Weekly crude balance and positioning

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# Weekly crude balance and positioning

For the latest report week. Facet codes found in step 1 carry into every EIA read.

## 1. Inventories

1. Find the weekly stocks route with @[EIA · Routes](alexandria:eia-gov/energy-data/routes) (path petroleum/stoc) and its facets with @[EIA · Facet values](alexandria:eia-gov/energy-data/facet_values).
2. Pull US commercial crude and Cushing stocks for the last ten weeks and the same weeks last year with @[EIA · Data](alexandria:eia-gov/energy-data/data) (frequency weekly). Report level, weekly change and gap to last year.

## 2. Prices

3. Pull WTI and Brent spot from route petroleum/pri/spt (series RWTC, RBRTE) with @[EIA · Data](alexandria:eia-gov/energy-data/data), daily, last month.
4. Find crude oil futures with @[CME Group · Product search](alexandria:cmegroup-com/fomc-rate-probabilities/product_search) and read @[CME Group · Futures settlements](alexandria:cmegroup-com/fomc-rate-probabilities/futures_settlements). Compare the front month with six and twelve months out: backwardation signals tightness.

## 3. Positioning

5. Find the WTI market code with @[CFTC COT · Markets](alexandria:cftc-gov/commitments-of-traders/markets) and read managed money long and short for the last eight weeks with @[CFTC COT · Disaggregated combined](alexandria:cftc-gov/commitments-of-traders/disaggregated_combined).

## Write the weekly view

- **Stocks:** commercial and Cushing level, change, gap to last year.
- **Prices:** WTI, Brent, spread, curve shape.
- **Funds:** net managed money and its direction.
- **Read:** whether stocks, curve and positioning point the same way. Not trading advice.
- **Sources:** cite every figure to the capability and record it came from. Say what could not be found rather than guessing.

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