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Posted October 14, 2025 at 11:00 am
The macro environment is trading risk-off this morning as China continued with their rhetoric of not backing down. This was said over the weekend, but Twitter humans and the journalists focused more on Trump’s walk-back. The macro situation looks weak, and fears are rising. Futures are at a must-hold level of 57.44**. We haven’t had to go back to the April-May lows for support since that period, and these levels must hold. We’re weary of taking long positions in Crude, and would rather by hands off right now if anything.
Support levels around this area require us to go back to the May and April lows, when macroeconomic sentiment was at its weakest. The fears around global trade wars are heating up again and the reality of the China situation is setting in. They are not backing down, and will require give-ins from Trump to make a deal.
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Originally Posted on October 14, 2025 – Crude Slips as U.S.–China Trade Tensions Reignite
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