Weekend Gap Watch: Iran’s Peace Plan, Houthi Strikes and a Diesel Ban Threat Put Sunday’s Oil Open at Risk
WTI crude futures hold near $94 as US-Iran diplomacy, Houthi strikes, and diesel export ban talk leave Sunday's reopen vulnerable to a market gap
US Stock Futures Advance Ahead of NYSE Open as Yields Hover Near Multi-Year Highs; Durable Goods Orders In Focus
Traders brace for August durable goods orders and Fed speakers after Nikkei extends gains; DAX and CAC lead European bounce
Hormuz Hopes vs. a 22-Year High in the 30-Year: Can Stocks Keep Shrugging Off the Bond Market?
US stocks recovered from session lows to finish flat as reports of a US-Iran deal offset surging Treasury yields, with the 30-year yield touching a 22-year high.
Crude Under $95, Diesel Stays Elevated: The Refining Bottleneck Behind Fuel Prices
Diesel prices remain near record levels despite crude falling below $100 as Russian and Middle Eastern refinery disruptions tighten global supplies, sustain elevated margins and keep U.S. barrels in demand.
Hormuz Deal Hopes Lift Markets: Nasdaq Jumps 250 Points, Gold Pops $30. Can the Relief Last?
Reports of a phased US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz sparked a market rally, sending the Nasdaq up 250 points and gold surging $30 as inflation fears eased.
Long Dow futures, Short NQ? A Relative Value Trade as Trump, Xi Meet
Traders may face divergent reactions across U.S. equity futures as tariff, technology, rare-earth and AI discussions intersect with elevated Treasury yields, creating distinct catalysts for industrial and technology-heavy indexes.
Nasdaq Knocks on 31,000 After Its Best Day Since August. Breakout Continuation, or an Overbought Reset?
An AI-led surge drove the Nasdaq higher, and NQ is testing 31,000. But H4 momentum is overbought while smart-money positioning turns bullish. Continuation, or time for a pullback?
Crude Tumbles 4% as Bears Seize Control; Break Below Key Support Risks Deeper Losses
With crude having rallied sharply into last week's high, traders who bought into the geopolitical surge now face increasing pressure to protect profits as the risk premium fades.
The Tariff-Truce Clock Is Ticking: Does the Trump–Xi Summit Hand Index Futures a Green Light or a Bear Trap?
President Trump hosts Xi Jinping to negotiate extending the Nov. 10 tariff truce. With index futures bid at the start of the week, will Thursday's summit hand markets a green light or set up a bear trap?
TRADER PROFILES
All trader profilesFuturesTrader71
FuturesTrader71 is Morad Askar, a Chicago professional futures trader active since 2000 who moved from NASDAQ scalping to the Chicago Board of Trade in 2002 and ran his own prop firm from 2003 to 2010. Widely credited as a pioneer of Volume Profile education, he co-founded Convergent Trading in 2017, founded the regulated futures broker EdgeClear, and has streamed 2,750 episodes of his daily pre-market "Trader Bite."
ES · NQ · Crude oil
Alpine Trader
Alpine Trader is a US-based Nasdaq futures scalper who moved from small-cap stocks to futures in 2023 and now streams live at the market open on nearly every trading day. He trades an opening-range strategy across many funded prop-firm accounts using a trade copier on Quantower. He runs the free Alpine Trading Fam Discord of close to 3,000 members and is known for daily evaluation giveaways tied to his own payouts.
NQ · MNQ · ES
Anthony Crudele
Anthony Crudele is a former CME S&P 500 pit trader who obtained his exchange seat in 1999 and was among the first to trade the E-mini S&P electronically. He founded the Futures Radio Show podcast in 2014, joined NinjaTrader in October 2024 as senior vice president of NinjaTrader Live, and now hosts its daily broadcast while trading index futures around a market-environment framework.
ES · NQ · RTY