Author

@ZmansEnrgyBrain ZmansEnrgyBrain

Bottom-up energy/OFS specialist fusing supply-chain channel checks with oil-macro geopolitics

Publishes original, data-heavy research on oil & gas E&P, oi

trader score
-2.78
hit rate
25%
mean α
-1.80%
signals 14d
73

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 20 scored bets: 25% hit rate, -1.80% mean alpha, trader score -2.78. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved +6.9% since posting (mean over 10 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-10-15·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Reports diesel inventories at seasonal lows not seen since the 20th century.·
2026-10-15·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Reports refiner throughput at a 20-year seasonal high.·
2026-10-15·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Reports WTI at $97 and the 2027 futures strip above $85 amid SPR discussion.·
2026-10-15·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Details natural-gas price, storage injection and comparisons with consensus and history.·
2026-10-15·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Reports oil prices after IEA reiterated the remaining SPR release.·
2026-10-14·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Reports API U.S. crude-oil inventories fell by 11.1 million units.·
2026-10-14KOS@ZmansEnrgyBrain+0.50Reports Ghana crude output increased 30% as Jubilee partners advanced development.·
2026-10-14EDV@ZmansEnrgyBrain+0.40Says a barbell cash trade using SGOV and EDV is beginning to perform better.·
2026-10-14SGOV@ZmansEnrgyBrain+0.40Says a barbell cash trade using SGOV and EDV is beginning to perform better.+0.1%
2026-10-14·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Reports no DOE SPR announcement and says claims of a sub-10% repayment premium remain unverified.·
2026-10-14·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Notes historically large weekly distillate inventory draws.·
2026-10-14·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Reports Fed rate-hike odds rose from 20% overnight to 50% in the morning.·
2026-10-13WTI@ZmansEnrgyBrain+0.60Reports WTI above $95 as smoke rises over Saudi Aramco headquarters.+9.4%
2026-10-13·@ZmansEnrgyBrain·Reports that Saudi Aramco headquarters was hit; the subsequent question about Ghawar is speculative.·
2026-10-13WTI@ZmansEnrgyBrain+0.45Reports the average 2027 WTI strip at $85.98 with nearly every month above $80.+9.4%

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.