Public trading strategy
Iran war disruption sends oil prices surging — ride the momentum on Occidental
Created
Thesis
When war or conflict disrupts oil supply, the price of crude spikes — and oil producers reap the benefits. Occidental is directly seeing higher prices for its oil this quarter because of the Iran situation. If tensions remain elevated, these companies will continue to cash in on elevated prices, making their stocks attractive as a momentum play. This is a straightforward way to trade geopolitical fear: own the companies selling the commodity everyone is suddenly worried about.
Strategy approach
Build a momentum strategy on OXY and XOM using D1 timeframe. Enter long when front-month crude oil futures (CL=F) make a new 20-day high and OXY closes up >2% on volume above its 20-day average. Exit on a 7% trailing stop or if oil closes below its 10-day low. Max hold 21 days.
Markets and timeframes
Latest published rule evaluation
Evaluated . This is a dated rule snapshot, not a live price or trade execution confirmation.
OXY · 1d
0 of 4 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price crossed above Donchian (20) — near
- ROC (1) above 2 — far
- OBV crossed above Donchian (20) — unknown
- ATR (14) above 0.5 — unknown
- Price crossed below Donchian (20) — near
XOM · 1d
0 of 8 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price crossed above Donchian (20) — near
- ROC (1) above 2 — far
- OBV crossed above Donchian (20) — unknown
- ATR (14) above 0.5 — unknown
- Price crossed above Donchian (20) — near
- ROC (1) above 2 — far
- OBV crossed above Donchian (20) — unknown
- ATR (14) above 0.5 — unknown
- Price crossed below Donchian (20) — near
- Price crossed below Donchian (20) — near
Entry and exit at a glance
These are the named rules in the shared configuration. Review the full conditions below before using a strategy.
- Entry: DONCHIAN/ROC/OBV/ATR Crossover Long (XOM@1d) (5 conditions)
- Entry: DONCHIAN/ROC/OBV/ATR Crossover Long (USO@1d) (5 conditions)
- Exit: Position Exit Rule (XOM@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: Position Exit Rule (USO@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: TP: Near Resistance[2] (XOM@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: TP: Near Resistance[2] (USO@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: SL: Below Support[1] (XOM@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: SL: Below Support[1] (USO@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: Stop Loss at 2.5% (1 condition)
- Exit: Take Profit at 5.0% (1 condition)
Shared strategy rules
Rule configuration
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"right": {
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{
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{
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{
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},
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"version": 1
}Indicator configuration
{
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},
{
"name": "donchian",
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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]
}Parsed strategy
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"right": {
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"purpose": "stop_loss"
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{
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"left": {
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"priority": 100,
"purpose": "take_profit"
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"version": 1
}Strategy instructions
Trading agent generated from recommendation idea 'Iran war disruption sends oil prices surging — ride the momentum on Occidental'. Thesis: When war or conflict disrupts oil supply, the price of crude spikes — and oil producers reap the benefits. Occidental is directly seeing higher prices for its oil this quarter because of the Iran situation. If tensions remain elevated, these companies will continue to cash in on elevated prices, making their stocks attractive as a momentum play. This is a straightforward way to trade geopolitical fear: own the companies selling the commodity everyone is suddenly worried about.
Performance
No trade count, win rate, or realized P&L figures are provided in this public preview. The thesis and shared rules do not establish a performance record.
What this public preview can establish
- The dated rule snapshot above shows the conditions evaluated at that time. It does not prove a current trigger or executed trade.
- Technical strategy fields are shared above. Inspect the actual conditions and check when they were evaluated before relying on them.
- No trade count, win rate, or P&L figure is published in this preview. It cannot establish a performance record.
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