2026-01-12 08:23:27

The logic that energy follows precious metals' rise sounds reasonable, but a closer look reveals that the signals behind the three major commodities are completely different.

What does gold represent? A bet on a collapsing world. What about copper? A wager on technological optimism. Oil, on the other hand, reflects the conclusion of growth.

According to Smil's theory, the four pillars of modern civilization have stagnated or declined. From this perspective, a smarter trading approach is to short oil and copper—they don't have convincing fundamental stories. Gold's movement is independent; don't confuse it with the others.

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GateUser-9ad11037

· 4h ago

Gold is a safe haven, copper is a tech dream, oil is an illusion of growth... This logic can indeed hold up, but whether to short really depends on what the fundamental data says.

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DataOnlooker

· 4h ago

Thinking about it the other way around, it also makes sense. If gold moves independently, why should copper and oil follow? It feels like they're all just betting on stories.

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ImpermanentPhilosopher

· 5h ago

Wait, the stories about oil and copper don't add up? Then everyone still clinging to them are just newbies, right?

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RektButSmiling

· 5h ago

Gold, copper, and oil are fundamentally not the same thing. Some people really mix them all together, which is amusing. Shorting copper and oil is the right way; that's what it means to understand trading.

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