WTI Crude Oil Futures Pricing

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

Storage Signal

Latest trades

Nov → Dec: Inverted · −2.47

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 285,845 $90.27 / bbl -2.33 -2.52%

CLZ26 Dec 2026 OI 222,400 $87.80 / bbl -1.21 -1.36%

CLF27 Jan 2027 OI 111,851 $86.01 / bbl -0.53 -0.61%

CLG27 Feb 2027 OI 59,748 $84.48 / bbl -0.21 -0.25%

CLH27 Mar 2027 OI 84,318 $83.18 / bbl -0.03 -0.04%

CLJ27 Apr 2027 OI 55,083 $82.00 / bbl +0.12 +0.15%

CLK27 May 2027 OI 40,619 $80.91 / bbl +0.21 +0.26%

CLM27 Jun 2027 OI 127,675 $79.86 / bbl +0.25 +0.31%

CLN27 Jul 2027 OI 43,912 $78.52 / bbl -0.09 -0.11%

CLQ27 Aug 2027 OI 34,145 $77.64 / bbl -0.03 -0.04%

CLU27 Sep 2027 OI 50,710 $77.13 / bbl +0.32 +0.42%

CLV27 Oct 2027 OI 36,829 $75.59 / bbl -0.44 -0.58%

CLX27 Nov 2027 OI 45,311 $75.40 / bbl +0.06 +0.08%

CLZ27 Dec 2027 OI 172,177 $75.10 / bbl +0.42 +0.56%

CLF28 Jan 2028 OI 33,042 $74.33 / bbl +0.23 +0.31%

CLG28 Feb 2028 OI 19,692 $73.27 / bbl -0.29 -0.39%

CLH28 Mar 2028 OI 27,548 $73.12 / bbl +0.03 +0.04%

CLJ28 Apr 2028 OI 25,287 $72.66 / bbl +0.59 +0.82%

CLK28 May 2028 OI 12,275 $72.26 / bbl +0.55 +0.77%

CLM28 Jun 2028 OI 54,708 $72.25 / bbl +0.37 +0.51%

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

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Sep 22

Managed moneyBought 5.8K on the week · most net long since Apr 21, 2026: +143K
Producers and merchantsLong 641K · short 325K · net −4.8K on the week: +316K
Open interest Down 292K on the week · 355 traders: 2.43M

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), NYMEX WTI crude futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Sep 22, published Friday, Sep 25; the next report (Sep 29 positions) is out Friday, Oct 2 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.