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A perpetual future contract tracking the price of WTI crude oil based. One contract represents one barrel of crude oil, a key global energy commodity used to produce fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
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OIL Drops 10.75% as Trump Pauses Project Freedom 48 Hours After Launch
WTI crude on Hyperliquid printed $89.78, a 10.75% drop over 23 hours, after President Trump paused Project Freedom — the US Navy escort operation through the Strait of Hormuz he had launched only on Monday. The pause was framed as a confidence-building gesture toward Tehran amid Pakistani-mediated talks on a framework deal, with Defense Secretary Hegseth confirming the four-week ceasefire is holding. The unwind erased the war-risk premium that pushed WTI to a 2026 high above $106 and Brent above $114 on Monday's close.
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OIL Drops 10.75% as Trump Pauses Project Freedom 48 Hours After Launch
WTI crude on Hyperliquid printed $89.78, a 10.75% drop over 23 hours, after President Trump paused Project Freedom — the US Navy escort operation through the Strait of Hormuz he had launched only on Monday. The pause was framed as a conf…
Trump Orders Hormuz Naval Blockade After 21-Hour Iran Talks Collapse
Vice President Vance walked out of marathon negotiations in Islamabad after 21 hours without a deal, with Iran refusing to commit to halting its nuclear weapons program. Trump responded within hours by directing the Navy to blockade the …
Trump's Iran Ceasefire Triggers Largest WTI Drop Since the Gulf War
Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran at 6:32 PM ET on April 7, ninety minutes before his own deadline to escalate strikes. The condition: Iran must fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, shut since late February. WTI crude posted i…
Trump's Iran War Address Kills Ceasefire Hopes, WTI Rips Back Above $100
President Trump's first address to the nation on the Iran war offered no exit strategy and promised to hit Iran extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. Oil reversed a brief dip and jumped as much as 8% overnight as the market pr…
How to Trade Oil (OIL) on Hyperliquid
OIL is a HIP-3 perpetual futures contract on Hyperliquid that tracks the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil. Each contract represents one barrel of WTI, the U.S. benchmark for global oil pricing. The contract trades around the cl…
Oil Rejected at $100 as Trump's Hormuz Naval Coalition Draws Zero Commitments
WTI crude reversed from $101 back to $93 in a single session after President Trump's call for a seven-nation naval coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz drew zero public commitments. The selloff accelerated after White House trade adv…
Oil Bounces 10% as Strait of Hormuz Escalation Overrides Record IEA Reserve Release
WTI crude reclaimed the mid-$80s after Iran's IRGC announced plans to mine the Strait of Hormuz and three cargo ships were struck by projectiles in and near the waterway. The U.S. military responded by destroying 16 Iranian minelaying ve…
Oil War Premium Collapses After Trump Floats Hormuz Takeover and Sanctions Relief
WTI crude has given back nearly all of its Iran-war spike after two rapid-fire policy signals from the White House. President Trump told CBS he is considering a U.S. takeover of the Strait of Hormuz, and on Monday announced temporary san…
Oil Loses Its War Premium After Trump Floats Strait of Hormuz Takeover
WTI crude shed more than 16% in 24 hours after touching a multi-year high near $120. The catalyst was a single interview: President Trump told CBS he is considering having the U.S. military take control of the Strait of Hormuz, the choke…
Oil Crashes After Trump Floats U.S. Takeover of the Strait of Hormuz
WTI crude hit $119.48 in early Monday trading as markets priced in a total supply cutoff from the Iran war. Hours later, Trump told CBS the U.S. is considering taking over the Strait of Hormuz to force shipping lanes open. Traders liquid…
Oil's Iran War Premium Evaporates After Trump Calls Campaign 'Very Complete'
WTI crude crashed from a spike high near $119 to the low $80s in a single session after President Trump told CBS the Iran war is essentially over and floated a US takeover of the Strait of Hormuz. The Hyperliquid OIL perp tracked the unw…
Oil's War Premium Collapses After Trump Floats Strait of Hormuz Takeover
WTI crude reversed nearly a quarter of its value in under a day after President Trump told CBS News the U.S. is considering seizing control of the Strait of Hormuz — the chokepoint through which 20% of global oil flows. The statement tri…
Oil Reverses Hard From Iran War Highs on G7 Strategic Reserve Talk
WTI crude gave back a massive chunk of its war premium after G7 finance ministers signaled readiness for a coordinated strategic petroleum reserve release of up to 400 million barrels. The reversal marks the first real pushback against t…
Oil Breaks $90 as Strait of Hormuz Shuts Down
Crude oil just posted its sharpest weekly gain in over two years after Operation Epic Fury — the coordinated US-Israeli strikes on Iran launched February 28 — effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic. WTI breached $9…
OIL Rips 15% as Iran War Shuts Down the Strait of Hormuz
OIL is up 15.39% over the last 17 hours on Hyperliquid, trading at $89.52 as the escalating war between the US-Israel coalition and Iran has effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the single most important oil chokepoint on the plan…
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