WTI Crude Oil Futures (NYMEX CL)

New York Mercantile Exchange · December 2026 contract · Priced in U.S. dollars per barrel

Contract Overview

$96.29 / bbl +0.21% (+0.20) Today
Nov 4, 12:20 AM UTC-6
Price performance
Open 96.81
Day's range 94.90 – 97.15
Volume 33.39K
Prev. settlement 96.09
30-day range 86.00 – 104.99
Open interest 235.39K
Bid 96.28
Ask 96.30
Expires Nov 20, 2026

NYMEX · Delayed 10 min · Updated 11 min ago · Market open · closes 16:00 CT

Price Performance

December 2026 · CLZ26

Returns

1 week −6.3% −6.3% 1 week −6.49 from 102.78 on Oct 28
1 month +8.9% +8.9% 1 month +7.86 from 88.43 on Oct 6
3 months +30.8% +30.8% 3 months +22.69 from 73.60 on Aug 6
6 months +24.9% +24.9% 6 months +19.22 from 77.07 on May 6
Year to date +69.2% +69.2% year to date +39.37 from 56.92 on Dec 31, 2025
1 year +59.6% +59.6% 1 year +35.97 from 60.32 on Nov 3, 2025
  • 52-week high 104.12 Oct 30 · price 7.5% below
  • 52-week low 55.76 Dec 16, 2025 · price 72.7% above
  • 20-session high 104.12 Oct 30 · price 7.5% below
  • 20-session low 87.55 Oct 7 · price 10.0% above
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Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 27

Net positions

FundsManaged money +99.8K +99.8K net long Managed money · Sold 2.1K on the week · net long for 47 weeks
CommercialsProducers and merchants +375K +375K net long Producers and merchants · Long 669K · short 293K · net +6.5K on the week
  • Funds on the week Sold 2.1K Net long for 47 weeks
  • Open interest 2.61M Up 104K on the week · 353 traders

Funds are hedge funds and other money managers (managed money). Commercials are the hedgers: farmers, elevators, processors and exporters (producers and merchants). Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 1,000 barrels, as of Tuesday’s close.

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Futures chain

CLZ26 Dec 2026 $96.29 / bbl +0.20 +0.21%
CLF27 Jan 2027 $95.00 / bbl +0.23 +0.24%
CLG27 Feb 2027 $93.27 / bbl +0.27 +0.29%
CLH27 Mar 2027 $91.35 / bbl +0.21 +0.23%
CLJ27 Apr 2027 $89.59 / bbl +0.16 +0.18%
CLK27 May 2027 $87.96 / bbl +0.06 +0.07%
CLM27 Jun 2027 $86.42 / bbl -0.03 -0.03%
CLN27 Jul 2027 $84.97 / bbl -0.11 -0.13%
CLQ27 Aug 2027 $83.64 / bbl -0.11 -0.13%
CLU27 Sep 2027 $82.32 / bbl -0.18 -0.22%
CLV27 Oct 2027 $81.07 / bbl -0.28 -0.34%
CLX27 Nov 2027 $79.96 / bbl -0.35 -0.44%
CLZ27 Dec 2027 $78.97 / bbl -0.35 -0.44%
CLF28 Jan 2028 $78.41 / bbl +0.22 +0.28%
CLG28 Feb 2028 $77.59 / bbl +0.19 +0.25%
CLH28 Mar 2028 $76.88 / bbl +0.17 +0.22%
CLJ28 Apr 2028 $76.25 / bbl +0.16 +0.21%
CLK28 May 2028 $75.69 / bbl +0.14 +0.19%
CLM28 Jun 2028 $74.65 / bbl -0.55 -0.73%
CLN28 Jul 2028 $74.72 / bbl +0.16 +0.21%

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Contract Specifications

Contract December 2026 · CLZ26
Exchange New York Mercantile Exchange · CL
Contract size 1,000 barrels
Tick size $0.01 per barrel · $10.00 per contract
Value of a $1 move $1,000 per contract
Contract months Every month (F–Z)
Trading hours 5:00 pm – 4:00 pm CT, Sun–Fri, with a daily 1-hour break
Settlement Physical delivery
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