Hedge Funds Piled Into Bearish Oil Bets Ahead of US-Iran MOU

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• Rule-Based Analysis not AI FIVE Bearish 60% 6h
  Generated → 6h → Excluded

  Excluded: no stored price within tolerance of this prediction's maturity, checked by rescore_expired_predictions

• Rule-Based Analysis not AI OIL Bearish 60% 6h
  Generated → 6h → Excluded

  Excluded: no stored price within tolerance of this prediction's maturity, checked by rescore_expired_predictions

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Hedge funds boosted bearish bets on US crude to the most in nearly five months on expectations that a preliminary peace deal between Washington and Tehran will boost Middle East oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Original article published by Bloomberg on June 22, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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