Heating Oil: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-20, Heating Oil closed at 4.925 USD/gal, up 0.10% on the day. At the 2026-10-20 close, Heating Oil was 85.1% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-20 close, Heating Oil had an RSI(14) of 56.35, in the 65th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of -0.35% was in the 45th percentile. It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of Heating Oil were 4.7739 / 4.6827 / 3.7642 USD/gal, with price +3.17% / +5.17% / +30.84% against them. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of Heating Oil was 2.0469–5.4275 USD/gal; it closed 9.26% below the high and 140.61% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.741% daily, in the 81st percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.2477 USD/gal, 5.03% of price. It has returned -0.19% over 5 days and +19.78% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the settled daily snapshot for 2026-10-20.
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 2026-10-20, prior 2026-10-19)
close 4.9250
change +0.0049 (+0.100%)
range (as of 2026-10-20)
range 0.2044
close pos 54.4% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-20)
20d MA 4.7739 price above by +3.17%
50d MA 4.6827 price above by +5.17%
200d MA 3.7642 price above by +30.84%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-10-20)
20d stdev 2.741% daily ≈ 43.5% annualised (×√252) (81st pct of own history, since 2000 (6541 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.05× (2.741% vs 2.617% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-20)
ATR(14) 0.2477
ATR% 5.03% (90th pct of own history, since 2000 (6547 obs))
range/ATR 82.5%
relative volume [as of 2026-10-16 · 2d behind 2026-10-20]
RVOL 1.02x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 49th pct of own history, since 2000 (6524 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-10-20)
high 5.4275 (-9.26% from high)
low 2.0469 (+140.61% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-20)
RSI(14) 56.35 (65th pct of own history, since 2000 (6547 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-20)
5d return -0.19%
20d return -0.35%
60d return +19.78%
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%