David Harper is the CEO and founder of Bionic Turtle. He is also a published author with a popular YouTube channel on expert finance topics. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical ...

The CME bitcoin annualised basis has fallen to -2.35% its deepest backwardation since the extreme dislocations of the FTX collapse in November 2022, when the basis briefly approached -50%, according ...

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 ...

When investors trade futures contracts for oil, iron and wheat, they’re helping to establish the market prices for these key commodities. Commodities prices can fluctuate dramatically over short ...

Quick Read United States Oil Fund (USO) — tracks WTI futures, has doubled to $141 as crude surged from $57 to $112. Brent Oil Fund (BNO) better captures the geopolitical premium anchored to Middle ...

In war scenarios, nearby oil contracts rally faster than deferred ones, steepening backwardation as traders scramble for prompt barrels. Implied volatility jumps, traders buy straddles for big moves, ...

This article was written by Jim Wiederhold, Commodity Indices Product Manager at Bloomberg. Long-only commodities investment returns can be attributed to spot, curve and carry components. In this blog ...

The United States Commodity Index Fund is our preferred commodity ETF, followed by the iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF. COMT is an optimized commodity ETF that maximizes roll yields ...

So far this year, benchmark crude contracts such as West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent have experienced dramatic swings, with front-month futures surging above $100 per barrel amid disruptions ...