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Sleeping Volatility: Giant Waiting in the Wings?

In this episode, Greg Newman, Harry Campion-Evans and Harinder Sandhu break down the most explosive move in the fuel oil complex in over a decade. 

Singapore 380 cracks have surged to triple the 5-year average, with speculative interest hitting record highs. Is this a sustainable bull run—or a dangerously crowded trade?

The Flux News Show also covers:

• The Brent/Dubai spread tightening and its impact on global crude flows
• Saudi Arabia's upcoming OSPs and the psychology behind their softer pricing stance
• Chinese refineries buying behaviour and forward structure flattening
• Singapore fuel oil open interest, profit-taking risks, and signs of a market peak
• Regrade signals and how refiners might play the gasoil-fuel oil spread

🔔 Subscribe for weekly insights, smart trade ideas, and real trader talk from the front lines of the oil market. Please note, this episode was recorded at 8:30am BST on 28th May, 2025.

Chapters for this episode are:

0:00 Introduction

0:16 Temperature Gauge: Your Pulse on the Market

8:01 Herd Mentality: What’s Driving the Market?

12:21 Hedge Fund Watch

16:33 Crack Spread Chronicles: Refinery Margins

28:30 The Officials - The Technical Breakdown

34:52 Gold Rush: Where Traders Struck Big!

44:22 Widow Maker: The Market’s Biggest Trading Losses

52:48 Crystal Ball: Trade Ideas & Forward-Looking Analysis

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