Crude Trader Sim — Physical Oil Trading Simulation

Crude Trader Sim

PHYSICAL OIL TRADING SIMULATION · 52 WEEKS

NAME YOUR TRADING HOUSE

$TRADING

BUY CARGOGo long. Choose grade + size. Profit when price rises. Holding cost $0.15/bbl/week.

SHORT SELLSell without owning. Limited by cash. Profit when price falls. Margin call at 100% loss.

HEDGELock current price on a long. Protects against further losses.

STORAGEStore up to 1M bbl from a long. $0.10/bbl/week. Sell any time.

↑CAPACITY

LEVEL 1Start here. 1 cargo slot.

LEVEL 2Gross P&L hits $5M — 2nd slot unlocks.

LEVEL 3–5$15M / $30M / $50M Gross P&L unlocks 3, 4, 5 slots.

HOLDING COSTLong positions cost $0.15/bbl/week. Trade actively.

~MARKET

CONTANGOFuture above spot. Market oversupplied. OPEC cuts hit harder here.

BACKWARDATIONSpot above future. Tight market. Better to sell sooner than hold.

GRADESBRENT (North Sea), WTI (US Gulf), DUBAI (Middle East). Each reacts differently.

!NEWS & OPEC

NEWS FEEDEvents appear 1 week before they hit prices. Click to mark read.

OPEC MEETINGSMeetings develop over 3–4 weeks. Early stages show shifting cut / hold / add odds. The final decision week lands the price impact — amplified by whether the market is in contango or backwardation.

ANALYST DESKAdam Hussaini reads this week's news and gives you a direct recommendation with no directional call on quiet weeks.

52 WEEKS · MAXIMIZE NET P&L · EARN UP TO 4 STARS

Crude Trader Sim

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WEEK 01/52

LEVEL 1 · 1 SLOT

CASH

$50.0M

NET P&L

+$0.0M

POSITIONS

0/1

STRUCTURE

CONTANGO

Market

News Feed

Fundamental Analyst Desk

Financials

CASH$50.0M

OPEN (LONG)$0.0M

SHORTS EXPOSURE$0.0M

STORAGE VALUE—

GROSS P&L+$0.0M

TOTAL COSTS-$0.0M

NET P&L+$0.0M

Capacity — Level 1

Next slot at $5M Gross P&L

Gross P&L: $0.0M

Storage Terminal (1M bbl cap)

Stored0 BBL

Current Value—

Stored At—

Storage P&L—

Weekly Cost—

Positions (0/1)

NO POSITIONS
SELECT GRADE + BUY OR SHORT

Trade Log

QUIETNo market events this week

MARKETCONTANGO

CURVEM1·M3·M6

SIGNALNEUTRAL

BRENT CRUDE

82.40

–

ICE · NORTH SEA · SWEET

WTI CRUDE

79.10

–

NYMEX · CUSHING · SWEET

DUBAI CRUDE

80.20

–

DME · FATEH · SOUR

BRENT FORWARD CURVE

$82.40

$83.10

$84.90

Contango — future prices higher than spot

BRENT / WTI SPREAD

+$3.30

Normal range

BRENT / DUBAI SPREAD

+$2.20

Normal sour discount

OPEC STATUS

No meeting scheduled

WEEKS LEFT

ACTIONS

— SELECT A GRADE FIRST

Capacity — Gross P&L

Slots unlock when your Gross P&L hits these levels.

Level 11 slot · start

Level 22 slots · $5M gross

Level 33 slots · $15M gross

Level 44 slots · $30M gross

Level 55 slots · $50M gross

Star Rating

★★★★ > $30M Net P&L
★★★ $10M – $30M
★★ $0 – $10M
★ Negative

Holding Costs

Long positions cost $0.15/bbl/week.

Shorts

Limited by cash. Margin call at 100% loss.

Open shorts0

Margin calls0

Summary

TRADES DONE0

WEEKS LEFT52

Crude Trader Sim · Physical Oil Trading Simulation

GUIDE — Crude Trader Sim

Buy Cargo — Go long. Holding cost: $0.15/bbl/week deducted each week.
Short Sell — Size limited by cash. Profit when price falls. Margin call at 100% loss.
Hedge Long — Lock current price. Protects against further loss.
Cover Short — Buy back to close a short.
Storage — Max 1M bbl. $0.10/bbl/week. P&L vs price at storage.
Contango — Future above spot. Oversupplied. OPEC cuts amplified.
Backwardation — Spot above future. Tight. Sell sooner.
Capacity — Unlocks when Gross P&L hits $5M / $15M / $30M / $50M.
OPEC meetings — Run 3–4 weeks. Watch the odds shift. Decision week lands the price move.
Stars — ★★★★ >$30M · ★★★ $10–30M · ★★ $0–10M · ★ negative.