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WTI Crude Oil / USOIL
Market guides and dated reports for USOIL. Browse recent coverage below or use the archive pages to find older articles.
Provides exposure to U.S. listed instrument(s) that seek to track daily price movements of WTI crude oil through near-month futures contracts. This listing does not reflect the spot price of crude oil. Please refer to km docs for further information on oracle design. Primary oracle pricing reference: NYSE:USO.
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USOIL -13% as Trump Pauses Project Freedom on Iran MOU Push
WTI's war premium is unwinding in real time. Trump halted Project Freedom — the US naval operation to clear the Strait of Hormuz — just one day after launching it, citing major progress on a final agreement with Iran. Axios then reported both sides are closing in on a one-page memo that would freeze Iranian enrichment for over a decade and reopen the strait. Crude is repricing the end of the war, not just a pause.
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USOIL -13% as Trump Pauses Project Freedom on Iran MOU Push
WTI's war premium is unwinding in real time. Trump halted Project Freedom — the US naval operation to clear the Strait of Hormuz — just one day after launching it, citing major progress on a final agreement with Iran. Axios then reported…
Trump Orders Hormuz Blockade After 21-Hour Islamabad Talks Collapse
The brief ceasefire trade unwound in a single session. Twenty-one hours of face-to-face negotiations between VP JD Vance and Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf in Islamabad ended Sunday with no agreement on nuclear disarmament or control…
Trump-Iran Ceasefire Vaporizes Oil's War Premium in One Session
Crude oil's six-week geopolitical risk premium evaporated in a single evening after President Trump announced a Pakistan-brokered two-week ceasefire with Iran, contingent on the complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. WTI fell from $…
Trump Vows 2-3 More Weeks of Iran Strikes, Killing Oil's Ceasefire Bid
Crude ripped higher after President Trump delivered his first national address on the Iran war, promising to hit Iran extremely hard for another two to three weeks. The speech reversed a brief pullback driven by ceasefire hopes and put o…
How to Trade WTI Crude Oil (USOIL) on Hyperliquid
USOIL is a HIP-3 perpetual futures contract on Hyperliquid that tracks WTI crude oil exposure through the United States Oil Fund (USO) ETF. It gives traders 24/7 access to crude oil price movements with up to 10x leverage, without needin…
Oil Gives Back 8% After Bessent Confirms Iranian Tankers Transiting Hormuz
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on March 16 that the US is allowing Iranian oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the first official confirmation that some crude supply is flowing despite the ongoing blockade. The …
Iran Fires on Hormuz Shipping, Reversing Oil's Ceasefire Selloff
Oil snapped back after Iran attacked three commercial vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz on March 11, confirming the physical blockade is intensifying despite Trump's ceasefire rhetoric the day before. The USOIL perp gain…
USOIL War Premium Cracks as Trump Signals Iran Ceasefire
Oil's war premium is cracking. The USOIL perp reversed 14.72% in under 24 hours after Trump signaled the Iran conflict could end soon, unwinding much of the historic run driven by the Strait of Hormuz closure. USO swung from an intraday …
Oil War Premium Collapses After Trump Signals Iran Ceasefire
WTI crude swung from a session high near $119 to the mid-$80s on March 9 after Trump told CBS the Iran war ends very soon and announced sanctions waivers plus Navy escorts for Strait of Hormuz tankers. The USOIL perp, which tracks the US…
Trump Says Iran War 'Very Complete' — Oil Gives Back Two Weeks of Gains in Hours
WTI crude hit $119 a barrel overnight as the Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed, then fell to the mid-$80s after Trump told CBS the Iran conflict was nearly finished. The single-session reversal stripped weeks of war premium ou…
Oil's $38 Intraday Whipsaw: G7 Reserve Talks and Trump's Hormuz Gambit Crack the War Premium
WTI crude posted the largest single-day dollar swing in history on March 9, whipsawing $38 between a high of $119.48 and a low of $81.19 before settling at $94.77. The morning spike was driven by an 80% drop in Strait of Hormuz shipping …
USOIL Reverses From Iran War Highs as G7 Floats Record Reserve Release
Crude gave back its entire Strait of Hormuz war premium on March 9 after G7 finance ministers announced an emergency meeting to discuss releasing 300 to 400 million barrels from strategic petroleum reserves. WTI reversed from session hig…
USOIL Surges as Strait of Hormuz Closure Chokes Global Oil Supply
USOIL ripped 15.25% in just 17 hours on Hyperliquid, pushing past $109 as the U.S.-Iran war enters its most dangerous phase yet. The catalyst is straightforward and severe: the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed to commercial shippin…
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