The oil market is in backwardation: a phenomenon where futures with near-term deliveries are marketed at a premium over longer-dated contracts. Market watchers spoke to CNBC about what the ...

I concluded an April 16, 2026, Barchart article on the crude oil futures market with the following: Expect volatility in crude oil prices over the coming days, weeks, and perhaps months, depending on ...

Backwardation signals that futures prices are now below near term levels, reflecting cautious forward pricing and weakened expectations among institutional traders. The structure often emerges during ...

Something funny’s been happening with the crude oil price curve. It’s in what we call “backwardation,” meaning the price of oil in the future is lower than it is today. That’s not really how futures ...

Bitcoin's move into backwardation alongside a drop in the three month annualized basis to about 4% shows clear derivatives market stress. Previous backwardation episodes in November 2022, March 2023 ...

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF offers 2x leveraged exposure to WTI crude futures, benefiting from persistent backwardation. UCO’s NAV gains are driven by positive roll yield and leverage, ...

Contango occurs in oversupplied markets, while backwardation reflects undersupplied or tight markets. Since 1985, the crude oil market has been in contango – when near-term prices are lower than ...

On October 12th, the silver market went into a rare condition defined as backwardation. Not unlike the inverse yield curve for bonds, which is when short term rates exceed long term ones, ...