Chapter 210: The Wind Suddenly Reversed (Happy Chinese New Year's Eve)
On a new day, the Assassin Fund began to methodically close its short positions. Look at 'Mao's line, Chinese, and net
As mentioned earlier, the short position is to borrow crude oil to sell first, and to close the position is to buy the crude oil contract and return it.
The Assassin Fund opened a short position at an average price of $70 and is now closing its position at an average price of $6,680, and the difference in price is profit.
More than 30 million barrels of crude oil short orders were gradually closed, and just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Qi Zheng opened his mouth and ordered: "Let's change hands and start building positions!"
Everyone was stunned.
"Boss, oil prices are still falling. Su Fang couldn't help but remind.
Qi Zheng bowed his head and said, "I think there will be a reversal in the future." There are many dreams at night, and no one can say what will happen after the market opens tomorrow, so we will buy 10 million barrels of crude oil first. β
Jiang Ping blinked, according to his judgment, the current situation was undoubtedly clear, and the US government had already appeared, and he really couldn't see where there were any variables.
Thinking so, he asked.
Qi Zheng smiled in a relaxed tone: "I think everyone has overlooked one point, which is the follow-up direction of Hurricane Katrina. β
Jiang Ping was even more stunned.
What's next for Hurricane Katrina?
This one really doesn't really go any further.
"Hurricane Katrina, the follow-up is ...... It's back in the Gulf of Mexico and it's re-intensifying into a Category 2 hurricane?" Su Fang, who reacted, looked up the latest news released by the U.S. National Hurricane Center and said in astonishment.
Jiang Ping immediately realized the problem, and his face became serious.
In its original history, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, traveled north, passed through Mississippi, Alabama, and other states before transforming into an extratropical cyclone in Ohio.
On this plane, Hurricane Katrina circled land, swept through Louisiana and Alabama, and then returned from Florida to the Gulf of Mexico.
Because Hurricane Katrina has diminished much of its power after wreaking havoc on land, it seems that the route back to the Gulf of Mexico is heading straight for Mexico, and it is not much of a threat to the United States, so not many people are still paying attention to it.
In addition to Qi Zheng, who personally promoted this change.
"The Tiangang Infinite Array (Second Order) is triggered, the main gold and water systems, and the range: a radius of one hundred kilometers. Effect: Extreme pressure, wind. It can control the air pressure, and the wind and water rise. β
On land, Qi Zheng mainly used the "Tiangang Infinite Array" to change the local pressure and guide Hurricane Katrina to return to the Gulf of Mexico according to the established route.
And in the Gulf of Mexico, the remnants of Hurricane Katrina will be "transformed."
Of course, Jiang Ping didn't know all this.
But because Qi Zheng's correct judgment in the past few days gave them a strong hint in their hearts, Jiang Ping subconsciously noticed the variables.
"You're saying that Hurricane Katrina is likely to happen again?" This is also too strange, so Jiang Ping is very inconfident.
Qi Zheng smiled and said softly but firmly: "It's hard to say about the hurricane, but I noticed that its intensity is increasing again, and according to the current route, the possibility of another one is quite high." β
Jiang Ping didn't ask any more questions, he returned to the screen, studying the road map of the remnants of Hurricane Katrina.
Su Fang stayed by Qi Zheng's side and subconsciously asked, "Do you think that after the market opens tomorrow, oil prices will be affected by the hurricane?"
"Maybe. β
Qi Zheng spread his hands and said: "My judgment is so, it is difficult to say what the specific situation is." Once the remnants of Hurricane Katrina change, the market's sentiment is likely to rebound instantaneously, and it will be difficult to restore confidence even if the U.S. government bails out the market. β
Su Fang thought for a moment and asked, "Open a position so quickly?"
"Once the market rebounds quickly, it will be too late to re-enter the market, and it will not be able to grab the biggest cake. Qi Zheng said simply.
"But when oil prices are falling, if there is no change in a short period of time, we will lose a lot of money. Jiang Ping, who returned, said solemnly.
Qi Zheng's current behavior can be said to be purely speculative, such a hurricane, even meteorologists, do not dare to deduce the subsequent changes, it may dissipate without alarm, it may land in Mexico, or it may return to the United States, in short, the risk is extremely high!
"Once we get the bet right, the gains are unimaginable. Qi Zheng smiled.
Only Qi Zheng knew that with the pressurization of the "Tiangang Infinite Array", a powerful hurricane had irrepressibly returned to the United States.
Once a new Hurricane Katrina is in place, the price of oil will run up like a wild swan, driven by panic.
Moreover, Qi Zheng also arranged a "good place" for Hurricane Katrina!
The U.S. government can decide the size of the bailout, but it can't decide where the regrouping hurricane goes.
Jiang Ping and Su Fang both fell silent.
After a pause, Jiang Ping raised his head and said decisively: "Since you think you have a chance, then let's give it a go!"
Then he saw Su Fang's desire to stop talking, and said with a smile: "The boss's intuition has been proven by facts, and in the financial world, chasing up and down is the most normal." The principle that it is easiest for those who follow success to succeed applies not only to Hollywood, but also to Wall Street. β
"Open a position, go long!"
Su Fang left as he said.
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In the Gulf of Mexico, a large "Tiangang Infinity Array" is in full operation.
The air pressure at the center of Hurricane Katrina was compressed, and the air flow rose faster, eventually being squeezed out of the top of the storm, like smoke drifting out of a chimney.
There is more air flow at the bottom of the storm to compensate for the squeezed outflow of air, the sea water evaporates, the heat from the ocean is transferred to the atmosphere through the evaporation of water, and the cyclone at the center of the storm continuously absorbs the heat. When the heat and moisture warm and moist air currents rise to a certain height, they begin to condense to form thunderstorms.
A hurricane is like a heat engine, a monster that runs on heat, and this heat comes from the upper layers of the sea, and the more heat the hurricane absorbs, the more powerful it becomes.
On the night of September 3, Hurricane Katrina, which returned to the Gulf of Mexico, was strangely re-escalated to a Category 5 hurricane under the monitoring of the National Hurricane Center of the United States, and the target was directly aimed at Texas!
Hurricane Katrina sliced through a large maneuver in the Gulf of Mexico, grazing the Mexican coastline and approaching the vicinity of Houston, Texas.
As soon as the news came out, the whole United States was in an uproar.
It's not enough to storm once, do you want to do it again?
And for the oil industry, fear is spreading further, because the regrouped Hurricane Katrina is really too sassy.
"The latest news, B Oil's oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was hit head-on by Hurricane Katrina, completely paralyzing ......"
"The two oil rigs leased by Chevron in the Gulf of Mexico were 'patronized' by Hurricane Katrina and suffered heavy losses......
"Shell's oil rig was blown into the sky......"
Poor Gulf of Mexico left more than a dozen oil rigs, in the previous hurricane narrowly escaped, never expected, in the end, still can't escape, or even worse, it's simply "no bones"!
The "Tiangang Infinity Array" was launched in turn, guiding Hurricane Katrina to sweep across the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, while continuously pressurizing, and the energy of the hurricane continued to superimpose.
A barrage of bad news suggests that even the U.S. government and the International Energy Agency (IEA) are putting strategic oil reserves on the market that will not be able to restrain the rise in oil prices.
After a brief pause, oil prices drew a beautiful upward curve.
At this time, the assassin fund has already purchased more than 40 million barrels of crude oil orders, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and smiling at the rising clouds!
Hurricane Katrina swept away oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico before approaching the shores of Texas.
Texas issued an early warning that after the tragedy in New Orleans, people began to evacuate en masse early.
However, people can walk, infrastructure can't.
The target of Qi Zheng is not the Americans, but the oil infrastructure, as well as the facilities of the American oil reserve system!
Aren't you trying to release the Strategic Reserve Oil? I'm going to target you with that.
The United States has about 6.4 billion barrels of oil in its strategic reserves, where are these oil deposits?
Stored in salt caverns underground in Texas and Louisiana.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has identified four unique storage sites along the Gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana, close to the oil-producing states, and has transformed hundreds of huge salt caverns into strategic oil depots, first filling the holes with freshwater to dissolve the salt layers, and then injecting large quantities of crude oil.
These natural "oil storage tanks" are hundreds of meters in diameter and up to 3,000 meters deep, which can not only effectively prevent military strikes, but also promote the continuous flow of crude oil in the cave, so as not to precipitate and deteriorate.
Moreover, these storage points are close to the terminals, not far from the large refineries, and there are well-developed pipeline facilities to quickly transfer the stored oil to the users.
The Gulf of Mexico is home to 21 large U.S. refineries, as well as tanks, pipelines, barges and terminals for the transportation of oil products. The U.S. oil reserve system is connected to 28 refineries in the Central and Midwest, in addition to refineries in the Gulf.
The reason why we choose to be close to the enterprise is to improve the ability to respond quickly. Earlier, the President of the United States announced the release of strategic reserve oil, and in this way relied on the facilities of the refinery area for export.
Now, managers of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) can only evacuate with bitter frustration in their mouths as the furious Hurricane Katrina rapidly approaches the halted Gulf of Mexico refinery.
Hurricane Katrina, which has regrouped and swept across the Gulf Coast, has reached speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour.
With a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, it is comparable to a super-high-speed high-speed railway, imagine what it is like for an ultra-high-speed high-speed rail to rampage in the city?
This is nature's deadliest roar!
Hurricanes and thunderstorms that advance in a few tens of minutes release more energy than all the world's power plants combined.
Compared to the forces of nature, the power of human beings is simply too small.
Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on the Texas coast, was like a huge whip that struck the oil refining area near the bay, and it was a mess.
Refineries were easily destroyed like papier-mΓ’chΓ©, tanks, pipelines, barges and other facilities for transporting oil were blown away like toys, and docks were turned into an ocean under the impact of storm surges......
The U.S. government has all the thoughts of jumping off the building.
The destruction of the Texas refinery, coupled with the previous round of destruction of the Louisiana refinery, has reduced the total refining capacity of the United States by one-third;
Crude oil prices are soaring!
Gasoline prices are also soaring!
And the U.S. government looked at the ruined city after Hurricane Katrina, and wanted to cry without tears......