The next leg up?  https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/hard-stoppage-of-us-strategic-oil?publication_id=1026961&post_id=206606314&isFreemail=true&r=1xgrga&triedRedirect=true

    I watched a video on

    Posted by vimal on 12th of Jul 2026 at 05:42 am

    I watched a video on this yesterday so ironic you posted something similar. The SPR can't fall below around 200m barrels. This isn't the exact number but for reasons of maintaining pressure in the caves where this is stored etc, the reserves have to highish. They can't just be depleted to zero. Current levels ~300m barrels. The price shock would be sharp if these can't be dipped into anymore.  However, the best cure for a rise in the price of Oil.........is a rise in the price of Oil. Sounds peverse. I think if Supply is squeezed significantly, demand will fall and this in turn, acts as a regulation to prevent $150,$200+ etc. That's my opinion. Also China is superquick at moving to EV as it did with the Price Shock in March/April this year. Hence prices didn't rise as rapidly as they would have done with the Status Quo.   https://youtu.be/HuJ2IdQ87a8?si=emFxp56XP31flham 

    For this weekend, for what it's worth, Oil is trading up 2.5% . Of course news driven etc. As Matt said in his newsletter, charts lead the news. Price action seemed to be taking a turn to the bullish view (short term I stress!). So news this weekend looks like it will push Oil up when futures open up later.   https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/weekend-oil---us-crude 

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