šØ OIL ONCE HAD NO PRICE šØ
Before charts. Before futures. Before screens.
For most of history, oil had no public price.
ā¢ No WTI ticker
ā¢ No futures curve
ā¢ No āmarket sentimentā
ā¢ Just private deals and power
WTI was not a benchmark.
It was just Texas crude flowing into Cushing. Local. Physical. Quiet.
Everything changed in 1983.
NYMEX launched WTI futures.
Oil could be priced before it was pumped.
Risk could be hedged.
Speculation entered.
From that moment, oil stopped being just a commodity.
It became a financial weapon.
Before futures.
Prices moved after reality. Wars. Embargoes. Shortages.
Today.
Prices move before reality. Headlines. Rumors. OPEC+ whispers.
Thatās why wars donāt always spike prices anymore.
The market trades expectations, not barrels.
Oil is still physical.
But its price now lives in the financial layer.
The barrels didnāt change.
The pricing system did.
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