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WTI crude oil

What the news says about WTI crude oil, and the public readings available, such as CFTC positioning and, for energy, EIA inventories.

News tone (24 h)

+0.18

Positive tone

Medium confidence

Declared by the AI and not yet calibrated.

Based on 59 stories: 18 negative, 0 neutral and 41 positive.

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It is an average weighted by each story’s importance and the AI’s confidence, so it may not match the count. Updated 3 minutes ago

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Readings by factor

Where each official series stands against its own history. These are not forecasts.

CFTC positioning

  • Managed money net position (% of open interest)

    2 %

    Percentile 14 of 3 years · Low

    -0.2 pp over 1 week · Data as of Oct 20, 2026

    Source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Evidence: No predictive validation (pooled IC ≈ 0).

Inventories

  • US inventories against their 5-year seasonal norm

    -3.8 %

    Percentile 54 of 5 years · Usual

    -0.2 pp over 1 week · Data as of Oct 23, 2026

    Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Evidence: Pre-registered study energy_inventory_spot:v1 inconclusive.

Recent news

Headline and link to the original outlet, with our own summary and the tone for this page.