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October seasonality

Brent at $102.31: a Hormuz risk premium meets a seasonally weak window

OPEC+ held output steady and the Brent-WTI spread widened above $11. Autumn refinery maintenance usually softens crude demand.

Oct 6Brent crude oil, WTI crude oil, Heating oil (ULSD), Exxon Mobil

Natural gas enters one of its strongest seasonal months with LNG flows disrupted

October has been one of Henry Hub's strongest months in our data. Storage builds are running below average and Qatar extended force majeure into winter.

Oct 6Natural gas (Henry Hub), European natural gas (TTF)

Bitcoin's strongest seasonal month arrives late in the halving cycle

October has been bitcoin's best month in our data. The current cycle is past the window where previous cycles peaked.

Oct 6Bitcoin, Ether

Sugar surges, cocoa enters its weakest month, coffee jumps on Brazil rain

Three soft commodities with very different October records and very different supply stories.

Oct 6Sugar, Cocoa, Coffee (Arabica), Lean hogs

The midterm-year fourth quarter has been the strongest stretch of the four-year cycle

2026 is a US midterm year. Since 1928 the S&P 500 has risen in most midterm-year fourth quarters.

Oct 6S&P 500, Russell 2000

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