WTI Crude Oil Futures Pricing

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

Storage Signal

Latest trades

Dec → Jan: Inverted · −2.02

Carry (+) means later months trade above the nearby: the market is paying toward storage. Inverted (−) means the nearby trades above later months. Not trading advice.

Futures Chain

20 contracts

CLX26 Nov 2026 OI 18,443 $105.87 / bbl +2.21 +2.13%

CLZ26 Dec 2026 OI 306,730 $99.81 / bbl +1.27 +1.29%

CLF27 Jan 2027 OI 151,706 $97.79 / bbl +1.12 +1.16%

CLG27 Feb 2027 OI 77,272 $95.72 / bbl +1.03 +1.09%

CLH27 Mar 2027 OI 98,159 $93.82 / bbl +1.00 +1.08%

CLJ27 Apr 2027 OI 57,702 $92.11 / bbl +0.96 +1.05%

CLK27 May 2027 OI 50,076 $90.53 / bbl +0.88 +0.98%

CLM27 Jun 2027 OI 124,589 $89.06 / bbl +0.83 +0.94%

CLN27 Jul 2027 OI 46,819 $87.65 / bbl +0.80 +0.92%

CLQ27 Aug 2027 OI 40,524 $86.36 / bbl +0.86 +1.01%

CLU27 Sep 2027 OI 52,944 $84.74 / bbl +0.53 +0.63%

CLV27 Oct 2027 OI 39,901 $83.80 / bbl +0.79 +0.95%

CLX27 Nov 2027 OI 47,538 $81.92 / bbl +0.28 +0.34%

CLZ27 Dec 2027 OI 180,626 $81.70 / bbl +0.81 +1.00%

CLF28 Jan 2028 OI 38,269 $79.92 / bbl +0.42 +0.53%

CLG28 Feb 2028 OI 22,547 $79.05 / bbl +0.48 +0.61%

CLH28 Mar 2028 OI 28,456 $78.27 / bbl +0.52 +0.67%

CLJ28 Apr 2028 OI 26,600 $77.57 / bbl +0.56 +0.73%

CLK28 May 2028 OI 13,272 $76.95 / bbl +0.59 +0.77%

CLM28 Jun 2028 OI 56,841 $77.10 / bbl +0.72 +0.94%

Open interest (OI) is how many contracts are still open in each month.

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 13

Managed moneySold 1.7K on the week · net long for 45 weeks: +103K
Producers and merchantsLong 699K · short 334K · net +18.4K on the week: +365K
Open interest Up 42.0K on the week · 352 traders: 2.58M

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), NYMEX WTI crude futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Oct 13, published Friday, Oct 16; the next report (Oct 20 positions) is out Friday, Oct 23 at 3:30 pm ET. Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 1,000 barrels.

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Storage Signal. Worked out from the futures themselves: the front month against the next, and old crop against new while the front month is old crop, at the latest trades while the market is open, else at the last settle.

Futures Chain. Every NYMEX contract month now trading, with its last price, the day’s change and its open interest.

Commitments of Traders. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders (disaggregated): the open positions of each kind of large trader as of Tuesday’s close, published Fridays at 3:30 pm ET (the following Monday in a holiday week).

Market Data: Futures price data on Farmbucks is provided by DTN, CME Group, and ICE. Cash basis is from USDA AMS daily grain bid reports; positioning is from the CFTC's Commitments of Traders; the natural gas outlook and storage are from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This data is for informational purposes only, may be subject to delays or inaccuracies, and is not trading advice. Please consult official sources or your broker for trading decisions.