🌍 Geopolitics • The US strikes targets in Iran along the Strait of Hormuz – retaliation for an attack on a commercial vessel 🚨 • Iran says it has repelled the airstrikes, with the IRGC firing back at US bases in the region 💥 • Iran warns it will respond “quickly and decisively” if attacked again – risk premium rising again
🛢️ Oil / Energy • WTI -3.74% to $69.23, Brent -4.34% to $71.99 – geopolitics cools down, strong selloff 📉 • Oil continues its free fall: WTI breaks below $70, Brent loses $73 – CFTC net long down by 12.5k lots • Trump promises US gas at $2.5/gallon – adding further pressure on oil prices
🥇 Gold / Metals • Spot gold breaks through 4070$ → 4080$ → 4090$ (+1.58% in the session) – a surge in safe-haven demand 📈 • Gold closed at $4081 (+1.35%) but the week remains -1.9% – COMEX up to $4102
📊 Macro / Data • Markets await Thursday’s NFP (forecast +118k) – any deviation could upend rate-expectation assumptions
💱 FX / Currency • DXY closes the week at 101.36 (-0.07%), EUR/USD edges up to 1.1386 – the USD is slightly weak amid geopolitical turbulence $PAXG
Whale Big Short $ETH profit 56M$ just reduced Volume from 170M$ to 142M$
The fact that Mega whale closes a whole profit of 56M$ at once is impossible as it would severely affect the liquidity of HyperLiquid
The fact that Mega whale reduces short Volume at the current time can be understood that they have increased Spot Volume so they are cutting back their Hedge position when the market reaches points with a high likelihood of reversal for them