WTI Crude: relative volume 0.38× its 20-day average (4th percentile)
On 2026-10-20, WTI Crude closed at 101.79 USD/bbl, down 1.80% on the day. At the 2026-10-20 close, WTI Crude was 72.6% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-20 close, WTI Crude had an RSI(14) of 64.41, in the 86th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of +7.61% was in the 76th 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 WTI Crude were 93.69 / 91.89 / 84.64 USD/bbl, with price +8.64% / +10.78% / +20.26% against them. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of WTI Crude was 54.98–119.48 USD/bbl; it closed 14.81% below the high and 85.14% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.224% daily, in the 62nd percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 4.61 USD/bbl, 4.53% of price. It has returned +8.13% over 5 days and +23.22% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the settled daily snapshot for 2026-10-20.
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 2026-10-20, prior 2026-10-19)
close 101.79
change -1.87 (-1.804%)
range (as of 2026-10-20)
range 9.44
close pos 7.9% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-20)
20d MA 93.69 price above by +8.64%
50d MA 91.89 price above by +10.78%
200d MA 84.64 price above by +20.26%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-10-20)
20d stdev 2.224% daily ≈ 35.3% annualised (×√252) (62nd pct of own history, since 2000 (6548 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.86× (2.224% vs 2.597% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-20)
ATR(14) 4.61
ATR% 4.53% (86th pct of own history, since 2000 (6554 obs))
range/ATR 204.7%
relative volume [as of 2026-10-16 · 2d behind 2026-10-20]
RVOL 0.38x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 4th pct of own history, since 2000 (6533 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-10-20)
high 119.48 (-14.81% from high)
low 54.98 (+85.14% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-20)
RSI(14) 64.41 (86th pct of own history, since 2000 (6554 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-20)
5d return +8.13%
20d return +7.61%
60d return +23.22%
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%