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Iran shuts key oil route and hedge funds are caught on the wrong side — oil squeeze play
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route for global oil supplies. Meanwhile, big hedge funds had recently bet against oil prices expecting a peace deal — a move that could backfire and force them to buy back in at higher prices.
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The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly 20% of the world's daily oil supply, so closing it immediately threatens to squeeze global oil availability. At the same time, many large hedge funds had placed big bets that oil prices would fall, expecting a peace deal to hold. Now that conflict has flared up again, those bearish bets could quickly unwind as funds are forced to buy oil contracts to cover their positions, creating a potential short squeeze that drives prices even higher.
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