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Crude Oil WTI Mar '18 (CLH18)

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Crude Oil WTI Futures Market News and Commentary

Crude Prices Recover Early Losses as the Dollar Weakens

June WTI crude oil (CLM24) on Thursday closed up +0.76 (+0.92%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK24) closed up +2.46 (+0.91%).

Crude and gasoline prices recovered from early losses on Thursday and closed moderately higher.  Short covering emerged in crude on Thursday when the dollar index fell to a 1-1/2 week low.  Crude also has carryover support from Wednesday's weekly report from the EIA, which showed that crude inventories unexpectedly declined.  Crude prices on Thursday initially moved lower due to energy demand concerns after the US Q1 GDP growth was weaker than expected.  

Thursday's US economic news was mixed for energy demand and crude prices.  On the negative side, US Q1 GDP was revised downward to 1.6% (q/q annualized) from 3.4%, weaker than expectations of 2.5%, as Q1 personal consumption was revised lower to 2.5% from 3.3%, weaker than expectations of 3.0%.  Conversely, US weekly initial unemployment claims unexpectedly fell -5,000 to a 2-month low of 207,000, sho... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Crude Oil West Texas Intermediate
Contract Size
1,000 U.S. barrels (42,000 gallons)
Tick Size
1 cent per barrel ($10.00 per contract)
Trading Hours
5:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. (Sun-Fri) (RTH 8:00a.m. - 1:30p.m.) (Settles 1:30p.m.) CST
Exchange
NYMEX
Point Value
$1,000
Margin/Maintenance
$6,861/6,238
First Notice Date
02/22/18
Expiration Date
02/20/18 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Crude Oil WTI Mar '18
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Mar Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Apr 16, 2024

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Commercials - Long / Short
601,207 (+6,265)
930,291 (-2,398)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
411,987 (+8,190)
121,525 (+14,865)
Producers - Long / Short
456,185 (-2,528)
385,484 (-11,158)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
46,622 (+1,397)
446,407 (+1,364)
Managed Money - Long / Short
267,691 (-3,628)
81,905 (+32,718)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
144,296 (+11,818)
39,620 (-17,853)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
58.07 +6.60%
on 02/09/18
66.66 -7.14%
on 01/25/18
-1.41 (-2.23%)
since 01/19/18
3-Month
55.93 +10.67%
on 12/07/17
66.66 -7.14%
on 01/25/18
+5.30 (+9.36%)
since 11/20/17
52-Week
43.87 +41.10%
on 06/21/17
66.66 -7.14%
on 01/25/18
+7.11 (+12.98%)
since 02/17/17

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 63.23
1st Resistance Point 62.57
Last Price 61.90s
1st Support Level 61.41
2nd Support Level 60.91
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 66.66
Last Price 61.90s
Fibonacci 61.8% 57.95
Fibonacci 50% 55.26
Fibonacci 38.2% 52.58
52-Week Low 43.87

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