Hedge Funds Position for a Price Crash as Brent Shorts Hit All-Time High

  Is Now the Right Time to Finally Go Short on Oil Futures? - Behind the façade of calm oil markets, a gradual build-up in speculative positions could be undermining future prices of Brent or WTI as both benchmarks remain on their longest runs below their 100-day moving average in more than a year. - Open interest held in ICE Brent is now the highest in history – 5.5 million contracts as of this week – however investors hold more Dec 2026 contracts than any other month except for the prompt two, Febru ...