The CME bitcoin annualised basis has fallen to -2.35% its deepest backwardation since the extreme dislocations of the FTX collapse in November 2022, when the basis briefly approached -50%, according ...

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 ...

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 ...

David Harper is the CEO and founder of Bionic Turtle. He is also a published author with a popular YouTube channel on expert finance topics. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical ...

Bitcoin has slipped into backwardation, a structure that occurs when futures trade below the spot price and is typically associated with stress, "extreme fear" or heavy hedging activity. The shift ...

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 ...

Although silver futures prices took a plunge, the demand for physical silver still remains at an alltime high. The differential between futures prices and spot prices opened further, increasing the ...

In ordinary times, a barrel of oil for delivery sometime in the future -- say, in a month or six months from now -- costs more than a barrel right now. An oil market like that is said to be in ...

Oil futures suggest current supply disruptions are temporary. Energy stocks may benefit if oil prices remain high longer than expected, not least because oil companies aren't as yet ramping up ...

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 ...