$CL This time, the longs can’t even string the orders together properly—the active buying volume on the contract book hasn’t even been filled to half, with sell orders taking up most of the trading board. The long-vs-short ratio is below the waterline and can’t rise, and the executed orders clearly show the short sellers’ intentions. The four-hour main thread is still stuck in place; the price is pinned down beneath the moving averages. The longs want to push the price up, but they can’t pull out even a stack of decent buy orders from their hands.