Energy Markets and Commodity Strategy by Tracy Shuchart
Tracy Shuchart is a senior market strategist specializing in energy, metals, and geopolitical risk, with over 20 years of experience across hedge funds and proprietary trading desks. She is currently a senior contributor at Hedge Fund Telemetry and serves as the macro strategist for a family office focused on commodity-linked investments.
In early 2025, Shuchart joined NinjaTrader Live as Senior Economist, where she produces weekly market briefings covering oil, inflation, and macroeconomic implications of digital currencies. She also hosts “Place Your Trades,” a podcast distributed across X Spaces and YouTube, where she regularly discusses CBDCs, Bitcoin reserve dynamics, and tokenized commodity futures.
Shuchart appeared on Coindesk’s “The Breakdown” and Fox Business in Q1 2025 to assess the role of crypto in global monetary competition. Though not a developer or direct investor in digital assets, she offers crucial macro context to crypto markets, often contrasting Bitcoin with gold, oil, and U.S. dollar liquidity cycles. Her influence is strongest among macro traders seeking a dual commodity-crypto thesis.
Tracy Shuchart: China increases super-chilled fuel purchases as prices fall
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist at Independent / Trader, highlights an increase in China's purchases of super-chilled fuel, reaching about 5.29 million tons this month according ...
Leverage increases market fragility, Tracy Shuchart warns
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, highlights concerns about elevated leverage in the U.S. stock market. Shuchart notes that higher leverage can amplify market swings and increase ...
Tracy Shuchart: Comex gold call open interest rises despite futures pullback from 2026 highs
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist at Independent / Trader, reports that far out of the money Comex gold call options are seeing increased activity. Open interest in December ...
Panama Canal revenue set to surpass $5.2 billion in fiscal 2026, Tracy Shuchart expects
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, reports that Panama Canal expects revenue to surpass its $5.2 billion forecast for fiscal 2026 after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz ...
Tracy Shuchart: Chinese banks curb retail gold trading amid volatility
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, reports that Chinese banks are limiting retail gold trading due to heightened volatility. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the ...
Vedanta seeks $372 million from Zambia copper unit IPO, Tracy Shuchart reveals
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, reports that Vedanta Resources Ltd. intends to raise about $372 million through the sale of an 11.9% stake in its U.S.-based unit to support ...
Tracy Shuchart: Low SPR levels risk crude oil quality degradation
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist at Independent / Trader, raises concerns that crude oil stored in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) may face quality degradation as ...
2025 actual demand surpasses IEA 2030 forecast, Tracy Shuchart notes
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist at Independent / Trader, points out that oil demand in 2025 has already surpassed the International Energy Agency's (IEA) forecast for 2030. ...
Tracy Shuchart: Macro markets show signs of bifurcation in economy
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, discusses recent perspectives on the macro markets, touching on housing, employment, and broader economic themes tied to a bifurcated economy. ...
Gold investment momentum shifts toward Asia, Tracy Shuchart notes
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, draws attention to developments in gold markets in Asia and urges Western investors to monitor these trends closely. The observation highlights ...
Tracy Shuchart: 0 DTE options and VIX flows influence market movements
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, hosted an interview with @VolSignals on @NTLiveMedia to discuss 0 DTE (zero days to expiration) options. Tracy Shuchart highlighted the impact ...
Phoenix Tailings receives $500 million to boost rare-earth production, Tracy Shuchart reveals
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist at Independent / Trader, reports that rare-earth refiner Phoenix Tailings Inc. has received a conditional $500 million loan from the U.S. ...
Tracy Shuchart: Nuveen Private Bond chief focuses on infrastructure investment opportunities
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, highlights that Nuveen LLC’s Laura Parrott is prioritizing investments in infrastructure within the energy and utilities sectors, rather than ...
CME Group to offer around-the-clock crude and gold trading, Tracy Shuchart reveals
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist at Independent / Trader, announced that CME Group will introduce 24/7 trading for crude and gold contracts this summer. According to Shuchart, ...
Tracy Shuchart: Markets focus on Warsh first FOMC meeting June 17
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist at Independent / Trader, notes that markets are closely watching what Warsh may say or not say during his first FOMC meeting, scheduled for ...
Investors demand higher yield for CCC bonds, Tracy Shuchart warns
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, highlights a sharp increase in the yield premium that investors require to hold CCC rated junk bonds compared to those rated just below ...
Tracy Shuchart: Key risk to markets examined in latest interview
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, shared insights on a recent market discussion. She highlighted that Luke Gromen joined NTLiveMedia to offer his perspective on what poses the ...
Crude oil triangle pattern favors upside, Tracy Shuchart notes
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, notes that symmetrical triangle chart patterns typically resolve in the direction of the initial trend. She is currently monitoring crude oil, ...
Tracy Shuchart: Air New Zealand offsets only part of higher fuel costs
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist at Independent / Trader, reports that Air New Zealand has managed to offset only 25% to 40% of the impact from increased jet fuel prices, despite ...
Nonfarm payroll revisions add 93,000 jobs for March and April, Tracy Shuchart notes
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, highlights two upward revisions in U.S. nonfarm payroll data for March and April. According to Shuchart, the March figure was revised up by ...
Tracy Shuchart: Trafigura flags oil at critical market juncture amid supply concerns
Tracy Shuchart, independent trader and strategist, highlighted that Trafigura Group sees energy markets at a critical juncture due to rapidly diminishing supply buffers. Recent increases in crude ...
