CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg
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CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg Seeking Alpha
Directly affected
- No company is named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- FRO Frontline
Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike
- INSW International Seaways
Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike
- DHT DHT Holdings
Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike
- TNK Teekay Tankers
Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike
- USO United States Oil Fund
Oil prices move when Iranian supply is at risk
- XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR
Energy companies move with Iran supply risk
- XOM Exxon Mobil
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- CVX Chevron
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- STNG Scorpio Tankers
Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike
- DAL Delta Air Lines
Airlines pay more for fuel when oil prices jump
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg Seeking Alpha
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United States Oil Fund (USO) since this story, compared with the market
Since the first closing price after “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is +4.67%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a +5.06% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +0.27%, a +4.40% difference versus that group of stocks.
| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVX | that day | +1.30% | final price |
| CVX | the next day | +3.29% | final price |
| CVX | two days later | +2.02% | final price |
| CVX | three days later | +4.63% | final price |
| CVX | three days earlier | -1.61% | final price |
| CVX | five days earlier | -3.45% | final price |
| DAL | that day | -0.71% | final price |
| DAL | the next day | -4.31% | final price |
| DAL | two days later | -2.55% | final price |
| DAL | three days later | -5.92% | final price |
| DAL | three days earlier | +2.56% | final price |
| DAL | five days earlier | +4.42% | final price |
| DHT | that day | +1.26% | final price |
| DHT | the next day | -4.92% | final price |
| DHT | two days later | -10.67% | final price |
| DHT | three days later | -10.10% | final price |
| DHT | three days earlier | -5.03% | final price |
| DHT | five days earlier | -10.35% | final price |
| FRO | that day | -0.34% | final price |
| FRO | the next day | -5.00% | final price |
| FRO | two days later | -11.28% | final price |
| FRO | three days later | -11.40% | final price |
| FRO | three days earlier | -5.02% | final price |
| FRO | five days earlier | -10.86% | final price |
| INSW | that day | +0.59% | final price |
| INSW | the next day | -4.52% | final price |
| INSW | two days later | -8.98% | final price |
| INSW | three days later | -11.54% | final price |
| INSW | three days earlier | -1.98% | final price |
| INSW | five days earlier | -6.27% | final price |
Disclosure records for United States Oil Fund (USO) within two months of 13 Oct 2026
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How busy Taiwan Strait has been lately
Taiwan Strait has 49 linked stories in the last 7 days and 49 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg.” The recent pace is rising.
United States Oil Fund (USO) on one side of this energy story
Companies carried with this story
- USO United States Oil Fund
For “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
- BNO United States Brent Oil Fund
For “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg,” United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
- XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr
In “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
- XOP State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf
In “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg,” State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf (XOP) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
- AEIS Advanced Energy Industries
Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg.” Reason on file: GA selected AEIS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- AMPY Amplify Energy
For “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg,” Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AMPY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- ATO Atmos Energy
In “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg,” Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ATO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- BE Bloom Energy
For “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg,” Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
What Taiwan Strait means for United States Oil Fund (USO)
United States Oil Fund (USO) is the company in “CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg,” the 13 Oct 2026 Taiwan Strait story.
For United States Oil Fund (USO), the reason on file says Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is here too. Its reason reads: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
Dates and price levels for United States Oil Fund (USO)
BNO traded between 57.39 and 67.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.10. USO traded between 141.82 and 162.99 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 160.80. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80.
The energy score for United States Oil Fund (USO)
46 out of 100
“CFTC adviser ordered retraction of probe into suspicious oil bets placed ahead of Trump's Iran policy shift: Bloomberg” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 10 linked companies.