WTI Crude: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-19, WTI Crude closed at 103.66 USD/bbl, up 2.22% on the day. At the 2026-10-19 close, WTI Crude was 75.5% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-19 close, WTI Crude had an RSI(14) of 69.24, in the 94th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of +8.23% was in the 79th percentile. It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. At the 2026-10-19 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of WTI Crude were 93.33 / 91.49 / 84.42 USD/bbl, with price +11.07% / +13.30% / +22.79% against them. At the 2026-10-19 close, the 52-week range of WTI Crude was 54.98–119.48 USD/bbl; it closed 13.24% below the high and 88.54% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.199% daily, in the 61st percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 4.24 USD/bbl, 4.09% of price. It has returned +10.58% over 5 days and +16.07% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the settled daily snapshot for 2026-10-19.
WTI Crude here is the continuous series of the NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contract (CL): West Texas Intermediate, a light, sweet US crude delivered at Cushing, Oklahoma, priced in US dollars per barrel.
=== WTI CRUDE (USD/bbl) ===
price & change (as of 2026-10-19, prior 2026-10-16)
close 103.66
change +2.25 (+2.219%)
range (as of 2026-10-19)
range 4.94
close pos 89.5% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-19)
20d MA 93.33 price above by +11.07%
50d MA 91.49 price above by +13.30%
200d MA 84.42 price above by +22.79%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-10-19)
20d stdev 2.199% daily ≈ 34.9% annualised (×√252) (61st pct of own history, since 2000 (6547 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.85× (2.199% vs 2.597% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-19)
ATR(14) 4.24
ATR% 4.09% (80th pct of own history, since 2000 (6553 obs))
range/ATR 116.5%
relative volume [as of 2026-10-15 · 2d behind 2026-10-19]
RVOL 0.77x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 16th pct of own history, since 2000 (6532 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-10-19)
high 119.48 (-13.24% from high)
low 54.98 (+88.54% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-19)
RSI(14) 69.24 (94th pct of own history, since 2000 (6553 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-19)
5d return +10.58%
20d return +8.23%
60d return +16.07%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 2.53% (from 2000-08-23)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 2.22%
tightening (2015–2018) 2.28%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 12.65%
tightening (2022–2023) 2.62%
easing (2024– ) 2.60%