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RBOB Gasoline technical indicators: RSI, moving averages, 52-week range

RBOB Gasoline closed at 3.1172 USD/gal on 2026-10-20, down 2.33%, the 73rd percentile of its daily moves by size since 2000. It is 18.47% below its 52-week high and 87.15% above its 52-week low, and is above its 200-day moving average and below its 20- and 50-day moving averages. Its 20-day return of -10.62% is in the 13th percentile of its history since 2000. RBOB Gasoline had an RSI(14) of 38.70 at the 2026-10-20 close, in the 17th percentile of its history since 2000. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week high of RBOB Gasoline was 3.8232 USD/gal, set on 2026-04-30, and the 52-week low 1.6656 USD/gal, set on 2026-01-05. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20-day moving average of RBOB Gasoline was 3.3102 USD/gal. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 50-day moving average of RBOB Gasoline was 3.3082 USD/gal. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 200-day moving average of RBOB Gasoline was 2.9638 USD/gal.

Figures reflect the settled daily snapshot for 2026-10-20.

RBOB (reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending) is gasoline before ethanol is blended in; this page follows the continuous series of the NYMEX RBOB Gasoline futures contract (RB), delivered in New York Harbor and priced in US dollars per gallon.

Price and momentum

Close
3.1172 USD/gal
Daily change
down 2.33%
RSI (14)
38.70 — 17th percentile since 2000 (6425 obs)
20-day return
-10.62% — 13th percentile since 2000 (6419 obs)

Session

Open
3.181 USD/gal
High
3.2327 USD/gal
Low
3.0596 USD/gal
Prior close
3.1914 USD/gal
Gap (overnight)
-0.33%
Intraday range
5.55% of price
Close position
33.3% of range

Moving averages

PeriodValuePrice vs MA
20-day MA3.3102 USD/gal-5.83%
50-day MA3.3082 USD/gal-5.77%
200-day MA2.9638 USD/gal+5.18%

52-week range

Position
67.3% of range
52-week high
3.8232 USD/gal · price -18.47%
52-week low
1.6656 USD/gal · price +87.15%

Price chart

22.533.52025-102026-012026-042026-072026-1052wk hi 3.823252wk lo 1.66563.117220d50d200d
Close price and 20/50/200-day simple moving averages over the last 252 sessions, with the 52-week high/low band. Over the plotted window the close ranged from 1.6809 to 3.7715, ending at 3.1172. The latest close is below its 20-day, below its 50-day and above its 200-day moving averages.

Volatility

20-day realised volatility
2.227% daily — 51st percentile since 2000 (6419 obs)
ATR (14)
0.1347 USD/gal · 4.32% of price — 83rd percentile since 2000 (6425 obs)

Relative volume

RVOL
1.14x 20-day average — 64th percentile since 2000 (6383 obs)
Volume
35.3K contracts

Volatility by rate-era

pre-crisis (to 2008)
3.02% (data from 2000-11-01)
ZIRP (2009–2015)
2.19%
tightening (2015–2018)
2.49%
ZIRP (2019–2021)
3.53%
tightening (2022–2023)
2.74%
easing (2024– )
2.33%

Returns

5-day
-4.09%
60-day
-6.31%
Full daily summary

On 2026-10-20, RBOB Gasoline closed at 3.1172 USD/gal, down 2.33% on the day. At the 2026-10-20 close, RBOB Gasoline was 67.3% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-20 close, RBOB Gasoline had an RSI(14) of 38.70, in the 17th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of -10.62% was in the 13th percentile. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of RBOB Gasoline were 3.3102 / 3.3082 / 2.9638 USD/gal, with price -5.83% / -5.77% / +5.18% against them. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of RBOB Gasoline was 1.6656–3.8232 USD/gal; it closed 18.47% below the high and 87.15% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.227% daily, in the 51st percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.1347 USD/gal, 4.32% of price. It has returned -4.09% over 5 days and -6.31% over 60 days.

Methodology

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Full definitions for every metric on this page — how each is computed, over what window and on what basis — are on the methodology page.

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On 2026-10-20, RBOB Gasoline ranked #53 of 73 instruments across all markets covered, sorted by how statistically unusual each day’s reading was (cross-asset market screener).