On 2026-08-18, Heating Oil closed at 4.4501 USD/gal, up 0.29% on the day. It trades at 86.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 65.61 is in the 88th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of +7.84% in the 79th percentile. It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 4.1515 / 3.759 / 3.237 USD/gal, with price +7.19% / +18.39% / +37.47% against them. Its 52-week range is 2.0469–4.8353 USD/gal; it closed 7.97% below the high and 117.41% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 3.269% daily, in the 88th percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.1772 USD/gal, 3.98% of price. It has returned +4.65% over 5 days and +16.14% over 60 days.
=== HEATING OIL (USD/gal) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-18, prior 2026-08-17)
close 4.4501
change +0.0130 (+0.293%)
range (as of 2026-08-18)
range 0.0969
close pos 56.3% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-18)
20d MA 4.1515 price above by +7.19%
50d MA 3.7590 price above by +18.39%
200d MA 3.2370 price above by +37.47%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-18)
20d stdev 3.269% daily ≈ 51.9% annualized (×√252) (88th pct of own history, since 2000 (6497 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.25× (3.269% vs 2.612% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-18)
ATR(14) 0.1772
ATR% 3.98% (81st pct of own history, since 2000 (6503 obs))
range/ATR 54.7%
relative volume [as of 2026-08-14 · 2d behind 2026-08-18]
RVOL 1.03x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 50th pct of own history, since 2000 (6480 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-08-18)
high 4.8353 (-7.97% from high)
low 2.0469 (+117.41% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-18)
RSI(14) 65.61 (88th pct of own history, since 2000 (6503 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-18)
5d return +4.65%
20d return +7.84%
60d return +16.14%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 2.50% (from 2000-09-01)
ZIRP-2009 1.89%
tightening-2015 1.98%
ZIRP-2019 2.52%
tightening-2022 3.16%
easing-2024 2.61%