For oil traders, this week has brought a familiar warning. As a result of escalating tensions in the Middle East, crude oil prices have again leapt, and the commodity markets are in their familiar state of torpor – at the centre of a maelstrom of buying and selling, with nervous investors fretting over any further deterioration in supply from the most strategic waterway for oil in the world. The Strait of Hormuz is a 54-mile-wide (87 km) channel at the bottom of the Gulf, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped every day. Market conditions are slowly changing, and the reactions to significant market events such as the recent rise in oil prices are different from what they were in the past. Now, however, retail traders are just as aware of price shocks as institutional traders, and with the increasing number of online trading platforms covering an ever-widening range of trading products, retail traders are more directly connected to the markets. It is provided by MetaQuotes Software and includes various technical analysis tools, automated trading robots and even an economic calendar, allowing traders to monitor the movements of oil and other prices in real time. An oil price spike rarely has any lasting impact on the share prices of oil and gas companies. Read more in our articles including "How the new oil shock is pushing more users toward real-time trading platforms" and "Why Every Brand Must Embrace Digital Marketing Today".
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May 30, 2026For oil traders, this week has brought a familiar warning. As a result of escalating tensions in the Middle East, crude oil prices have again leapt, and the commodity markets are in their familiar state of torpor – at the centre of a maelstrom of buying and selling, with nervous investors fretting over any further deterioration in supply from the most strategic waterway for oil in the world.
The Strait of Hormuz is a 54-mile-wide (87 km) channel at the bottom of the Gulf, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped every day. Market conditions are slowly changing, and the reactions to significant market events such as the recent rise in oil prices are different from what they were in the past. Now, however, retail traders are just as aware of price shocks as institutional traders, and with the increasing number of online trading platforms covering an ever-widening range of trading products, retail traders are more directly connected to the markets.
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