United States Oil Fund, LP
ARCAThree converging signals are firing on USO simultaneously. The lending pool is exhausted, borrow costs have doubled in a month, and options traders are piling into puts — all as crude oil prices bounce. Availability on USO has dropped to zero. Every share in the lending pool is currently out on loan, matching the 52-week peak. This is not a gradual…
USO cost to borrow surges to 10.85%, up 175% from 3.94% one week ago.
Snapshot as of 6 May 2026
Three converging signals are firing on USO simultaneously. The lending pool is exhausted, borrow costs have doubled in a month, and options traders are piling into puts — all as crude oil prices bounce. Availability on…
USO enters May with a rare combination of rising short interest and a rising price — a tension shaped almost entirely by the escalating U.S.-Iran standoff that has gripped oil markets this week. The fund gained 7.9%…
Short sellers have piled into USO even as the oil tracking fund surged 14% over the past week. Short interest now stands at 87.5% of float — the highest level in a month — while cost to borrow has more than doubled in…
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