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Seasonality of WTI Crude Oil Futures

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July 19, 2016

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WTI Crude Oil futures is currently priced around the 30-year average. This makes the market on par with the longer-term average of the front-month futures contract.
The 30-, 15- and five-year seasonality averages of WTI Crude Oil front-month futures show declines in the second half of the year.
The seasonality data offers evidence for crude oil to form a long-term bottom.

Earlier this year, crude oil bounced off its multi-year low, and many market participants are now READ MORE

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Mark Shore
Shore Capital Research LLC
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