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Thanks! Two more questions, 1st, per website link that you referred to, “Spreading” is a computed amount equal to offsetting long and short positions held by a trader. The computed amount of spreading is calculated as the amount of offsetting futures in different calendar months or...

I am trying to understand the COT table at the CFTC website http://www.cftc.gov/dea/futures/petroleum_sf.htm What does the long/short position mean? Why the numbers for long positions and short positions are different? Should there be a long position for every short position? Also, the...

I thought the ES trading was halted during 4:15 to 5:00 PM EST, but I can still see the ticks moving and the bid and ask size, why is that?

looking at the EIA data, http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCRFPUS2&f=W seems like the lower the WTI price, the higher the US domestic production, why is that?

This may sounds like stupid questions to the experienced, but I never traded crude futures before. If I am trading the April contracts, I have to close the position the latest this Friday, and then the contango kicks in. If I am long, I have to pay more to keep the same position. So isn't it...

This Wednesday, I was waiting for the EIA report, I had the Thinkorswim news tab open, and the intraday 1min chart open for CL. The CL already dropped a great deal until I finally saw the inventory number showing at the news feed. Obviously this is not a good way to get ahead of others, or at...

From the attached pdf table, it is interesting to note that the spot price was the highest ($47 per barrel) in Cushing, why is that? When business received the future contracts delivery in Cushing, don't they need to pay to transport those crude to other locations? Then why the spot prices in...

right, i understand the difference btw spot and future contracts, i am a forex trader, and i never traded crude futures b4. i believe the spot market is much larger than the futures market in forex, and of course one can easily find the chart for both spot and future prices for eur/usd. but i...

When people say WTI spot price, does it mean the CL futures price for the nearby month, or does WTI really have a spot price? All the WTI spot price chart I found is essentially the chart for the CL futures nearest month. That's why a little confused.

I am asking just out of curiosity, shouldn't the maintenance margin stay the same? This is a little counter intuitive, that's why I am curious.

New to the CL trading, just wondering why the maintenance margin keeps decreasing further into the future? http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/crude-oil/light-sweet-crude_performance_bonds.html Thanks!