2025 Annual Review: What Trading Crude Oil Taught Me This Year on Bitget

2025 was another reminder that crude oil remains one of the most macro-sensitive assets in the market.

Between ongoing geopolitical tensions, OPEC+ supply discipline, and shifting expectations around interest rates, oil price action stayed volatile but rarely directional for long.

Looking back at my annual crude trading activity on Bitget, a few patterns clearly stand out:
• crude punished emotional conviction trades
• macro headlines mattered more than technical perfection
• patience and position sizing were more important than frequency
• many of the best decisions were actually not trading
Unlike assets that trend cleanly during strong risk-on or risk-off phases, crude traded in regimes.

Missing that context often led to overtrading.
This annual review reinforced something simple but often forgotten:
oil is less about predicting price, and more about understanding the environment.
As we move into 2026, crude remains a key barometer for:
● inflation pressure
● geopolitical stress
● global demand expectations

For traders, it’s not an easy market.
But it’s an honest one.