traders are not the “new celebrities” that’s cringe
i do think however making money on the internet in this form is becoming normalized, and mainstream
so by association, it’s finally “cool” to be in this world, which is awesome
you get the vibe shift though, enjoy it
Traders now put an 11% chance on crude oil hitting a new all-time high by December 31
Here are some of the ways investors can get crude oil exposure through ETFs today:
Direct (WTI crude):
- $USO United States Oil Fund
- $USL United States 12 Month Oil Fund
- $DBO Invesco DB Oil Fund
- $OILK ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy ETF
Direct (Brent crude):
- $BNO United States Brent Oil Fund
Leveraged and inverse crude:
- $UCO ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil
- $SCO ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil
Income:
- $USOY Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF
Oil and energy stocks:
- $XLE State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
- $VDE Vanguard Energy ETF
- $IYE iShares US Energy ETF
- $FENY Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF
- $IXC iShares Global Energy ETF
- $XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
- $IEO iShares US Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
- $OIH VanEck Oil Services ETF
- $XES SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF
- $IEZ iShares US Oil Equipment & Services ETF
Energy pipelines:
- $MLPI NEOS MLP & Energy Infrastructure High Income ETF
- $AMLP Alerian MLP ETF
- $MLPX Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF
Leveraged and inverse oil stocks:
- $GUSH Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2X ETF
- $DRIP Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bear 2X ETF
- $ERX Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETF
- $ERY Direxion Daily Energy Bear 2X ETF
- $DIG ProShares Ultra Energy
- $DUG ProShares UltraShort Energy
Broad energy commodities:
- $DBE Invesco DB Energy Fund
- $GSG iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust
- $UGA United States Gasoline Fund
International (London-listed):
- WTI2 Leverage Shares 2x Long WTI Oil ETP
Traders still expect the Fed to hold rates steady next week.
Polymarket odds are at 85% no change.
Last week, inflation for CPI and PPI came back hotter than expected.
Traders are losing faith that Anthropic will be 2026’s biggest IPO.
Polymarket odds have fallen to 33%, down 19 points in a week, from above 50%.
The slide began after Reuters reported that some investors are considering a $1.5 trillion valuation, down from earlier expectations of $2 trillion.
Traders are predicting that the Fed will hold rates steady this month.
Polymarket odds of no change at the October meeting: 87%.
This is despite two hotter than expected inflation numbers this week.
Traders are betting overwhelmingly that the Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates when it meets later this month. But that judgment rests in part on assumptions about how the Fed communicates that may no longer hold under its new chairman. Kevin Warsh has left room to maneuver toward a hike, should he choose to use it.
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