Heating Oil Price per Gallon

Heating oil (NYMEX future, USD/gallon).

Heating oil follows crude and refining margins and shows a pronounced winter seasonality. It also serves as a proxy for diesel and distillate demand.Heating oil currently trades at 4.7384 and is +123.4% year to date, +107.8% over twelve months. Within its 52-week range it sits at 84% between the low (2.0600) and high (5.2600).

Data and Charts: Heating Oil

Price4.7384
2026+123.4%
1Y+107.8%
52W

The chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The price is up 123.4% year to date and up 107.8% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 9, 2026 was at 84% of the 52-week range.

Price series from our database since Jan 3, 2023, 940 daily values.

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Performance

Performance
Year to date+123.4%1 month-1.3%
3 months+23.9%1 year+107.8%
Calendar year 2024-8.4%
Calendar year 2025-8.4%

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Next Events

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Technical Analysis: Heating Oil

Risk Metrics

Max drawdown-40.9%
Annualized volatility38.8%
Best year2025: +7.1%
Worst year2024: -10.1%

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Correlations (90 Trading Days)

Correlations (90 Trading Days)
Instrumentr−1 … +1
WTI crude oil+0.75
Brent crude oil+0.73
Gasoline+0.70
PPG Industries Inc.-0.58
Franklin Templeton Inc.-0.57
Southwest Airlines Co.-0.57

The strongest co-movers are listed at the top, the strongest inverse movers at the bottom. Low or negative correlations can help spread risk more broadly across a portfolio.

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