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Oil futures prices:Central banksand theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF)mainly use oil futures contract prices as their gauge. Traders in crude oil futures set prices by two factors: supply and demand, and market sentiment. However, futures prices can be a poor predictor, because they tend to ...
Crude Oil Futures Set Contract Highs, Heating Oil, Gasoline FallEnergy futures overcame early weakness and advanced Wednesday, with oil hitting contract highs on the New York Mercantile Exchange on weekly data that showed an unexpected decrease in the crude-oil supply....
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At 1/10th the size of the standardcrude oilcontract, Micro crude oil futures (MCL) allow traders like you to access the highly liquid crude oil marketplace with a reduced financial commitment. Other advantages of trading Micro crude oil futures include: ...
Crude oil futurescontract unitsare 1,000 barrels of crude oil.1 Examples of Crude Oil Options American Call Options Let’s assume that on Sept. 27, 2023, a trader named Helen bought American-style call options on April 2024 crude oil futures. The optionsstrike priceis $90 per barrel. On...
This article examines the effect of the maturity of the futures conract used as the hedging instrument on the effectiveness of futures hedging. For this purpose, daily and monthly data on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures and spot prices are used to work out the hedge ratio...
1. Crude Oil as another possible market to look at for day-trading. 2. Describe briefly some of the contracts specs/behavior as related to day trading. 3. Briefly touch on the use of counter trend moves in day trading crude oil futures. ...
INE to provide brokerage services for overseas investors. Analysts said that the futures have shown its price-discovery function and connection with the international market, as the prices of the main contract SC1809 were mostly between the prices of London and New York crude oil markets this ...
This paper highlights the lessons drawn from the demise of the Brent Crude Oil futures contract that was traded on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX). We analyze the market microstructure of the contract prior to its failure—specifically, the number of trades, trading volume, open interest, bid...