MigraineCall wrote: While on the topic of $100 oil, with the current $18.24US differential, and exchange rate, today WCS has breached $100 CAD per bbl level and continues to rise.
Kaaa-Ching!
This price has got to have a very positive boost to the cash flows of all Canadian oil sands producers in 23Q4 and onwards.
Yet although oil stocks have recovered some ground to narrow the gap, they still lag the price of oil.
On a side note, I have cut my HOD holdings on the gap pairs trade, as the gap widened as oil surged 3.5% while CNQ only moved 2.2%.
I have now made it a totally biased one sided riskier options trade to benefit from any upward moves, with no HOD as insurance for the trade if oil drops.
Call options are now up about 200%, but the today's spike in oil prices caused a net loss for the trade today, when taking into account the drop in HOD.