%. Oil the only green. OPEX destruction.
Leader: $USO (Oil) +3.1%
Laggard: $SLV (Silver) -8.5%…↗
May 14
Alphatica — For our new followers: this is the research FinTwit didn't want to hear when oil was at a YTD high.
WTI spiked to ~$107 on the Strait of Hormuz closure. We published the $100 Oil…↗
May 14
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 14, 2026
Software leads. Every sector green. Every factor green. The broadening is real.
Leader: $IGV (Software) +2.6%
Laggard: $SLV (Silver) -3.3%
Spread:…↗
May 13
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 13, 2026 | 12:00 PM ET
Solar leads +3.7%. Software lags again. PPI 6.0% and the market shrugs.
Leader: $TAN (Solar) +3.7%
Laggard: $IGV (Software) -1.8%
Sp…↗
May 13
Antonio Costa — $USO OPEC CUTS 2026 GLOBAL OIL DEMAND GROWTH FORECAST TO 1.17 MILLION BPD↗
Antonio Costa — Finally, someone who tells the truth. $USO $SPY↗
May 11
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 11, 2026 | 12:10 PM ET
Silver explodes +6.3%. Oil surges +3.5%. New record spread: 7.8%.
Leader: $SLV (Silver) +6.3%
Laggard: $XLP (Consumer Staples) -1.4%…↗
May 8
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 8, 2026 | 12:12 PM ET
Semis rip +3.9%. Value surges +3.3%. Tech leadership returns.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +3.9%
Laggard: $XLV (Healthcare) -0.6%
S…↗
May 7
Alphatica — SPX GEX LEVELS: May 8
Yesterday: all-time high GEX at +$1.51B. Today: first red day in four sessions. Tonight: the US struck Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz…↗
May 7
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 7, 2026
$IGV explodes +3.9%. Record spread. The software trade is back.
Leader: $IGV (Software) +3.9%
Laggard: $XBI (Biotech) -3.1%
Spread: 7.0%
The wides…↗
May 7
Alphatica — WTI was $107 last week. It's $91 this morning.
Our research said $100 oil isn't the signal. $100 oil for 30+ days is. We published the data: SPY forward returns deteriorate monoto…↗
May 6
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 6, 2026
Innovation leads. Oil crashes. The possible Iran deal is repricing everything.
Leader: $ARKK (Innovation) +1.5%
Laggard: $USO (Oil) -1.4%
Spread: 2…↗
May 5
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 5, 2026
Semis explode +3%. Value surges +2.4%. Widest spread of the series.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +3.0%
Laggard: $ARKK (Innovation) -2.1%
Spread:…↗
May 4
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 4, 2026 | 3:00 PM ET
Oil surges. Semis break. Biotech leads. Every factor red.
Leader: USO (Oil) +2.8%
Laggard: TAN (Solar) -1.4%
Spread: 4.1%
The Iran mi…↗
Alphatica — WTI was $107 two days ago. It's $102 now heading for $100. This is what supply shocks do. They spike hard and mean-revert fast.
Our research flagged the $100 Oil Stress Timer. The…↗
May 1
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 1, 2026
Yesterday's leaders are today's laggards. Complete reversal.
Yesterday: XLE (Energy) +2.4% led. XLK (Tech) -0.7% lagged. Gold sold off.
Today: XLK…↗
Antonio Costa — $USO China discovers 225 large, medium-sized crude oil, natural gas fields from 2021 to 2025: Ministry of Natural Resources
China's Ministry of Natural Resources said on Wednesda…↗
Apr 28
Antonio Costa — $USO Bad news for Oil 👇 something is cooking↗
Apr 28
Antonio Costa — The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it will exit OPEC on May 1 - Bad news for Oil prices $USO
OPEC+ coordinates cuts to support prices. Losing the UAE reduces the gro…↗
Apr 27
Alphatica — Everyone is in disbelief that the market is shrugging off higher oil.
We published the exact stress-test for this scenario back when WTI first crossed $100 in the beginning of Apr…↗
Apr 27
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | 12:15 PM ET
The 17-day semis streak just broke. Software is leading.
SOXX (Semiconductors): −2.2%- session laggard,
IGV (Software): +1.1%- session leader,
Rota…↗
Apr 24
Alphatica — Where the money is going.
We track 37 proxy ETFs in real time across sectors, factors, thematic, and macro. Every session, the rotation scanner shows you exactly where the institu…↗
Apr 21
Antonio Costa — Trump: $SPY $USO https://t.co/TfmhGeXzOw↗
Apr 21
Antonio Costa — TRUMP on CNBC : US TOTALLY CONTROLS HORMUZ STRAIT $USO↗
Apr 19
Antonio Costa — Every recent weekend it’s the same movie. The bears come out of hibernation proclaiming another Black Monday. It wouldn’t surprise me if tomorrow the trend continues, with oil fall…↗
Apr 17
Tradable Astronaut — $USO sitting right on put gamma support at $116.
Dealers short puts here need to buy the underlying to hedge. That's what creates the floor.
Hold $116 and a bounce is possible.…↗
Antonio Costa — Market doesnt care what you think, Market doesnt care about your narrative, the market is sovereign and it’s the one in charge. I keep saying that $200 per barrel of oil is a mirag…↗
Apr 14
Antonio Costa — $USO $200 is a mirage !!! https://t.co/89HcQnITYm↗
Apr 14
Alphatica — CTA Positioning Update: April 14
Strongest raw regime score we've measured: +0.260 (LONG). SPY $693. Confidence: 76%.
The trend data is the most bullish it's been in this entire…↗
Apr 13
Antonio Costa — $USO Oil looks vulnerable to a negative close. Current prices near $98–100 already reflect geopolitical premium, further de-escalation could accelerate the downside imho https://t.…↗
Alphatica — If this person read our research, the move today wouldn't be a surprise. Our channel flagged the mechanics behind it. If you haven't read our breakdown on the impact of oil and the…↗
Apr 12
Antonio Costa — The Big picture of the US naval blockade
👇 👇 👇
The Saudis and Emiratis have ways to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranians don’t 😉
Wi…↗
Apr 12
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would be a severe blow to Iran.
Iran’s regime relies heavily on oil exports. A successful U.S. blockade or enforced reopen…↗
Apr 10
Tradable Astronaut — CPI came in below expectations today.
Headline 3.3% vs 3.4% expected.
Core 2.6% vs 2.7% expected.
$USO rolling over confirms oil is fading as the Iran geopolitical premium comes…↗
Apr 10
Antonio Costa — The reality in Europe right now. The adoption of EVs in my country 🇵🇹 is speeding up. I have been saying this for weeks, Oil above $100 is a big problem for Oil producers $USO ht…↗
Apr 10
Antonio Costa — $USO A serious question for everyone who understands the war in the Middle East and the oil market: Why, despite all these catastrophic war events, is oil failing to stabilize abov…↗
Apr 9
Alphatica — The CTA Positioning just flipped to LONG for the first time since March 10.
Nine days ago (Mar 30), the regime read -0.021 with SPY at $633. We identified SPY $642 as the first C…↗
Apr 9
Antonio Costa — $USO Bad news for Oil producers:
China’s electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid exports surged 140% to a record 349,000 units in March 2026 amid Iran war fuel shock !!!
Electric cars…↗
Apr 8
Joeri — @MadisonLackey44 I own $KOS , but also Harbour energy $HBR.L, $Galp.LS, $MER.T, $SEI.V, $LGN.V, $SGY.T. Combined a pretty significant part of my portfolio. Plus sold $USO and $BNO…↗
Apr 8
Antonio Costa — My gut feeling was right. The Strait of Hormuz has been opened $SPY $USO https://t.co/XurRf6gAoS↗
Apr 8
Antonio Costa — Gooooood morning !!!! Futures are ripping higher while Oil is crashing $SPY $USO https://t.co/RfPsLB5e7q↗
Apr 7
Antonio Costa — SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL TO REUTERS: TEHRAN POSITIVELY REVIEWING PAKISTAN’S REQUEST FOR A TWO-WEEK CEASEFIRE $SPY $USO↗
Apr 7
Antonio Costa — PAKISTAN PM SHARIF: REQUESTS IRANIAN BROTHERS TO OPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ FOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS AS GOODWILL GESTURE $USO↗
Apr 7
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO Financial Times “The UAE’s east coast provides deep-water ports and pipeline routes connecting Gulf producers to the Indian Ocean. Oman’s developments at Duqm and Sohar s…↗
Apr 6
Antonio Costa — The unusual situation has emerged where West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude the main U.S. oil benchmark is trading at a premium to Brent, the global benchmark. Normally, Brent comm…↗
Apr 6
Alphatica — The Strait of Hormuz has been closed for 37 days.
WTI is up 82%. Gas just hit $4.11. Consumer sentiment is in the 1st percentile of the last 75 years.
And the S&P 500 is down onl…↗
Apr 6
Antonio Costa — $USO Bloomberg : Iraq has told traders and refiners they can collect crude cargoes as vessels carrying the country’s oil are now able to transit the Strait of Hormuz https://t.co/F…↗
Apr 6
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO Futures Green , Oil down https://t.co/Sxa4so0WEk↗
Apr 5
Alphatica — WTI crossed $100 on March 27. The clock is ticking.
$100 oil isn't the signal. $100 oil for 30+ days is.
We analyzed every trading day WTI spent above $100 since 2003. 547 days.…↗
Apr 5
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO Trump : Tuesday Will be Power Plant Day 🧨 Another day of high volatility expected tomorrow. https://t.co/MntlMj2SIO↗
Apr 5
Antonio Costa — $USO Breaking: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) will raise April’s oil production.↗
Apr 3
Antonio Costa — There’s a truth many prefer to overlook: consumer searches for EVs have spiked dramatically across the globe in recent weeks.
Passenger cars (light-duty vehicles) and road transpo…↗
Apr 2
Alphatica — CTA Positioning Update
Regime held at +0.107 despite SPY pulling back to $653.
Under the surface, equities softened but commodities strengthened and bonds stabilized — the compos…↗
Antonio Costa — Crude is ripping hard following the Trump speech as Hormuz jitters keep everyone on edge. Before we head into the long weekend, how about a classic TACO tweet from the big guy?
Tr…↗
Apr 1
Tradable Astronaut — $USO options structure tells the same story.
Massive call GEX resistance stacked from $125 all the way to $150.
Dealers will sell into any oil rally.
Put wall sitting at $100.…↗
Apr 1
Tradable Astronaut — But here's the other side of the trade.
$6.76M in $USO put debit spreads, April 10 expiry. Targeting $108.
IV at 98-99. Someone is betting oil drops hard by next Thursday, right…↗
Apr 1
Alphatica — Three days ago we said SPY $642 was the CTA covering trigger. Here's what happened.
Day 1 (Mar 30): Regime -0.021, SPY $633. We identified the 250-day moving average at $642 as th…↗
Alphatica — UNITED STATES CRUID OIL INVENTORIES
5.45M vs. 2.00M FORECAST
$USO $OIL https://t.co/XVyh8pWCy2↗
Apr 1
Tradable Astronaut — $USO is finally red while $SPY is up
And the $VIX is down https://t.co/kecI0138EK↗
Apr 1
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY Crude Oil is falling hard this morning. This appears to be a classic de-risking move as the “war premium” from the recent U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict fades.
Markets had p…↗
Mar 29
InvestmentGuru — This is what you concentrate on
$USO — direct exposure to oil price trends
$XLE — broad energy sector strength
$XOM — large-cap energy leader with strong cash flow
$PBR — high b…↗
InvestmentGuru — Energy Stocks — Building Momentum for Upside . Energy is quietly becoming one of the most important sectors to watch if inflation, yields, and geopolitical risks stay elevated.
Ke…↗
Mar 27
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO “The Hormuz Security Force”
Financial Times - “The United Arab Emirates has told allies that it would participate in a multinational maritime task force intended to reo…↗
Mar 27
Antonio Costa — $USO EV sales are speeding up everywhere. The oil price shock linked to the Hormuz situation is giving EV momentum an extra push in Europe. I never see so many EV cars in 🇵🇹 🇪🇸…↗
Mar 27
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO France confirmed that its armed forces chief, General Fabien Mandon, held a videoconference with military counterparts from around 35 countries (spanning all continents)…↗
Mar 26
Antonio Costa — Unpopular opinion: I stand with my opinion, $200 Oil a barrel is a mirage $USO $SPY↗
Mar 26
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY Do you know why surging oil prices are not necessarily good news for producers right now? Many of them are starting to panic.
I will explain.
Main Uses of Oil Worldwid…↗
Mar 26
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY Japan is starting the release of oil from national reserves on Thursday to stabilize supply. https://t.co/REiNf76thI↗
Mar 25
Tradable Astronaut — $USO just got rejected by its moving averages after an extended run.
Price is now trading below both MAs for the first time, and they've flipped from support to resistance overhea…↗
Antonio Costa — $USO Any asset with strong fundamentals doesn’t react this way to rumors or news yet crude oil is swinging wildly on every headline. I understand all bullish commentaries and the d…↗
Mar 24
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO ceasefire around the corner https://t.co/3CMzoa4nfg↗
Mar 24
Antonio Costa — $USO Crude Oil continues trading at a premium because of the geopolitical risks. However the demand is slowing quickly due to high prices, oversupply persists, and a ceasefire may…↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — $USO Negative Net Premium today. Highest Volume Contracts https://t.co/bloBBv1LaG↗
Antonio Costa — $USO Chart speaks for itself. Distribution https://t.co/7nYvKNKqon↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — $USO Here's the truth we've uncovered: $200 is nothing but a mirage 😉↗
Mar 23
Alphatica — @WatcherGuru 30% is lower than you'd think given the headlines. Goldman had it at 20% before the war. A 10-point bump for the largest oil supply disruption in history, a frozen Fed…↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO Pakistan steps up as go-between in Trump’s Iran crisis - FT↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — Something is happeing behind the scenes .... market is ignorning Iran Media TV and Crude Oil cant gain some momentum. $USO $SPY Lets see how it closes↗
Antonio Costa — TRUMP ON IRAN, OIL: THE PRICE WILL DROP LIKE A ROCK AS SOON AS THERE'S A DEAL $USO $SPY↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — Trump : We have had strong talks $USO $SPY https://t.co/WDByvCa0YS↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — $USO Just imagine if Venezuelan and Iranian oil started flooding the market. Supply would greatly exceed demand.↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — TRUMP TO FOX BUSINESS: RECENT IRAN TALKS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT $SPY $USO↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — The post I put out 4 hours ago was right on the money. I think the true short squeeze is still ahead of us $SPY $IWM $USO https://t.co/GEsSLZRKZr↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO I’ve seen this movie before a month ago with Venezuela. It seems we’re now getting defectors from the Iranian regime talking to the United States. This is just my persona…↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO Sooner or later, you’ll see that this report is valid and correct. Iran needs to deny in order to keep selling its crude at these high prices. https://t.co/kRfUuKM4bx↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO Biiiiiinnnnngooooo !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/IMuo3BakwP↗
Mar 23
Antonio Costa — A gap down and a green close, Who else thinks the same?
Given today’s deeply oversold conditions, all the peace chatter behind the scenes and Trump’s ultimatum, a sharp reversal c…↗
Mar 22
Antonio Costa — Someone knows Something ….
Futures flat and Oil red $USO $SPY
Lets see how it plays out tomorrow. Expect the unexpected 😉 https://t.co/YYXxYWX7hv↗
Mar 22
Antonio Costa — Serious question for all the oil bulls:
If the world ends tomorrow, why are you still rooting for higher prices?
Just sell already 🤣 $USO↗
Mar 22
Antonio Costa — $USO Someone loves to dump Oil above $100 everybody knows Oil is overvalued https://t.co/o3SNvkc1rm↗
Mar 22
Antonio Costa — Is this the End of Oil Dominance?
Not immediately, oil will likely remain a major energy source for another few years but could mark the end of the crude Oil prices above $100 as…↗
Mar 22
Antonio Costa — 🚨 U.S. President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran on March 21, 2026 (late Saturday evening, around 23:44 GMT), demanding that Iran fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz…↗
Mar 21
Antonio Costa — $USO Call me crazy but there is a high possibility of a significant pullback in oil prices, similar in nature to the sharp corrections silver has experienced recently.
A meaningf…↗
Mar 21
Antonio Costa — $SPY $USO Trump's team game planning for potential Iran peace talks - AXIOS https://t.co/0eAtsTjgNd↗
Mar 21
Antonio Costa — $USO $NDX Weekend Oil - US Crude -1.3% / Nasdaq 100 Weekend +0.6% https://t.co/uWb31uztTm↗
Mar 21
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY Breaking news: 22 countries 'ready to contribute to ensuring safe passage' through strait of Hormuz.
More than 20 countries – including the UK, Germany, France, Japan a…↗
Mar 20
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY U.S. Treasury issues new 30-day licenses permitting the sale of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products 👇↗
Mar 20
Antonio Costa — A lot of headline related to Crude Oil in the last minutes just to push the Oil Price. Good luck longs $USO Don’t forget the effect of gravity, oil is very heavy↗
Mar 20
Antonio Costa — $USO A Oil Glut scenario is more than likely in the coming months - Producers will have a big problem on hands
The recent surge in oil and fuel prices driven by geopolitical tens…↗
Mar 20
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY CHINA FOREIGN MINISTER: CHINA, FRANCE SHOULD ENHANCE STRATEGIC COORDINATION - Via @TheTradeXchange↗
Mar 20
Antonio Costa — $USO This is the reality vs the fantasie 👇 crude Oil red this morning.
The +$100 in Crude Oil WTI continues to be a big problem for Bulls https://t.co/T5wLZw9844↗
Mar 20
Alphatica — Goldman Sachs just published what might be the most important oil research note of the year. The title says it all: "Higher Prices for Longer?"
The key findings:
Brent is likely…↗
Mar 19
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY NETANYAHU ON OIL PRICES: IT IS RISING BUT IT WILL FALL QUICKLY↗
Mar 19
Antonio Costa — $USO freefall !!! https://t.co/daHBKmazSU↗
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY NETANYAHU: ISRAEL HELPING US OPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ↗
Mar 19
Antonio Costa — $USO Crude Oil WTI and Brent negative now !!↗
Mar 19
Antonio Costa — $USO this is not a candle that Bulls would like to see after a new 52-wk high https://t.co/fbLTnQno1w↗
Mar 19
Antonio Costa — $USO Brent Oil from $119.11 ro $108.65 now... 🤔 Something must be going on behind the scenes↗
Mar 19
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said the US could order a second release from its strategic petroleum reserve in an effort to push down oil prices - FT https://t.co/HWYE…↗
Mar 19
Antonio Costa — $SPY Futures big push b4 the open 🤔 $USO fading↗
Mar 19
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY BESSENT: U.S. MAY UNSANCTION IRANIAN OIL ON WATER IN COMING DAYS - FOX↗
Mar 19
Antonio Costa — $USO Brent is currently trading at a significant premium over WTI recent data shows spreads around $10 per barrel.
👉 Brent serves as the primary global benchmark and is heavily…↗
Mar 19
Dustin — $USO $EONR My prediction is that, the price of oil will keep rising up regardless of how much manipulation it faces.
The only way it can be halted is if Trump suddenly agrees to s…↗
Mar 18
Alphatica — USO Net GEX.
USO is sitting in a positive gamma regime. Every expiration column net positive:
Mar 18: +$16.7M
Mar 20 OPEX: +$18.8M
Mar 25: +$2.0M
Mar 27: +$4.5M
Key levels:
• 1…↗
Mar 18
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY US reportedly preparing to take control of the Strait of Hormuz, per Kann News via @TheTradeXchange https://t.co/KBR4efqJsC↗
Mar 18
Antonio Costa — $USO Negative divergences everywhere... https://t.co/awD6OERhMZ↗
Mar 18
Antonio Costa — $USO Crude Oil RED Wow !!! WHAT A MOVE !!↗
Mar 18
Alphatica — @unusual_whales This is the third emergency measure in a week. SPR release. Russian oil sanctions eased. Now the Jones Act waived.
Each one is an admission that the previous one w…↗
Mar 18
Alphatica — @KobeissiLetter The benchmark divergence is the most underreported story in the oil market right now. A $61 spread between Oman crude and WTI tells you the physical market in the G…↗
Mar 18
Antonio Costa — $USO As of the latest available data in 2026, Venezuela holds approximately 303 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves. This places it firmly at number 1 globally, accounting…↗
Mar 18
Antonio Costa — $USO U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesd…↗
Mar 18
Antonio Costa — $USO Crude Oil is rising following the headlines "Iran Says To Retaliate Against Attack On Energy Infrastructure; Will Hit Enemy Sites Previously Thought To Be Safe; Israeli Broadc…↗
Antonio Costa — $USO is finally losing some momo. It has a big gap below. https://t.co/WDqIDaECmb↗
Mar 16
Antonio Costa — $USO The real energy logic wins over all the global hysteria. See? They wanted $120, they got $92. https://t.co/gUNxxxAMwg↗
Mar 16
Antonio Costa — Iran and U.S. have been in direct contact in recent days, sources say - AXIOS $USO $SPY https://t.co/32tWknOb18↗
Mar 16
Alphatica — @NoLimitGains Careful with that read. WTI dropped from $99 to $93.95 that's a 5% pullback. It also dropped from $120 to $77 on March 10 before ripping back to $100 by Thursday. Th…↗
Antonio Costa — $USO Expensive oil is a threat to oil itself, since more and more exporters and alternatives are already starting to emerge. Once again, I don't trade oil it's just a matter of str…↗
Mar 16
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY This morning during my walk, I ran into this diver on the street. I asked what he was staring at and what he was hunting for. He said he was searching for the $200 oil ba…↗
Mar 16
Antonio Costa — $USO 👇 When everyone in the market is on the same side, a negative news can trigger a sharp / violent move.↗
Mar 16
Antonio Costa — $USO Crude Oil continues making new lows this morning. Next immediate support lies at $92↗
Mar 16
Antonio Costa — Good morning everyone !!
What a beautiful color on my screens 💪📈 a red close on Oil today would be epic 🤔 The market is full of shorts, meanwhile Oil is full of longs. I’m alw…↗
Mar 16
Alphatica — This is the chart nobody panicking on your timeline is looking at.
Crude forward curve: ~$100 at spot, drops fast, and settles back to ~$80 by late September.
The entire war pre…↗
Mar 15
Antonio Costa — $USO No matter how many catastrophic events people try to hype up, oil prices still have great difficulty going up. I’ll say it again: high oil prices are a nightmare for producers…↗
Mar 15
Antonio Costa — $USO WSJ : “The Trump administration as sono as this week plans to announce that multiple countries have agreed to form a coalition that will escort ships through the Strait of Hor…↗
Mar 15
Alphatica — Update on this: Iran is now selectively reopening the strait — Turkish ship approved, Indian tankers given passage, and Tehran is floating yuan-denominated oil trades as a conditio…↗
Mar 15
Antonio Costa — $USO One of the largest risks in any market is extreme one-sided positioning: when virtually everyone is leaning the same way (heavily long or short) at overbought extremes, a sing…↗
Mar 15
Antonio Costa — $USO Breaking: EU ministers to discuss possible naval options for Strait of Hormuz - Financial Times https://t.co/cYKVlcsj8Q↗
Mar 15
Antonio Costa — $USO Oil weekend futures continue losing momentum this weekend. From +6% to just 2.5% …. there appears to be some positive developments this morning contributing to a pullback in…↗
Mar 15
Antonio Costa — $USO Financial Times : “Retail traders are piling into bets on oil prices, drawn by a wildly volatile rally in global energy markets sparked by the Iran war.
Flows from small inv…↗
Mar 15
Alphatica — The Alphatica Trade Desk. Weekend Briefing.
Kharg Island. The ceasefire that isn't coming. $100 oil. And the most binary Monday setup we've ever tracked.
60 seconds. Everything you…↗
Mar 14
Antonio Costa — Contrary to widespread claims, oil is still flowing through the two pipelines at an increasingly rapid pace helping Saudi Arabia and UAE bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia…↗
Mar 14
Antonio Costa — $USO New York Post: Iran said Saturday that all countries besides the US and Israel may pass through the Strait of Hormuz, in a desperate attempt at coalition busting less than a…↗
Mar 14
Antonio Costa — While the media world is busy being entertained by the Strait of Hormuz, tankers are being rerouted to the Red Sea to load up. They would love to see oil at $200, but my friends, a…↗
Mar 14
Antonio Costa — The Straight of Hormuz is gonna be open soon $USO 👇 Great news for markets 💪 https://t.co/QzsvGLPRCb↗
Mar 14
Antonio Costa — $USO High oil prices eventual destroy oil’s own demand.
Consumers stop driving, industries save energy, alternatives become competitive so when oil rises too far, it hurts itself.…↗
Mar 14
Antonio Costa — $USO Kharg Island is a small island in the Persian Gulf that serves as Iran’s primary oil export terminal (around 90%). This makes it the key gateway for most of Iran’s oil shipmen…↗
Mar 14
Alphatica — @TheInsiderPaper Ignore the Strait headline. Read the fine print. Iran will let tankers through — but only if the oil is traded in Chinese yuan.
This is Iran weaponizing the choke…↗
Mar 13
Alphatica — BREAKING: Kharg Island — Why This Changes Everything
Trump just announced US Central Command obliterated every military target on Iran's Kharg Island. He deliberately spared the o…↗
Mar 13
Alphatica — @zerohedge Goldman’s three scenarios and the single variable that determines which one plays out.
Scenario 1 — S&P 7600 (base case): Strait reopens, oil normalizes, earnings growt…↗
Mar 13
Alphatica — @spectatorindex $2 trillion in equity value erased. Meanwhile gold is up, oil is up and defense stocks hit all-time highs. The money didn’t disappear — it rotated. The S&P 500 is d…↗
Mar 13
Alphatica — USD/JPY at 159.24. The dollar hasn't been this strong against the yen since July 2024 — when the Bank of Japan intervened at 161.62 to defend the currency. We're $2.38 from that li…↗
Mar 13
Antonio Costa — $USO Iran mulls conditions for allowing oil through Strait of Hormuz - CNN https://t.co/DujPMZhqnb↗
Mar 13
Antonio Costa — $USO Canadian Energy Minister: Canada will support the International Energy Agency release with 23.6 mln Canadian barrels.↗
Mar 13
Alphatica — SPY CLOSE | March 13 — Week in Review
$662.27. Down 0.57% on the day. Down 4.7% from the February highs. Closed right on top of the biggest accelerator we've ever tracked.
Today'…↗
Mar 13
Alphatica — @KobeissiLetter They haven't lost control. They never had it. Oil started the year at $60. The US launched strikes on Iran on February 28 that effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz…↗
Mar 13
Antonio Costa — 🚨To all newbies out there who are buying Crude Oil contracts !!
If an investor buys (goes long on) a crude oil futures contract and holds it all the way to expiration without sel…↗
Mar 13
Antonio Costa — $USO France and Italy open talks with Iran in hope of securing safe Hormuz passage https://t.co/O5bJFgkro8↗
Mar 13
Antonio Costa — $USO US issued a 30-day waiver for countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum products currently stranded at sea.
There is a lot of Oil in the market -
I continue to…↗
Mar 13
Dustin — $EONR $USO Brent oil back above 100$ and pushing higher.
oil rallied so hard right now.. looks like a nice gap up.. iran likes to attack on fridays and weekends, expect a bigger j…↗
Mar 13
Alphatica — @Polymarket This needs context. Treasury issued a 30-day waiver last week — not a blanket lifting of sanctions. It only covers Russian crude already stranded at sea, only to India,…↗
Mar 13
Alphatica — @TheLongInvest Respectfully, defining “resilient” depends on where you’re looking. The S&P 500 peaked at 6,979 and closed today at 6,673 — that’s a 4.4% drawdown from highs. Modest…↗
Mar 12
Alphatica — @financialjuice When the CEO of the world’s largest futures exchange calls a government plan a “biblical disaster,” listen. CME’s Duffy is asking the right question — would Treasur…↗
Mar 12
Antonio Costa — $USO reminds me $SLV in late January ... then pufffffff↗
Mar 12
Antonio Costa — $USO Oil Market Report - March 2026
Consumer countries have significant amounts of oil in storage to bridge temporary supply losses. Global observed inventories of crude and prod…↗
Mar 12
Antonio Costa — Breaking : Bessent tells Sky News an international Coalition could protect ships in Strait of Hormuz $USO https://t.co/vRO2eEyNKR↗
Mar 12
Alphatica — Be careful up here.
$USO https://t.co/EdG0viW7uS↗
Mar 12
Alphatica — JPMorgan says long energy, short the market until Hormuz reopens. The trade has worked. But when a major bank publishes the trade, it's no longer early — it's crowded.
Two days ag…↗
Mar 12
Alphatica — @WatcherGuru That's been the trade for two weeks. Energy is the only sector in the S&P that's green since the conflict started. The question isn't whether the trade works — it's wh…↗
Mar 12
Antonio Costa — $USO Bloomberg: Trump Administration Set To Suspend Jones Act To Tame Oil Price
Suspending the Jones Act means temporarily lifting or exempting certain requirements of the Mercha…↗
Mar 12
Antonio Costa — $USO Saudi Arabia is actively rerouting significant volumes of crude oil away from the Strait of Hormuz to export terminals on the Red Sea, primarily the port of Yanbu. The East-We…↗
Mar 12
Antonio Costa — $USO I cant agree more 👇 via @Benzinga
"Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of SkyBridge Capital, expects crude oil prices to reverse their massive spikes, predicting that the global…↗
Mar 12
Antonio Costa — $USO Why has oil surged back above $100/barrel when India and China reportedly have safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz?
China accounts for approximately 37-38% of the tota…↗
Mar 12
Tradable Astronaut — Meanwhile some leaders on the @AionAnalytics Index
$AAOI #1 🔥9 streak, +50.8% since added
$AMPX #3 🔥6 streak, +48.1% since added
$FSLY #5 🔥8 streak, +13.6% since added
$CR…↗
Mar 11
Antonio Costa — I’ve found a way to get around the issues caused by Iran’s attacks on tankers. What if we used submarines to carry the oil barrels? 🤣 $USO $SPY https://t.co/sSir2avuLn↗
Mar 11
Alphatica — @Polymarket The DOE is predicting $70 by year-end while the USO options market is telling a different story right now. We ran USO flow yesterday — dealers are short 20M shares (for…↗
Mar 11
Antonio Costa — TRUMP TO INVOKE EMERGENCY LAW FOR SABLE AS OIL SQUEEZE TIGHTENS $USO↗
Mar 11
Antonio Costa — $USO A potential Oi glut event around the corner ?
The world produces about 2–3 million barrels/day more than it consumes, which usually goes into storage or inventories.
Now,…↗
Mar 11
Antonio Costa — $USO Breaking : IEA Members agreed to release 400M Barrels of Oil↗
Mar 11
Antonio Costa — $USO Oil tankers are clearly moving into the Red Sea following the recent events on the Strait of Hormuz.
February 2026 Oil Market Report from the International Energy Agency 👇…↗
Mar 11
Antonio Costa — $USO While everyone’s attention is on the Strait of Hormuz, a lot of ships are sailing to the Red Sea to load up. https://t.co/w6RO4s8Fun↗
Mar 11
Antonio Costa — Today, March 11, 2026 is the day when the IEA’s 32 member countries are expected to vote on (or decide on) a proposed coordinated release of emergency oil reserves. $USO
The larg…↗
Mar 10
Antonio Costa — $USO President Trump Says I Am Proud To Announce That America First Refining Is Opening First New U.S. Oil Refinery In 50 Years In Brownsville, Texas https://t.co/ioNzlKjhSK↗
Mar 10
Alphatica — USO at $102.91. Crude went from $76.82 to $91.44 to $84.55 in a single session — a $15 range. The options structure barely flinched. Dealers are short 20M shares — if oil rallies,…↗
Mar 10
Antonio Costa — $USO Oil remains Iran's single most important source of government revenue and foreign exchange earnings. Oil dominates Iran's exports often 80–90%+ of total export revenue in rece…↗
Mar 10
Antonio Costa — EIA SAYS ONCE OIL FLOWS ARE REESTABLISHED THROUGH STRAIT OF HORMUZ, GLOBAL OIL PRODUCTION WILL CONTINUE TO OUTPACE CONSUMPTION
Wonder if oil will hit $50 or under in March? $USO↗
Antonio Costa — $USO It looks like another tanker just crossed the Strait of Hormuz. https://t.co/lF5I5hmDx7↗
Mar 10
Antonio Costa — $USO Oil continues making new LOWS of the day↗
Mar 10
Antonio Costa — $SPY US markets are rising while $USO is falling... something doesn't make sense lol. Or actually, of course it makes sense supply continues to outpace demand. The Strait of Hormuz…↗
Mar 10
Antonio Costa — $USO Despite Iran’s closure declaration, the Strait of Hormuz isn’t completely shut, some tankers continue to transit, often with transponders off, according to reports from yester…↗
Mar 10
Antonio Costa — Good morning everyone !! Crude Oil continues losing momentum this morning. I suggest you read the IEA’s February Oil Market Report, which shows that we have substantial crude oil i…↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — $USO Crude Oil WTI traded today like a penny stock.... https://t.co/WHbel3JEIX↗
Mar 9
Alphatica — SPY CLOSE
$677.34. Up 2% from the open. Green on the day. On boots-on-the-ground headlines and $108 crude.
Here's what changed between 9:30 AM and 4 PM.
Our Alphatica Composite…↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — $USO A blow-off pattern 🤔 https://t.co/UjA3M0VJjr↗
Alphatica — SPY UPDATE
$669.19. Composite: -21.5. We opened at -40.5 this morning. That's a 19-point swing and it's still moving.
The flow keeps building. +57.7M long delta. This morning it…↗
Mar 9
Alphatica — @KobeissiLetter Oil went from $108 overnight to under $95. That's a 12% reversal in less than 12 hours. We flagged $110 as the line last night — "if oil stabilizes below $110 by mo…↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — The word 'CEASEFIRE' is all over my feed/stream right now... something tells me this war is days away from ending 🤔 $SPY $USO↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — $USO Oil continues making new lows for the day... a negative close would be amazing !!↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — $USO Breaking : Japan gives order to prepare for release of oil reserves https://t.co/KdFShS5chy↗
Dustin — $USO Wait for the energy meeting tomorrow in France with the G7 if they don’t release the reserves this will shoot up, if they do release it will drop down for the time being the n…↗
Mar 9
Midas — Trump is telling you this pop on Oil is a PUT opportunity.
Many will be blindsided. $USO↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — $USO June 18 $70 puts are very active today https://t.co/wPnCPo7ITY↗
Alphatica — SPY OPEN
$664.33. Gapped down on boots-on-the-ground headlines. But something just changed.
The IV skew flipped.
For three straight weeks, every single reading showed puts more…↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — $USO breaks below $100 The rain is coming !!↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — $USO Oil is going to drop fast soon imho↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — What was to be expected: while many are waiting for the ships’ coordinates to attack them in the Strait of Hormuz, the smarter ones are turning off their radars and turning their s…↗
Mar 9
InvestmentGuru — If oil holds above $100, several energy names could present strong trading opportunities due to momentum and sector strength.
Some oil plays to keep on watch include $USO, $OXY, $T…↗
Antonio Costa — Breaking Japan News : “Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara announced at a press conference on the 9th that "the decision to release oil stockpiles has been made... “ Nikkei dot c…↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — Call me crazy, but I wouldn’t be surprised with a green close tomorrow, a Bitcoin pop and a pullback in oil. The world has huge reserves of oil, and Western countries are not depen…↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — $USO Financial Times : IEA is ready to act 👇
The G7 is actively considering a coordinated release of huge amounts of oil from strategic reserves right now.
Discussions center…↗
Mar 9
Antonio Costa — $USO Financial Times : Release of emergency of Oil reserves
Be prepared for a big pullback on Oil https://t.co/0GtA2utPIY↗
Mar 9
InvestmentGuru — We can see big green in this stocks 🤞
$USO
$TPET
$PBR
$WTI
$EONR
$MVO
$BATL↗
Mar 9
Tradable Astronaut — $USO + 16% overnight!
Only 2 things were bullish on the sector leaderboard
Energy & Defense names!
Repost & comment “TRIAL” to enter 1 free month! https://t.co/FjuTcN31T…↗
Mar 8
Antonio Costa — In just 24 hours, everything can change during a crisis. I seriously doubt there won’t be some kind of intervention in the oil futures market. This dizzying surge in oil prices is…↗
Mar 8
Alphatica — SUNDAY NIGHT FUTURES
Futures down 1.58%. Crude oil at $108.22 — up 17% from Friday's close. Reports of possible US boots on the ground in Iran.
This is no longer a positioning…↗
Mar 8
Antonio Costa — $USO OPEC+ Intervention or coordinated releases from global strategic reserves, tomorrow ?↗
Mar 8
Antonio Costa — $USO congrat longs (no position for me)… energy in bubble mode imho https://t.co/h27jOaDSJY↗
Mar 8
Alphatica — Everyone thinks "war with Iran = buy energy."
We scanned 23,008 institutional trades across 6 energy ETFs over 90 days.
10-day basket institutional buy rate: 18%.
90-day cumulati…↗
Mar 8
Antonio Costa — $USO 🇺🇸 Sec. of Energy Chris Wright appears to be correct ships are beginning to cross the Strait of Hormuz again. Here’s a screenshot I just took from MarineVesselTraffic websit…↗
Mar 8
Antonio Costa — $USO $SPY Just an information for all Oil Bulls out there :
Be careful with any pullback on Oil. Stocks stop at zero, but some futures (especially physical commodity ones) can dip…↗
Antonio Costa — $USO Iran’s oil has very limited direct contribution to Western economies. Nearly all Iranian oil exports go to China (consistently reported at around 90% or more in 2024–2025 dat…↗
Mar 5
Antonio Costa — $SPY indexes are bouncing into the close while $USO Oil is losing some momentum.↗
Mar 4
Antonio Costa — A serious question to all of you: Why hasn’t crude oil hit $90+ yet, despite all these events? WTI is trading around $75–76 per barrel (up modestly today but off recent highs).
L…↗
Mar 4
Tradable Astronaut — 🚨Leaderboard for the day🚨
Top 5 Strongest: $AAOI $ACLX $LWLG $YOU $AEHR
Top 5 Weakest: $EOSE $MKND $RUN $GRAL $SHLS
Newly added to Strongest: $APA $PBF $RCAT $REI $RELY $USO…↗
Antonio Costa — $USO Oil is bullish flagging on Hourly chart. No position for me. If had some positions on crude i would take profits. The strait of Hormuz is a problem for CHINA and India not for…↗
Mar 2
Antonio Costa — $USO profit taking on Oil overnight continues. Keep in mind, we are less dependent on oil today than in the past, though oil remains very important globally.
In the 1970s (around…↗
Mar 1
Antonio Costa — $USO The big picture. Oil has been trading in a sideways direction for an extended period of time (5 yrs). According to the weekly chart, a break of resistance at ~$84.5 could push…↗