{"id":1685,"date":"2017-11-11T21:31:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T22:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/some-traders-see-80-crude-before-christmas\/"},"modified":"2017-11-11T21:31:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T22:31:28","slug":"some-traders-see-80-crude-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/some-traders-see-80-crude-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Traders See $80 Crude Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> \tWith oil prices trading near their highest level in two years, some traders are betting that the price rise could have more room to run.<br \/> \tA total of 48,000 contracts have traded over the last few days that would profit most if Brent spikes before Christmas, including several large individual trades. They include 14,000 options giving traders the right to buy February Brent at $71 a barrel, as well as 22,000 for $85 and 12,000 for $80. They all expire on Dec. 21, Bloomberg reported.<br \/> \tOil prices have rallied in recent weeks as supply cuts by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC producers help rebalance an oil market plagued by oversupply.<br \/> \tMore recently, growing tensions between Saudi Arabia, OPEC\u2019s largest oil producer, and some of its neighbors helped prices break above $60 a barrel for the first time since 2015.<br \/> \tAgainst that backdrop, the crude options market has generally been looking brighter. The so-called put skew, the difference in demand for bullish call options versus bearish put options, has also fallen in recent days. That gauge closed at its least bearish level since late-August on Thursday, bolstering oil\u2019s rosy outlook.<\/p>\n<p> \t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi With oil prices trading near their highest level in two years, some traders are betting that the price rise could have more room to run. A total of 48,000 contracts have traded over the last few days that would profit most if Brent spikes before Christmas, including several large individual trades. 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