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For the first time, WTI options traded >50% electronic in August This added strength to WTI has increased the preference for the contract among market participants. We’ve seen a flow of volume out of Brent to WTI as outflows at Cushing have picked up and the spread – which reached $23 a...

Today OIL News ============== OIL Bear impact ------------------- 1/ Fears the U.S. and its allies would respond with a military intervention had boosted crude prices in recent weeks, as investors worried that such an action could interfere with the flow of crude through major pipelines...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/world/meast/syria-civil-war-diplomacy/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday his team is preparing a report for the Security Council that he believes will be an "overwhelming report that chemical weapons were used." <b>The report is...

Syria UN Chem Ban Process http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/13/politics/us-syria/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 1/ CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports that the convention would become legally binding on Syria 30 days after it formally joins, meaning al-Assad's government would have to permit inspections at that...

UN Report on Monday http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/world/meast/syria-civil-war-diplomacy/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says the U.N. report on last month's attack will probably be published Monday. And there will "certainly be indications" that the attack...

Fracking Moves U.S. Crude Output to Highest Level Since 1989 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-11/fracking-pushes-u-s-crude-output-to-highest-level-since-1989.html 1/ U.S. oil production jumped last week to the highest level since May 1989, cutting consumption of foreign fuel and putting...

<b>Mission impossible?Securing Syria's chemical weapons wouldn't be easy</b> http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/11/world/meast/syria-chemical-weapons-secure/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 1/ Throughout much of the 1990s, U.N. weapons inspectors criss-crossed Iraq in search of Saddam Hussein's stocks of...

Oil edges higher as U.S. pursues diplomacy for Syria http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/markets-oil-idINDEE98A0H820130911 - Crude oil prices edged up in choppy trading on Wednesday as investors worried about whether diplomatic efforts to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons would avert...

Oil holds ground as Saudis set to support output http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-holds-ground-as-saudis-set-to-support-output-2013-09-12?link=MW_home_latest_news 1/ Earlier Thursday, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said his nation and other major producers “remain willing and capable...

Putin: Syria strike would be 'act of aggression' http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/11/politics/syria-diplomacy-kerry/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 1/ While the focus now is on Switzerland, U.N. headquarters in New York is expected to become the focal point early next week when <b>U.N. chemical weapons...

Goldman: Upside risk to oil prices in near term http://www.marketwatch.com/story/goldman-upside-risk-to-oil-prices-in-near-term-2013-09-11?link=MW_home_latest_news MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Even though recent political events have cut the chances for military intervention in Syria, risks to...

What Does an Edge Look Like? (Decisions, Decisions…) http://www.mercenarytrader.com/2013/02/what-does-an-edge-look-like-decisions-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-34193 What does it mean to have an “edge” in trading… or poker… or any structured competitive endeavor for that...

Alternative Syria Resolution Being Negotiated In The Senate http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/syria-resolution_n_3899899.html 1/ The proposal would grant the <b>AUMF [Authorization for Use of Military Force]</b> only in the absence of certification by the President that a UN Security...

Obama Agrees To U.N. Discussion Of Putting Syria Chemical Weapons Under International Control http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/obama-un-russia-syria_n_3900121.html?ref=topbar 1/ This morning, the President spoke separately with President Hollande and Prime Minister Cameron. 2/...

Positive Expectation, Scenario Gaming, and Moving Beyond Certainty http://www.mercenarytrader.com/2013/07/positive-expectation-scenario-gaming-and-moving-beyond-certainty/ 1/ developing philosophical comfort with uncertainty 2/ learning to think in terms of probabilistic expectation 3/...

Obama: 'Breakthrough' is possible on Syria http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/obama-strikes-on-hold-if-assad-turns-over-weapons-96498.html#ixzz2eRblpKCD 1/ Obama had initially anticipated broad congressional support for a strike and said as much in remarks as recently as late last week...

Russia To Push Syria To Put Chemical Weapons Under International Control http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/russia-syria-chemical-weapons-international-control_n_3893951.html 1/ The surprise series of statements from top U.S., Russian and Syrian diplomats followed media reports...

European dealmaking on Syria as U.S. tries to build coalition http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/07/world/europe/eu-syria-strikes/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 1/ the debate in Congress and a U.N. report should come to a head around the same time. 2/ Many E.U. nations need the U.N. stamp as a legitimacy...

Obama needs game-changer to win House vote on Syria ============================== 1/ Lawmakers receiving classified briefings say they’re convinced Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against civilians. The public — which hasn’t seen the same evidence — isn’t as...

Senate Vote --------------- http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/06/reid-getting-60-votes-for-syria-resolution-is-a-work-in-progress/ 1/ "I think we're going to get to 60 votes. You know it's a work in progress," Reid told reporters as he stepped off the Senate floor after formally...