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Crude Oil (WTI)
Nov Crude futures · $ per barrel
Crude Oil is up 62.2% since January 1. By this point in a typical year (2021–2025) it was up 13.6%. From here to year-end, the price rose in 0 of the last 5 years, down 8.0% on average. Front-month futures. Past patterns don't predict prices; weather, demand and policy change every year.
As of Tuesday, Oct 6, hedge funds and commodity advisors are net long 53,598 contracts (less bullish than the week before, -25,994). That's more bullish than 17% of weeks in the last 3 years. CFTC Commitments of Traders, Disaggregated Futures Only. Published Fridays with Tuesday's positions.
Every contract month
Crude Oil futures trade every month.
Deferred months are priced below Nov Crude (an inverse): the market wants it now.
| Month | Last | Change | vs. Nov |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov Crude | 93.16 | -$0.58 | — |
| Dec Crude | 92.20 | -$0.66 | -$0.96 |
| Jan Crude | 91.26 | -$0.60 | -$1.90 |
| Feb Crude | 90.27 | -$0.44 | -$2.89 |
| Mar Crude | 89.13 | -$0.39 | -$4.03 |
| Apr Crude | 88.02 | -$0.29 | -$5.14 |
| May Crude | 86.93 | -$0.15 | -$6.23 |
| Jun Crude | 85.76 | -$0.05 | -$7.40 |
| Jul Crude | 84.61 | +$0.08 | -$8.55 |
| Aug Crude | 83.40 | +$0.16 | -$9.76 |
| Sep Crude | 82.25 | +$0.26 | -$10.91 |
| Oct 27 Crude | 81.13 | +$0.33 | -$12.03 |
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Brent Crude Oil Price Jumps After Attack on Iran’s South Pars Field. It went against diesel (-0.43%), which was lower. It settled near the high of the day.
Reports coming up
- Wed Oct 14EIA crude oil inventories9:30am CT
- Thu Oct 15EIA natural gas storage9:30am CT
- Wed Oct 21EIA crude oil inventories9:30am CT
- Thu Oct 22EIA natural gas storage9:30am CT
- Wed Oct 28EIA crude oil inventories9:30am CT
- Thu Oct 29EIA natural gas storage9:30am CT
- Wed Nov 4EIA crude oil inventories9:30am CT
- Thu Nov 5EIA natural gas storage9:30am CT
- Wed Nov 11EIA crude oil inventories9:30am CT
About this market
NYMEX WTI crude oil, 1,000 barrels. Each month stops trading around the 20th of the month before.