Crude oil WTI

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83.19▲+6.50%over 1 month

West Texas Intermediate crude futures per barrel, the US benchmark grade.

Price history

Last close 2026-08-11

Return by period

1M▲+6.50%

3M▼-15.28%

6M▲+28.55%

1Y▲+30.07%

5Y▲+21.39%

Risk

Trailing year

Annualised volatility54.0%

Largest drawdown-39.3%

Period high112.95

Period low55.27

Position in range

Trailing year

48%

of the way from the year’s low to its high.

55.27112.95

Reported context

Written by sonar-pro

WTI crude has been trading around $82.13 a barrel, with the front-month contract up about 5% over the past month and higher on the day in the latest quotes. Recent reporting says the market has been influenced by a sharp move lower earlier in the week, with one report linking that fall to hopes of an interim U.S.-Iran arrangement that could resume shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Positioning data for the week ending 4 August showed commercials and managed money both shifting more bullishly, while open interest stayed broadly stable.

Sources

Generated from the figures on this page and published reporting. It describes what has been reported and is not advice, a recommendation, or a forecast. Written 11 Aug, 15:01 UTC.

Reported context

What these figures mean

Written by gpt-5.4-mini

The trailing-year return of 28.7% means the price ended the period higher than it started, but the path was uneven because the annualised volatility is 54.0%, which points to large typical swings over the year rather than a steady move. The largest peak-to-trough fall of -39.3% means that at one point the price dropped 39.3% from a previous high before recovering, so in practice an investor would have seen a substantial fall during the period even though the year finished up. With a period high of 112.95 and a period low of 55.27, the current price being 47% of the way from the low to the high means it sits a little below the midpoint of that range.

A plain-English restatement of the calculated figures shown above, with no external information used. Written 11 Aug, 14:43 UTC.

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Figures are calculated from closing prices and exclude dividends, coupons and the cost of rolling futures contracts. Volatility is annualised using 252 trading days. Past movement describes what happened and implies nothing about what happens next.