Crude Oil WTI Live Price
Crude Oil WTI Live Price Chart
1D and 5D plot 5- and 30-minute intraday candles; 1M–6M plot daily candles. Prices are indicative and may be delayed.
Period returns — 1D is the latest session move (the last completed session when the market is closed); 1W–1Y are computed from real daily closing history. Each window is shown only when its data is available.
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Technical Summary
5 of 5 signals read buy.
Computed from real daily price history (RSI 14, SMA 20/50/200, MACD 12/26/9) · as of Sep 10, 03:49 UTC. Not investment advice.
About Crude Oil WTI
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is the benchmark grade for US crude oil — a light, sweet (low-sulphur) crude that is comparatively easy to refine into gasoline and diesel. The reference contract is the NYMEX (CME) futures contract, ticker CL, quoted in US dollars per barrel and physically deliverable at the storage hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, which is why Cushing inventory levels matter to the price. One contract covers 1,000 barrels and moves in one-cent increments, so a single tick is worth $10 per contract.
WTI responds to US production and inventory data — the weekly EIA petroleum report is the key scheduled release — alongside global demand expectations, OPEC+ supply policy and geopolitical risk. Because its delivery point is landlocked, WTI often trades at a discount to the seaborne Brent benchmark, and the WTI–Brent spread is itself a closely watched gauge of US supply conditions. Most retail traders reach it not through the futures contract but as a spot or CFD instrument priced off the front-month contract and listed under symbols such as USOIL, WTICOUSD or CL, which is why crude oil sits in the energies group of forex platforms even though — unlike gold (XAU) and silver (XAG) — it has no ISO 4217 code of its own. Those contracts settle in US dollars, trade on margin nearly around the clock on weekdays, and are rolled from one monthly contract to the next rather than held to physical delivery.
On the session, Crude Oil WTI is trading at 96.08, a move of +0.03 (+0.03%) versus the previous close of 96.05. The instrument has ranged between 95.94 and 97.79 so far today. FXMARE's technical engine currently reads the setup as Strong Buy.
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Crude Oil WTI — frequently asked questions
What is the WTI crude oil price today?
This page tracks the live WTI (West Texas Intermediate) price in US dollars per barrel, with an intraday chart and the day's range. WTI is the US crude benchmark behind the NYMEX/CME futures contract, and trading platforms usually quote it from the front-month contract under symbols such as USOIL, WTICOUSD or CL. The quote updates through the trading session.
Why is crude oil listed as a forex pair?
It is not literally a currency pair. Unlike gold and silver, crude oil has no ISO 4217 code, so brokers list it as a spot or CFD contract priced off the front-month NYMEX futures and quoted in US dollars per barrel. Because it settles in dollars, trades on margin and runs nearly around the clock on weekdays, it sits in the energies or commodities group on the same platform as FX pairs and is traded the same way.
What is the difference between USOIL, WTI and CL?
They name the same benchmark at different layers. WTI (West Texas Intermediate) is the crude grade; CL is the CME ticker for the Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contract that prices it; and USOIL, WTICOUSD or OIL.WTI are broker symbols for the spot or CFD version tracking that contract. The barrel underneath is identical — what differs is the venue, the contract size and whether the position can ever go to physical delivery.
What moves the WTI oil price?
US inventory data is the big scheduled mover: the API estimate on Tuesday afternoon and the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report on Wednesday at 10:30am New York time regularly swing the price on a surprise build or draw. Beyond inventories, OPEC+ supply policy, US shale production trends, seasonal refinery maintenance and global demand expectations set the trend, and a stronger US dollar tends to weigh on crude because it is priced in dollars.
What is the difference between WTI and Brent crude?
WTI is the US benchmark, physically delivered inland at Cushing, Oklahoma, so it prices US supply, pipeline flows and domestic storage conditions. Brent is the seaborne international benchmark, traded on ICE and reflecting global waterborne supply and demand. Because landlocked barrels must be moved to a coast for export, WTI typically trades at a discount to Brent, and the WTI–Brent spread is watched as a gauge of US supply conditions.
What hours does crude oil trade?
WTI futures trade on CME Globex from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon New York time, with a short daily break around the close, and the spot and CFD contracts that track them follow much the same schedule. Liquidity is deepest during US hours — particularly around the Wednesday inventory release and the New York settlement window. Overnight and Asian sessions are thinner, with wider spreads and choppier moves.
Do WTI oil contracts expire?
Yes. WTI futures expire monthly: each contract stops trading a few business days before the 25th of the month preceding delivery, so traders roll into the next month. Brokers apply an equivalent rollover to spot and CFD positions, which is why a continuous chart can show a gap between contracts. Expiry matters because CL is physically settled at Cushing — in April 2020 the front-month contract settled below zero as storage there neared capacity.
Crude Oil WTI News & Analysis
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