{"id":438523,"date":"2026-09-22T14:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/crude-oil-remains-under-pressure-as-de-escalation-bets-increase-amid-mounting-constraints-for-trump-438523\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:22:34","slug":"crude-oil-remains-under-pressure-as-de-escalation-bets-increase-amid-mounting-constraints-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/crude-oil-remains-under-pressure-as-de-escalation-bets-increase-amid-mounting-constraints-for-trump-438523\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude oil remains under pressure as de-escalation bets increase amid mounting constraints for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 105%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">FUNDAMENTAL<br \/>\n        OVERVIEW<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px\">Crude oil extended the losses yesterday as hopes of<br \/>\n        de-escalation continued to grow ahead of Trump\u2019s meeting with Gulf leaders and<br \/>\n        potentially Iranian President Pezeshkian at the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px\">Moreover, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/2a0d724d-b2be-4539-a4ab-30ba919cd253?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" style=\"color: rgba(70, 120, 134, 1); text-decoration: underline\" rel=\"follow\">Financial<br \/>\n            Times reported yesterday that Gulf governments have called for a reset in<br \/>\n            relations with Iran<\/a>, with the UAE pushing for a \u201cnew mindset\u201d and Qatar<br \/>\n        advocating for a regional \u201csecurity framework\u201d with Iran following the<br \/>\n        conflict, which exposed their vulnerability to Iranian attacks and undermined<br \/>\n        confidence in the US security presence in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px\">The Qatari Prime Minister called the war against Iran,<br \/>\n        initiated by the US and Israel in February, a \u201cwake-up call\u201d during a side<br \/>\n        event at the UN General Assembly. He stated that the Gulf needs to \u201cact<br \/>\n        responsibly as a region and have good relations with Iran\u201d. He added that they<br \/>\n        are working toward that goal and that regional partners believe in it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px\">This is a strong indication that Gulf leaders have had<br \/>\n        enough of the war with Iran and are pushing for an end to the conflict. This is<br \/>\n        yet another sign that we are entering a de-escalation phase, with markets<br \/>\n        positioning for that outcome. The US is also facing a strategic munitions<br \/>\n        shortfall, as confirmed by the Pentagon last week, so there are several<br \/>\n        constraints increasing pressure on Trump to end the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px\">It goes without saying that a de-escalation would send<br \/>\n        oil prices much lower as supply concerns would ease, while a re-escalation<br \/>\n        would likely trigger another surge that could quickly push WTI oil back above<br \/>\n        $100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 105%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">CRUDE OIL<br \/>\n        TECHNICAL ANALYSIS \u2013 DAILY TIMEFRAME<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style='margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16px'>On the daily chart, we can<br \/>\n        see that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/USOIL\/\" style=\"color: rgba(70, 120, 134, 1); text-decoration: underline\" rel=\"follow\">crude oil<\/a>(CFD contract) probed below<br \/>\n            the support zone around the 93.00 level yesterday but eventually rose back<br \/>\n            above it. The buyers will likely continue to step in around the support with a<br \/>\n            defined risk below it to position for a rally back into the 105.00 resistance.<br \/>\n            The sellers, on the other hand, will want to see the price breaking lower to<br \/>\n            increase the bearish bets into the lower bound of the channel around the 85.00<br \/>\n            level. <\/p>\n<p style='margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16px'>CRUDE OIL TECHNICAL<br \/>\n        ANALYSIS \u2013 4 HOUR TIMEFRAME<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style='margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16px'>On the 4 hour chart, we<br \/>\n        have a downward trendline defining the bearish momentum. If we get a pullback,<br \/>\n        we can expect the sellers to lean on the trendline with a defined risk above it<br \/>\n        to keep pushing into new lows. The buyers, on the other hand, will want to see<br \/>\n        the price breaking higher to increase the bullish bets into the 105.00 resistance.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16px'>CRUDE OIL TECHNICAL<br \/>\n        ANALYSIS \u2013 1 HOUR TIMEFRAME<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style='margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16px'>On the 1 hour chart, we<br \/>\n        have a minor upward trendline defining the current pullback. The buyers will<br \/>\n        likely continue to lean on the trendline with a defined risk below it to keep<br \/>\n        pushing into the 4-hour trendline. The sellers, on the other hand, will look<br \/>\n        for a break lower to pile in for a drop into new lows. The red lines define the<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/Education\/trading-tip-know-the-average-daily-range-adr-20220207\/\" style=\"color: rgba(70, 120, 134, 1); text-decoration: underline\" rel=\"follow\">average daily range<\/a> for today. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 105%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">UPCOMING CATALYSTS<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 103%; font-size: 15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/EconomicCalendar\" style=\"color: rgba(70, 120, 134, 1); text-decoration: underline\" rel=\"follow\">Today<\/a>, we have Trump meeting<br \/>\n        with Gulf leaders and potentially with Iran\u2019s President at the UN General<br \/>\n        Assembly. Tomorrow, we get the Flash US PMIs. On Thursday, we have the Trump-Xi<br \/>\n        meeting.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW \u00a0 Crude oil extended the losses yesterday as hopes of de-escalation continued to grow ahead of Trump\u2019s meeting with Gulf leaders and potentially Iranian President Pezeshkian at the UN General&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}