energy-
http://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=ENERGY&p=m5
DOE inventory confirmed API major draw. Fundamentals are aligned for more of this into August.
1. US refiners are running at record levels moving significantly more crude than last year and exporting it. So they have moved beyond the constraints of US demand.
2. It is the hot season in the middle east, their populations have increased significantly as has the amount of air conditioning. They burn crude oil to power their generators. They flat out do not have it to ship at this point in the annual weather cycle.
3. Venezuela
4. Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico- Can shut down the LOOP or Huston as well as shut ins on platforms. If tankers are stopped in both directions for a day or two who knows what the weekly numbers will look like.
BUT- at what price point do the shale drillers start flooding the market? According to popular media they have not sold enough 2018 to cover their bank payments so you know they are under pressure from the Dallas Fed to do so.