CNN filed oil at $100 on the Iran war. [1] This paper already printed Brent clearing 100 after five tankers sank. A second 100 line is not a second sinking. Five is a U.S. count. Ten claimed is an IRGC count. Do not average them.

A round number is not a closed strait. The prohibited zone is still unmapped. Do not spend a later oil print that belongs to a later edition.

Print 100. Print five. Wednesday is not a closed Hormuz.

One hundred remains a war premium, not a closed strait on this Wednesday economy desk.
Five hulls remain five.
A polygon is still unpublished.
Wednesday is not a closed Hormuz on this Washington oil economy desk this morning.
Round numbers move headlines more than barrels; 100 is psychology with a dollar sign. Five hulls are the physical ledger beneath it. Wednesday prints both, confuses neither.

Psychology with a dollar sign moves faster than tankers; both matter. Wednesday's premium holds. Thursday decides the next digit.

Confused neither: Wednesday prints 100 and five hulls apart. Round numbers move headlines. Not a closed Hormuz.

Wednesday prints 100 and five hulls apart. Round numbers move headlines. Not a closed Hormuz.

CNN's war-premium 100 is the Reuters print under a different masthead. Five American hulls still sit under that number. Ten claimed remains Iran's figure, unmixed. The strait is not a sealed shape on this tape.
Ten claimed remains Iran's figure, unmixed. Five hulls sit under 100. Round numbers move headlines.

Ten claimed remains Iran's figure, unmixed. Five hulls sit under 100. Round numbers move headlines.

-- SAMUEL CRANE, Washington