Will the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil exceed $85 per barrel at the end of September?
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EditWe will use the October 2023 futures contract. If it expires before the due date we will use November 2023 futures.
We will use the prior settled last price on to expire the contract. This is available on the CME page, https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/crude-oil/light-sweet-crude_quotes_globex.html
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Oil futures trade 6pm-5pm ET (e.g. opens at 6pm and closes at 5pm, having a one hour break),
https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/crude-oil/light-sweet-crude_contractSpecs_futures.html
We will use the LAST listed on the expiry source for contracts,
https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/crude-oil/light-sweet-crude_quotes_globex.html
which is the price at 5pm.