Brent Crude: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-16, Brent Crude closed at 109.86 USD/bbl, up 3.72% on the day. At the 2026-10-16 close, Brent Crude was 75.9% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-16 close, Brent Crude had an RSI(14) of 65.87, in the 88th percentile of its history since 2007, and its 20-day return of +5.77% was in the 72nd percentile. It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of Brent Crude were 103.69 / 98.42 / 89.91 USD/bbl, with price +5.95% / +11.63% / +22.19% against them. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 52-week range of Brent Crude was 58.72–126.1 USD/bbl; it closed 12.88% below the high and 87.09% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.181% daily, in the 63rd percentile of its history since 2007. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 4.12 USD/bbl, 3.75% of price. It has returned +4.91% over 5 days and +9.11% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the settled daily snapshot for 2026-10-16.
Brent Crude here is the continuous series of the NYMEX Brent Last Day Financial futures contract (BZ), cash-settled against ICE Brent futures, the North Sea crude benchmark, priced in US dollars per barrel.
=== BRENT CRUDE (USD/bbl) ===
price & change (as of 2026-10-16, prior 2026-10-15)
close 109.86
change +3.94 (+3.720%)
range (as of 2026-10-16)
range 5.08
close pos 97.2% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-16)
20d MA 103.69 price above by +5.95%
50d MA 98.42 price above by +11.63%
200d MA 89.91 price above by +22.19%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-10-16)
20d stdev 2.181% daily ≈ 34.6% annualised (×√252) (63rd pct of own history, since 2007 (4676 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.88× (2.181% vs 2.488% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-16)
ATR(14) 4.12
ATR% 3.75% (78th pct of own history, since 2007 (4682 obs))
range/ATR 123.4%
relative volume [as of 2026-10-14 · 2d behind 2026-10-16]
RVOL 0.91x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 42nd pct of own history, since 2007 (4665 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-10-16)
high 126.10 (-12.88% from high)
low 58.72 (+87.09% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-16)
RSI(14) 65.87 (88th pct of own history, since 2007 (4682 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-16)
5d return +4.91%
20d return +5.77%
60d return +9.11%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 3.08% (from 2007-07-30)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 2.00%
tightening (2015–2018) 2.23%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 3.01%
tightening (2022–2023) 2.50%
easing (2024– ) 2.49%