Market profile
USOIL WTI Crude
How WTI crude trades: the size of a normal day, the hours that move most, and the markets that move with it.
250 trading days · 14 Nov 2025 to 3 Nov 2026
Free plan · Sign in with MT4 or MT5 · Windows 10 and 11
Average daily range, 20 days
$3.86
3.93% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
$4.16
4.82% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
S&P 500
−0.43
When WTI Crude moves
The average range of each hour, in UTC. Shaded bands mark the main sessions.
Most active
13:00 to 16:00 UTC. The average hour moves $1.08.
Quietest
04:00 UTC. The average hour moves $0.37.
Daily break
Crude pauses for about an hour each day, at 21:00 or 22:00 UTC depending on daylight saving.
Mark these hours on your own chart
The average daily range and the London and New York opening ranges, drawn on your USOIL chart in one click. Included on the free plan.
How big a day is
Average daily range, by month and by weekday, over the last twelve months.
What the average daily range tells you→By month
By weekday
What moves with WTI Crude
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
Trade WTI Crude with the analysis on your chart
- Included on the free plan
- Sign in with your MT4 or MT5 account
- AI forecast, structure analysis and key levels on USOIL
In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on USOIL
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
AI quant signal on USOIL
Buy and sell signals on the 1-hour chart, confirmed at candle close, with the full track record.
WTI Crude signal track record→WTI Crude options gamma levels
Where dealer hedging concentrates, converted to the USOIL price. Sample session · 3 Nov 2026.
- Call Wall
- 101.82
- Zero Gamma
- 96.96
- Put Wall
- 92.01
What drives crude
Supply policy
OPEC+ output decisions set the supply backdrop.
Inventories
US crude stocks are reported every Wednesday at 14:30 or 15:30 UTC.
Geopolitics
Conflict in producing regions can add a risk premium within hours.
Demand
Growth data from the US and China shapes the demand outlook.
Measured on hourly price history over the last year. Past ranges do not predict future ones.
Questions
What is USOIL?
The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude oil in US dollars. Brokers list it as USOIL, XTIUSD or WTI on MT4 and MT5.
How much does WTI Crude move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of WTI Crude was $4.16, or 4.82% of price. Over the last 20 days it was $3.86.
What is the best time to trade WTI Crude?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 04:00 UTC.
What moves with WTI Crude?
S&P 500 has the strongest link, with a correlation of −0.43 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse WTI Crude?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast, options gamma levels and structure analysis on your USOIL chart. WTI Crude also carries an AI quant signal on the 1-hour chart.
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