$OIL Update: The Crude Collapse vs. The Pump Paradox

WTI is in a brutal downtrend, relentlessly printing lower highs.
We are testing the critical $68-$70 support floor right now. If this breaks, the trapdoor to $60 opens.
So why are you still paying a premium at the pump?
It’s the "Rockets & Feathers" effect.
Gas prices rocket up on crude spikes so retailers can cover future replacement costs.
But they drop like a feather on the way down, because stations drag their feet to sell off their expensive old inventory and protect margins.
Plus, you don't pump raw WTI, the cost of refining stays elevated, and heavy fixed government taxes create an indestructible price floor.
The chart dumps, but the middlemen and the state ensure the consumer absorbs the lag.

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