The index has closed below its August 25 level on every session since, yet it has not recorded a single move of 2% in 33 sessions. That quiet drift is the harder behavioural test for investors, because loss aversion weights a shortfall from a remembered high heavily. A trough on October 1 was followed by a partial recovery the next day. The shaded band marks the days when WTI closed near $100.
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