It was a very ugly night for the Andy Halls, Pierre Andurands and other crude longs, after oil flash crashed just before midnight ET, dragging WTI from above $45/bbl to below $44 in seconds on a surge in volume, to the lowest price since OPEC agreed to cut output in November.
As shown in the chart below, in less than 10 minutes futures slumped more than $1 as volume surged 14 times.
And while WTI eventually rebounded from its overnight snap, and was back above $45, putting this week’s rout in context, oil prices have collapsed by more than 10% %, sliding to lowest since Nov. 15, or two weeks before OPEC signed 6-month deal to curb production aimed at easing global glut. The decline has been driven by expanding U. S. output before OPEC is set to decide whether to prolong its cuts.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on May 5, 2017.
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