Oil prices fluctuate up and down with choppy price action, like baccarat where the banker wins one hand and the player wins the next—it's impossible to place heavy bets. In the short term, there's no clear directional bias for either long or short positions. The only strategy is to reduce position size, take profits manually in a timely manner, or use scaled profit-taking orders. Break above and short the new high, break below and long the new low. For the oscillating range in between, you can only maintain conservative positions and collect small gains.