Commodity Research

Here is an updated implied volatility chart for WTI based on at the money, second nearby options... The big spike occurred early this year after WTI

Here is a chart showing the Oil VIX from the CBOE... Vol tends to decline on price rallies, and the election is behind us, sort of...

Here is a look at refinery runs from the EIA’s This Week in Petroleum: ”Since mid-July, refinery inputs have remained between 13% and 17% lower

Here is the EIA’s Today in Energy: “OPEC earned an estimated $595 billion in net oil export revenues in 2019, less than half of the estimated

Carpe Diem has some nice charts on CO2 emissions... Most of the gains are due to natural gas displacing coal in electricity production, and, recently,

From the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, here are the most active WTI options (LO) strikes for Friday’s action:

Electricity prices often are negative in areas where supply can’t be stopped (hydro, nuclear, wind and, yes, oil) and demand wanes... Last night in my