Rob Kurzatkowski | The Options Insider

Oil Export Ban Repeal Faces Headwinds

Crude Oil futures got a brief boost last week.

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Crude Oil futures have traded in an extremely tight range over the past several weeks.

Gold prices seemed to have stabilized in recent weeks, trading range-bound for the most part.

Copper prices hit their lowest levels since July 2009 amid concerns over the release of Chinese PMI data later this week.

The Australian Dollar has struggled to regain its footing due to outside pressure from China and interest rate questions.

The Oil market has been especially choppy of late.

Crude Oil is lower ahead of today?s EIA inventory report, dragged down by selling pressure in European equity prices.

Gold futures got off to a slow start to the week amid the global rally in equity markets lessening the defensive demand for the metal.

The negative pressure from the world?s second largest economy is likely far from over.

The renewed fears that the world?s second largest economy may continue to suffer through a slow growth cycle has brought back the Gold bugs.

The historically significant sell-off in the equity markets over the past several sessions has put heavy selling pressure on Oil prices.