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CL=F · energy_future · 10 prediction records
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- Prediction 10Prediction Prediction 10 · 20 Aug 2026, 15:21 SGTRise expected prediction85.059997559 USD · No result recorded
- Prediction 9Prediction Prediction 9 · 20 Aug 2026, 17:22 SGTRise expected prediction86.440002441 USD · No result recorded
- Prediction 8Prediction Prediction 8 · 20 Aug 2026, 20:41 SGTRise expected prediction87.54000091552734 USD · PROOF RECEIPT · Wrong (NOT FOUNDER-STAMPED)
- Prediction 7Prediction Prediction 7 · 21 Aug 2026, 01:53 SGTRise expected prediction86.66000366210938 USD · Right
- Prediction 6Prediction Prediction 6 · 22 Aug 2026, 01:43 SGTRise expected prediction87.33000183105469 USD · No result recorded
- Prediction 5Prediction Prediction 5 · 25 Aug 2026, 10:11 SGTFall expected prediction85.5 USD · No result recorded
- Prediction 4Prediction Prediction 4 · 25 Aug 2026, 15:22 SGTFall expected prediction84.36000061035156 USD · No result recorded
- Prediction 3Prediction Prediction 3 · 25 Aug 2026, 17:43 SGTFall expected prediction82.7300033569336 USD · No result recorded
- Prediction 2Prediction Prediction 2 · 26 Aug 2026, 07:53 SGTFall expected prediction81.019997 USD · Wrong
- 1Headline 1 · 27 Aug 2026, 11:39 SGTShipping traffic through Strait of Hormuz rises slightly, data showsCompany Or Asset
- 2Headline 2 · 28 Aug 2026, 09:13 SGTOil on track for weekly loss even as Iran tensions simmerCompany Or Asset
- Prediction 1Prediction Prediction 1 · 28 Aug 2026, 11:34 SGTFall expected prediction83.19 USD · No result recorded
- 3Headline 3 · 28 Aug 2026, 21:05 SGTMarkets hold their breath before the Fed speech as oil falls and gold waitsMacro Or Policy
- 4Headline 4 · 28 Aug 2026, 23:47 SGTEquities rise with 2-year yields, dollar as rate hike bets rise following Warsh speechCompany Or Asset
- 5Headline 5 · 29 Aug 2026, 10:04 SGTWar and sanctions weigh on Iran's economy as trade fallsCompany Or Asset
- 6Headline 6 · 29 Aug 2026, 10:04 SGTIran maintains its claim of control over the Strait of HormuzCompany Or Asset
- 7Headline 7 · 31 Aug 2026, 04:38 SGTU.S. forces strike Iranian launchers on Larak IslandCompany Or Asset
- 8Headline 8 · 31 Aug 2026, 06:12 SGTOil jumps more than 2% after U.S. attack on Iran's Larak IslandCompany Or Asset
- 9Headline 9 · 31 Aug 2026, 14:32 SGTOil prices rise and stocks fall after US hits Iranian sites in the Strait of HormuzMacro Or Policy
- 10Headline 10 · 02 Sept 2026, 09:11 SGTOil prices rose to their highest level in more than a month.Macro Or Policy
- 11Headline 11 · 02 Sept 2026, 10:28 SGTThe US military was reported to have struck two Iranian oil tankers.Macro Or Policy
- 12Headline 12 · 02 Sept 2026, 22:38 SGTUS oil stocks fell while fuel demand weakened.Macro Or Policy
Latest prediction · Prediction 1
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Prediction 1
Fall expected · 83.19 USDNo result recorded - Published
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Headlines · 12 · oldest first
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Shipping traffic through Strait of Hormuz rises slightly, data showsPublished · 27 Aug 2026, 11:39 SGT · Company Or AssetOpens in a new tab. Story noteMay hurt CL=FDownWhy: More shipping traffic after a truce can reduce the disruption premium embedded in crude prices.
- Confidence
- High
- Strength
- Moderate
- Headline mood
- Positive
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- Energy Shipping Normalisation
- Link to asset
- Supply Disruption Risk Premium
- Uncertainty
- None Identified From Headline
- Sample
- Independent event
- Rule
- Hormuz traffic normalising
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Oil on track for weekly loss even as Iran tensions simmerPublished · 28 Aug 2026, 09:13 SGT · Company Or AssetOpens in a new tab. Story noteMay hurt CL=FDownWhy: The headline reports a weekly oil loss, a direct but backward-looking pressure signal.
- Confidence
- High
- Strength
- Moderate
- Headline mood
- Negative
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- Oil Price Weakness
- Link to asset
- Reported Price Momentum
- Uncertainty
- None Identified From Headline
- Sample
- Independent event
- Rule
- Oil weekly loss
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Markets hold their breath before the Fed speech as oil falls and gold waitsPublished · 28 Aug 2026, 21:05 SGT · Macro Or PolicyOpens in a new tab. Story noteMay hurt CL=FDownWhy: The headline reports falling oil prices while markets wait for a catalyst.
- Confidence
- High
- Strength
- Light
- Headline mood
- Negative
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- Cross Asset Waiting
- Link to asset
- Reported Price Pressure
- Uncertainty
- None Identified From Headline
- Sample
- Independent event
- Rule
- Oil and gold wait
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Equities rise with 2-year yields, dollar as rate hike bets rise following Warsh speechPublished · 28 Aug 2026, 23:47 SGT · Company Or AssetOpens in a new tab. Story notePushes both ways CL=FMixedWhy: Rates and the dollar can affect oil through several opposing channels, so this headline alone is not directional for crude.
- Confidence
- Medium
- Strength
- Unclear
- Headline mood
- Positive
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- Rates Repricing
- Link to asset
- Growth Expectations Versus Dollar
- Uncertainty
- None Identified From Headline
- Sample
- Independent event
- Rule
- Rate yields dollar
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War and sanctions weigh on Iran's economy as trade fallsPublished · 29 Aug 2026, 10:04 SGT · Company Or AssetOpens in a new tab. Story noteUnclear CL=FNo directionWhy: No verified asset-specific event-to-exposure rule matched, so OTR abstains instead of using generic wording.
- Confidence
- Low
- Strength
- Unclear
- Headline mood
- Negative
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
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- No Asset Specific Rule
- Link to asset
- Unmapped
- Uncertainty
- No Asset Specific Rule
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- Independent event
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- Abstain
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Iran maintains its claim of control over the Strait of HormuzPublished · 29 Aug 2026, 10:04 SGT · Company Or AssetOpens in a new tab. Story noteUnclear CL=FNo directionWhy: No verified asset-specific event-to-exposure rule matched, so OTR abstains instead of using generic wording.
- Confidence
- Low
- Strength
- Unclear
- Headline mood
- Neutral
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- No Asset Specific Rule
- Link to asset
- Unmapped
- Uncertainty
- No Asset Specific Rule
- Sample
- Duplicate coverage; not counted twice
- Rule
- Abstain
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U.S. forces strike Iranian launchers on Larak IslandPublished · 31 Aug 2026, 04:38 SGT · Company Or AssetOpens in a new tab. Story noteUnclear CL=FNo directionWhy: No verified asset-specific event-to-exposure rule matched, so OTR abstains instead of using generic wording.
- Confidence
- Low
- Strength
- Unclear
- Headline mood
- Neutral
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- No Asset Specific Rule
- Link to asset
- Unmapped
- Uncertainty
- No Asset Specific Rule
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- Independent event
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- Abstain
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Oil jumps more than 2% after U.S. attack on Iran's Larak IslandPublished · 31 Aug 2026, 06:12 SGT · Company Or AssetOpens in a new tab. Story noteUnclear CL=FNo directionWhy: No verified asset-specific event-to-exposure rule matched, so OTR abstains instead of using generic wording.
- Confidence
- Low
- Strength
- Unclear
- Headline mood
- Neutral
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- No Asset Specific Rule
- Link to asset
- Unmapped
- Uncertainty
- No Asset Specific Rule
- Sample
- Independent event
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- Abstain
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Oil prices rise and stocks fall after US hits Iranian sites in the Strait of HormuzPublished · 31 Aug 2026, 14:32 SGT · Macro Or PolicyOpens in a new tab. Story noteMay hurt CL=FDownWhy: The headline reports a weekly oil loss, a direct but backward-looking pressure signal.
- Confidence
- High
- Strength
- Moderate
- Headline mood
- Mixed
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- Oil Price Weakness
- Link to asset
- Reported Price Momentum
- Uncertainty
- None Identified From Headline
- Sample
- Independent event
- Rule
- Oil weekly loss
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Oil prices rose to their highest level in more than a month.Published · 02 Sept 2026, 09:11 SGT · Macro Or PolicyOpens in a new tab. Story noteUnclear CL=FNo directionWhy: No verified asset-specific event-to-exposure rule matched, so OTR abstains instead of using generic wording.
- Confidence
- Low
- Strength
- Unclear
- Headline mood
- Positive
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- No Asset Specific Rule
- Link to asset
- Unmapped
- Uncertainty
- No Asset Specific Rule
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- Independent event
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- Abstain
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The US military was reported to have struck two Iranian oil tankers.Published · 02 Sept 2026, 10:28 SGT · Macro Or PolicyOpens in a new tab. Story noteUnclear CL=FNo directionWhy: No verified asset-specific event-to-exposure rule matched, so OTR abstains instead of using generic wording.
- Confidence
- Low
- Strength
- Unclear
- Headline mood
- Neutral
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
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- No Asset Specific Rule
- Link to asset
- Unmapped
- Uncertainty
- No Asset Specific Rule
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- Independent event
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- Abstain
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US oil stocks fell while fuel demand weakened.Published · 02 Sept 2026, 22:38 SGT · Macro Or PolicyOpens in a new tab. Story noteUnclear CL=FNo directionWhy: No verified asset-specific event-to-exposure rule matched, so OTR abstains instead of using generic wording.
- Confidence
- Low
- Strength
- Unclear
- Headline mood
- Negative
Research label · not a live prediction. Current weight: 0.
How OTR scored this
- Event
- No Asset Specific Rule
- Link to asset
- Unmapped
- Uncertainty
- No Asset Specific Rule
- Sample
- Independent event
- Rule
- Abstain
Prediction history · 9 earlier · newest first
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Prediction 2
Fall expected · 81.019997 USDWrong - Published
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Prediction 3
Fall expected · 82.7300033569336 USDNo result recorded - Published
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Prediction 4
Fall expected · 84.36000061035156 USDNo result recorded - Published
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Prediction 5
Fall expected · 85.5 USDNo result recorded - Published
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Prediction 6
Rise expected · 87.33000183105469 USDNo result recorded - Published
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Prediction 7
Rise expected · 86.66000366210938 USDRight - Published
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Prediction 8
Rise expected · 87.54000091552734 USDPROOF RECEIPT · Wrong (NOT FOUNDER-STAMPED) - Published
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Prediction 9
Rise expected · 86.440002441 USDNo result recorded - Published
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Prediction 10
Rise expected · 85.059997559 USDNo result recorded - Published
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Graph LearningHow news has moved Oil futures beforeOpen the complete asset-specific memory
What OTR sees for Oil futures

What this is: A chart symbol commonly used for the nearest actively traded NYMEX West Texas Intermediate crude-oil futures contract. The underlying CL contract represents 1,000 barrels of WTI and expires, so a continuous chart rolls from one delivery month to the next.
Headlines that may cause the price of this investment to go up
- A producer outage, war or shipping blockage removes barrels from the market
- Official inventory data show a larger-than-expected crude draw
- Producers cut output or restore disrupted output more slowly than expected
Headlines that may cause the price of this investment to go down
- Official inventories build sharply
- Blocked routes reopen or shut-in production returns faster than expected
- Demand forecasts are cut because of weaker travel, industry or growth
What OTR checks
- EIA weekly commercial crude and Cushing stocks
- EIA refinery inputs and product supplied
- EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook supply/demand revisions
- CL front spread and curve shape
0 supportive, 4 pressuring and 8 mixed or unclear asset-specific news signals.
12 linked headlines classified for this investment; 11 independent event samples. There is not yet a clear checked move suitable for a match test.
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- Past
- OTR has 36 saved headline-response checks for this investment: 18 completed, including 8 rises, 8 falls and 2 roughly flat moves. Each row keeps the original source and its news time when that time is verifiable; unresolved times stay explicit and add no weight.
- Now
- News that may help includes A producer outage, war or shipping blockage removes barrels from the market; Official inventory data show a larger-than-expected crude draw. News that may hurt includes Official inventories build sharply; Blocked routes reopen or shut-in production returns faster than expected. OTR also watches EIA weekly commercial crude and Cushing stocks, EIA refinery inputs and product supplied, EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook supply/demand revisions.
- Next prediction
- For a future prediction, OTR compares the new event with this investment's own saved reactions, then checks the wider market and named other possible causes. One headline never decides a call by itself.
- When this can mislead
- Geopolitical risk can dominate a normal inventory signal.; Inventory changes can reflect imports, exports or refinery maintenance rather than final demand.; CL=F is a vendor-style continuous symbol; its exact roll method may differ from holding one named CME contract.; A stronger or weaker U.S. dollar can change the dollar oil price without changing physical barrels.
Saved headline-move memory
- Shipping traffic through Strait of Hormuz rises slightly, data shows27 Aug 2026, 11:39 SGT1h · was roughly flat 0.05%4h · fell 0.77%20h · rose 2.06%
- Oil on track for weekly loss even as Iran tensions simmer28 Aug 2026, 09:13 SGT1h · fell 0.13%4h · fell 0.16%20h · was roughly flat 0.02%
- Markets hold their breath before the Fed speech as oil falls and gold waits28 Aug 2026, 21:05 SGT1h · fell 0.06%4h · rose 1.15%20h · not checked yet
- Equities rise with 2-year yields, dollar as rate hike bets rise following Warsh speech28 Aug 2026, 23:47 SGT1h · rose 0.37%4h · rose 0.35%20h · not checked yet
- War and sanctions weigh on Iran's economy as trade falls29 Aug 2026, 10:04 SGT1h · not checked yet4h · not checked yet20h · not checked yet
- Iran maintains its claim of control over the Strait of Hormuz29 Aug 2026, 10:04 SGT1h · not checked yet4h · not checked yet20h · not checked yet
- U.S. forces strike Iranian launchers on Larak Island31 Aug 2026, 04:38 SGT1h · not checked yet4h · not checked yet20h · not checked yet
- Oil jumps more than 2% after U.S. attack on Iran's Larak Island31 Aug 2026, 06:12 SGT1h · not checked yet4h · not checked yet20h · not checked yet
- Oil prices rise and stocks fall after US hits Iranian sites in the Strait of Hormuz31 Aug 2026, 14:32 SGT1h · not checked yet4h · not checked yet20h · not checked yet
- Oil prices rose to their highest level in more than a month.02 Sept 2026, 09:11 SGT1h · fell 0.76%4h · fell 1.16%20h · not checked yet
- The US military was reported to have struck two Iranian oil tankers.02 Sept 2026, 10:28 SGT1h · fell 0.19%4h · rose 0.08%20h · fell 0.08%
- US oil stocks fell while fuel demand weakened.02 Sept 2026, 22:38 SGT1h · rose 0.59%4h · rose 0.72%20h · rose 3.17%
Clue, not proof: timing is a clue, never proof. A price move after a headline does not prove the headline caused it. OTR uses a pattern only after it repeats and still holds up against the wider market.