-- 据牛津能源研究所分析师伊利亚·布舒耶夫(Ilia Bouchouev)周二在一份报告中指出,尽管自海湾战争爆发以来,全球现货石油供应量已下降超过1000万桶/日,但金融石油市场的衍生品交易量却增长了约10亿桶/日。 布舒耶夫在评论当前危机期间的市场动态时表示,随着现货原油市场波动加剧,期权、期货和套期保值交易行为发生了显著变化。 他指出,对冲基金有时会减少期货净敞口,随着波动性上升,风险配置也在缩减。一些自主管理型基金也已离场观望,理由是难以在当前环境下实现业绩目标。 随着对冲基金撤出,其他市场参与者扮演了更为重要的角色。 石油生产商越来越多地通过掉期交易商出售长期期货合约以锁定高位价格,而围绕美国战略石油储备释放进行仓位布局的市场参与者则在短期和长期合约之间进行价差交易。 与此同时,期权交易员也通过获利了结早期持仓,加剧了近期的抛售压力。 布舒耶夫表示,这些资金流动导致现货油价与布伦特原油和西德克萨斯中质原油等基准期货价格之间的脱节日益加剧,衍生品交易活动对短期价格走势的影响也越来越大。 他补充道,尽管一些金融交易员仍然保持结构性看涨,但在高度波动的市场环境下,表达方向性观点变得更加困难,因为即使是微小的仓位变动也可能对投资组合造成巨大影响。 然而,他警告称,市场情绪可能迅速转变。中东地缘政治紧张局势的任何升级都可能引发新一轮看涨期权买盘和新一轮看涨建仓。 他还指出,尽管金融石油市场规模远大于现货原油市场,但相对于全球股票和债券市场而言仍然较小,因此宏观金融环境的溢出效应仍有可能发生。 他补充说,成品油衍生品市场仍然存在结构性失衡,并且是当前价格扭曲的核心所在。
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