2025 Brings Fundamentals Back to the Fore in Oil Markets

Oil trading in 2024 was marked by the near complete dominance of algorithmic trading. While not a new trend, algo trading arguably reached its peak last year, with technical analysis largely displacing any factual fundamentals considerations. Instead of making traders money, however, algo trading has lost them money. Bloomberg reported earlier this month that 2024 was a loss-making year for algo traders—and it was the second loss-making year in a row for them. Throughout the year, driven by algorithms, oil traders bet on a demand slump in…Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei OilPrice.com Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei OilPrice.com