The bottom falls out of oil again

Fresh lows for WTI

It’s turned into a brutal day for oil. WTI is now down nearly 5% as another wave of selling hits into the settlement.
It’s legged lower in another quick move to $56.30 from $57.15. It had been propped up by some laughably bad geopolitical rumors but it’s rolled over again into the floor.
Fresh lows for WTI
The settlement is $56.25, down just shy of $3 per barrel.
As traders we often fret about the markets humbling us, but the same market just humbled OPEC, who ostensibly has more control over it than anyone.
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