The President announced Monday that America has moved $13 billion worth of Venezuelan oil since capturing Maduro. Not apprehending. Not arresting. Capturing. Like he's a Pokemon.
The United States government is now in the oil sales business. We took control of Venezuela's energy exports. We're selling their oil. We're keeping the money. This is the geopolitical equivalent of your roommate selling your Xbox while you're in county lockup.
Thirteen billion dollars. That's the number. Some retail trader in Ohio just read this headline and immediately tried to find the ticker symbol for Venezuelan crude. He typed VEN into his Robinhood app. Got a penny stock for a vending machine company. Bought two thousand shares. He'll notice in three months.
The technical setup here is flawless. A perfect cup and handle pattern on the regime change chart. Strong volume on the hostile takeover breakout. The 50-day moving average of international law violations is trending bullish. Every indicator says buy except for the part where this has nothing to do with markets and everything to do with the fact that we're apparently running Venezuela's oil operation like a seized asset at a police auction.
Maduro got captured and we immediately started liquidating his country's natural resources. That's not foreign policy. That's a pawn shop. America saw a distressed seller and made an aggressive offer. Zero percent financing for regime change. Same as cash if paid in full within 90 days of military intervention.
But sure, let this headline inform your trading strategy. Draw some lines on a chart. Calculate the Fibonacci retracement of nationalized petroleum. Maybe throw in a Bollinger Band or two. That'll definitely help you predict what happens when one country just starts selling another country's shit.
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