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Crude Oil WTI May '20 (CLK20)
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Crude Oil WTI Futures Market News and Commentary

Crude Rebounds as U.S. Refills the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

January WTI crude oil (CLF24) on Friday closed up +1.86 (+2.68%), and Jan RBOB gasoline (RBF24) closed up +0.0498 (+2.49%).

Crude oil prices Friday rebounded from Thursday's 5-1/4 month low and posted moderate gains.  Crude rallied Friday after better-than-expected U.S. economic reports on Nov payrolls and Dec consumer sentiment reduced recession fears and bolstered the outlook for a soft landing, a positive factor for energy demand and crude prices.  Also, plans by the U.S. to refill its strategic petroleum reserve are supportive of crude.  On the negative side was Friday's rally in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 3-week high.  

Crude prices found support Friday after the U.S. Energy Department issued a solicitation to buy as much as 3 million bbl of sour crude for delivery in March to refill the strategic petroleum reserve.  That comes on top of a previous tender to buy the same amount for February.  The Energy Department said it will hold monthly tenders to buy oil to r... 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
$7,260/6,600
First Notice Date
04/23/20
Expiration Date
04/21/20 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Crude Oil WTI May '20
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Dec 5, 2023

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Commercials - Long / Short
641,357 (+78,205)
835,983 (+66,052)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
349,661 (-2,721)
180,671 (+11,460)
Producers - Long / Short
475,183 (+69,444)
355,043 (+62,648)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
68,543 (+4,548)
383,309 (-809)
Managed Money - Long / Short
201,196 (-2,612)
138,419 (+12,927)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
148,465 (-109)
42,252 (-1,467)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
-40.32 +124.83%
on 04/20/20
29.13 -65.64%
on 04/03/20
-12.62 (-55.77%)
since 03/20/20
3-Month
-40.32 +124.83%
on 04/20/20
58.16 -82.79%
on 01/22/20
-48.15 (-82.79%)
since 01/21/20
52-Week
-40.32 +124.83%
on 04/20/20
64.39 -84.45%
on 01/08/20
-51.39 (-83.70%)
since 04/18/19

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 32.98
1st Resistance Point 21.49
Last Price 10.01s
1st Support Level 0.00
2nd Support Level 0.00
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 64.39
Fibonacci 61.8% 24.39
Fibonacci 50% 12.03
Last Price 10.01s
Fibonacci 38.2% -0.32
52-Week Low -40.32

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