• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    7 months ago

    So because an oil embargoed country had an almost completely unsuccessful attack on a country with very little oil, it hand an effect on oil prices?

    I do not understand anything.

    • qprimed@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      at this point its just bots trading with bots trading with bots. its bots all the way down.

    • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      Though I’m trying not to respond to you, it’s a good question. I don’t think anybody, including me, can explain how global oil markets really work. Those that can are making money right now and aren’t here. I’ve done a little spot market trading, and it is very reactive. Traders overprepare for events and always in worse case scenarios. I believe they overprepared for middle east war, and Iran’s attack was such a failure that they all reversed at the same time.

    • eran_morad@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      The reasoning, if any, is probably that Iran is utterly incompetent and of less consequence than previously imagined.