Heating Oil: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-16, Heating Oil closed at 4.8991 USD/gal, up 1.10% on the day. At the 2026-10-16 close, Heating Oil was 84.4% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-16 close, Heating Oil had an RSI(14) of 55.47, in the 63rd percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of -3.14% was in the 32nd 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 Heating Oil were 4.7732 / 4.6477 / 3.7362 USD/gal, with price +2.64% / +5.41% / +31.13% against them. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 52-week range of Heating Oil was 2.0469–5.4275 USD/gal; it closed 9.74% below the high and 139.34% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.851% daily, in the 84th percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.252 USD/gal, 5.14% of price. It has returned +3.39% over 5 days and +12.84% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the settled daily snapshot for 2026-10-16.
Heating Oil here is the continuous series of the NYMEX NY Harbor ULSD futures contract (HO), which has specified ultra-low-sulfur diesel since 2013 but is still called heating oil, delivered in New York Harbor and priced in US dollars per gallon.
=== HEATING OIL (USD/gal) ===
price & change (as of 2026-10-16, prior 2026-10-15)
close 4.8991
change +0.0535 (+1.104%)
range (as of 2026-10-16)
range 0.1703
close pos 90.1% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-16)
20d MA 4.7732 price above by +2.64%
50d MA 4.6477 price above by +5.41%
200d MA 3.7362 price above by +31.13%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-10-16)
20d stdev 2.851% daily ≈ 45.3% annualised (×√252) (84th pct of own history, since 2000 (6539 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.09× (2.851% vs 2.621% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-16)
ATR(14) 0.2520
ATR% 5.14% (91st pct of own history, since 2000 (6545 obs))
range/ATR 67.6%
relative volume [as of 2026-10-14 · 2d behind 2026-10-16]
RVOL 1.13x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 61st pct of own history, since 2000 (6522 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-10-16)
high 5.4275 (-9.74% from high)
low 2.0469 (+139.34% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-16)
RSI(14) 55.47 (63rd pct of own history, since 2000 (6545 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-16)
5d return +3.39%
20d return -3.14%
60d return +12.84%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 2.50% (from 2000-09-01)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 1.89%
tightening (2015–2018) 1.98%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 2.52%
tightening (2022–2023) 3.16%
easing (2024– ) 2.62%