Down more than 8%! How to keep your wallet in the face of the “bloody storm” of international oil prices?

On July 5, international oil prices experienced a “bloody storm.”$WTI Crude Oil Main Link (2208) (CLMain.us) $The biggest one-day decline since April was given. It closed down 8.2% to $99.50 per barrel, and went back overnight to January. whereas$Brent Crude Oil (cash) main connection (2209) (BZMain.us) $It fell more than 9.4% during the day to 102.77 US dollars/barrel, the lowest since late May.

All parties to the current trend in oil prices“Fighting in the air”。

Some investors suffer from “economic recession anxiety”: if a recession hits, energy demand will be suppressed, and the crude oil market will be greatly hampered. Citi analysts also pointed out in a report issued yesterday that due to the economic recession,Oil prices may drop to $65 per barrel before the end of the year!Meanwhile, Amrita Sen, an analyst at Energy Aspects, explained the sharp drop on July 5th.“Growing concerns about the economic recession are the driving factor behind this sell-off, which is a “broader risk aversion” at the macro level.However, as supply is still tight and demand is still strong, oil prices may rebound.”

I Interpretation of hot topics

Based on the suggestions of market analysts and the compilation of information content, we have sorted out the following investment strategies for your reference:

●If you think oil prices have reached a critical inflection point, they will continue to fall in the future:

You can make good use of crude oil futures as an investment tool. Micro WTI crude oil futures require less than 1500 USD to open a position.

futures have a more flexible T+0 two-way trading model, which makes it easy to grasp the market at any time, can better avoid the risk of high pullbacks, and is more in line with the investment needs of small and medium-sized investors. WTI crude oil futures are the most liquid and most actively traded crude oil contracts in the world, providing the most effective trading method in the global oil market today. Micro WTI crude oil futures contracts are one-tenth of standard crude oil futures contracts, which allows market participants to invest in the crude oil market efficiently and affordably.

$Crude Oil Futures (AUG6) (CLmain.US)$

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● If you think the current situation is just a correction, and you are optimistic that oil prices will continue to rise in the future, you can pay attention to key oil and gas stocks:

$Occidental Petroleum (OXY.US)$

$Exxon Mobil (XOM.US)$

$Chevron (CVX.US)$

$Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras (PBR.US)$

You can also pay attention to Futubull's oil and gas integration industry sector$Oil & Gas Integrated (LIST2224.US)$Learn more about oil and gas-related individual stocks.

● Whether you are optimistic about the future crude oil market or not, you can use options as a hedge:

One of the more common options is to make good use of options tools. Whether you are optimistic about rising oil prices or not, you can use options to hedge your underlying stock positions, so you can maintain your profit under such market conditions, which is what we call “walking on multiple legs”。

Options for individual oil and gas stocks that have fluctuated a lot recently:

$Cenovus Energy (CVE.US)$
$CVE 220715 18.00C$
$CVE 220715 18.00P$

$Exxon Mobil (XOM.US)$
$XOM 220715 85.00C$
$XOM 220715 85.00P$

$Suncor Energy (SU.US)$
$SU 220715 33.50C$
$SU 220715 33.50P$

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