WTI Crude technical indicators: RSI, moving averages, 52-week range
WTI Crude closed at 101.79 USD/bbl on 2026-10-20, down 1.80%, the 63rd percentile of its daily moves by size since 2000. It is 14.81% below its 52-week high and 85.14% above its 52-week low, and is above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20-day return of +7.61% is in the 76th percentile of its history since 2000. WTI Crude had an RSI(14) of 64.41 at the 2026-10-20 close, in the 86th percentile of its history since 2000. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week high of WTI Crude was 119.48 USD/bbl, set on 2026-03-09, and the 52-week low 54.98 USD/bbl, set on 2025-12-16. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20-day moving average of WTI Crude was 93.69 USD/bbl. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 50-day moving average of WTI Crude was 91.89 USD/bbl. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 200-day moving average of WTI Crude was 84.64 USD/bbl.
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.
Price and momentum
- Close
- 101.79 USD/bbl
- Daily change
- down 1.80%
- RSI (14)
- 64.41 — 86th percentile since 2000 (6554 obs)
- 20-day return
- +7.61% — 76th percentile since 2000 (6548 obs)
Session
- Open
- 103.43 USD/bbl
- High
- 110.48 USD/bbl
- Low
- 101.04 USD/bbl
- Prior close
- 103.66 USD/bbl
- Gap (overnight)
- -0.22%
- Intraday range
- 9.27% of price
- Close position
- 7.9% of range
Moving averages
| Period | Value | Price vs MA |
|---|---|---|
| 20-day MA | 93.69 USD/bbl | +8.64% |
| 50-day MA | 91.89 USD/bbl | +10.78% |
| 200-day MA | 84.64 USD/bbl | +20.26% |
52-week range
- Position
- 72.6% of range
- 52-week high
- 119.48 USD/bbl · price -14.81%
- 52-week low
- 54.98 USD/bbl · price +85.14%
Price chart
Volatility
- 20-day realised volatility
- 2.224% daily — 62nd percentile since 2000 (6548 obs)
- ATR (14)
- 4.61 USD/bbl · 4.53% of price — 86th percentile since 2000 (6554 obs)
Relative volume
- RVOL
- 0.38x 20-day average — 4th percentile since 2000 (6533 obs)
- Volume
- 91K contracts
Volatility by rate-era
- pre-crisis (to 2008)
- 2.53% (data 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%
Returns
- 5-day
- +8.13%
- 60-day
- +23.22%
Full daily summary
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.
Methodology
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