Crude Oil

During the past two months, December crude oil has been contained within a 44.45 to 50.88 range. About two weeks ago, the market came within ten ticks of the 50.88 balance high, but failed to take it out. Since that day, the market has gone lower... more

This Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet uses the CQG Toolkit to pull in Brent Crude Oil market data traded on the ICE exchange.

The dashboard uses a matrix-style presentation with the outrights displayed along the top row and also the first... more

This Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet uses the CQG Toolkit to pull in Brent Crude Oil market data traded on the ICE exchange.

The forward curves display today's data. If the last price is outside of the best bid and best ask, then the mid-... more

This Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet uses the CQG Toolkit to pull in Brent Crude Oil and WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil market data traded on the ICE exchange.

The forward curves display today's data. If the last price is outside of the best bid... more

This Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet uses the CQG Toolkit to pull in WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil market data traded on the ICE exchange.

The dashboard uses a matrix-style presentation with the outrights displayed along the top row and also the... more

This Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet uses the CQG Toolkit to pull in WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil market data traded on the ICE exchange.

The dashboard uses a matrix-style presentation with the outrights displayed along the top row and also the... more

This Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet uses the CQG Toolkit to pull in market data for crude oil traded on CME Globex.

Twelve months of outrights, one-month, and three-month calendar spreads are displayed. The forward curves display today's... more

In the summer of 2014, Crude began a seven-month, over $50 decline to about $42. However over the past four months, it has slowly traded back above $60, settling near that price on Friday, June 12, 2015. During the last six weeks, crude oil found... more

Will the Recovery Hold?

In June 2014, active month NYMEX crude oil was trading north of $107 per barrel. The price moved to lows of $42.03 by the middle of March 2015 - a decline of around 61%. The move lower began as a response to... more

Over the past three weeks, May crude oil has been trading within a 4714-to-5407 balance range. However, over the past five days, the daily ranges have been gradually shrinking, essentially getting squeezed into a triangle formation. Many times... more