The oil market is in backwardation: a phenomenon where futures with near-term deliveries are marketed at a premium over longer-dated contracts. Market watchers spoke to CNBC about what the ...

Backwardation signals that futures prices are now below near term levels, reflecting cautious forward pricing and weakened expectations among institutional traders. The structure often emerges during ...

I concluded an April 16, 2026, Barchart article on the crude oil futures market with the following: Expect volatility in crude oil prices over the coming days, weeks, and perhaps months, depending on ...

Something funny’s been happening with the crude oil price curve. It’s in what we call “backwardation,” meaning the price of oil in the future is lower than it is today. That’s not really how futures ...

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Bitcoin's move into backwardation alongside a drop in the three month annualized basis to about 4% shows clear derivatives market stress. Previous backwardation episodes in November 2022, March 2023 ...

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On October 12th, the silver market went into a rare condition defined as backwardation. Not unlike the inverse yield curve for bonds, which is when short term rates exceed long term ones, ...

One of the major warning signs that the US economy was in a recession was the 2022-2024 inverse yield curve for US Treasuries. In normal, healthy economic conditions, shorter maturities usually ...