Macro Drivers

Sentiment Telemetry

DirectSignal tracks the macro drivers behind sector sentiment — WTI and Brent forward structure, Cushing storage balances, and institutional energy derivatives flow — and feeds them into the energy-sector sentiment score. Subscribers receive sentiment-shift alerts via the SMS alert program.

3 Core benchmarks12-mo forward window8-week inventory series12 derived indicatorsUpdated weekly / delayed

WTI Crude (CL=F)

78.42

-0.31 (-0.39%)

Brent Crude (BZ=F)

82.16

-0.22 (-0.27%)

Natural Gas (NG=F)

2.14

+0.04 (+1.90%)

Macro Driver Matrix

Derived Energy Benchmarks

WTI / Brent Spread

+3.74

USD/bbl

Term Structure

Contango

+0.50 /mo

3-2-1 Crack Spread

$36.33

Refining margin

Annualized Vol

4.5%

12-mo rolling

Max Drawdown

-2.2%

Hi 81.19 / Lo 75.62

Days of Supply

31.2

Cushing, OK

Cushing Stocks

32.8M

+0.7M w/w

Refinery Utilization

88.8%

US operable capacity

Rig Count (proxy)

531

US active rotary

WTI Period Mean

$78.62

12-mo trailing

Period High

$81.19

12-mo window

Period Low

$75.62

12-mo window

Derived from the forward curve and weekly inventory series above. Feeds the energy-sector sentiment score. For educational indexing only.

Sentiment Input Series

WTI vs Brent Crude Forward Curve

Curve	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26
WTI	75.6	76.9	78.5	78.7	77.0	78.2	78.6	78.5	78.6	80.4	81.2	81.1
Brent	80.6	81.4	80.3	81.9	82.6	81.6	81.6	83.7	82.8	82.7	84.1	84.0

Delayed public benchmark. Source: Yahoo Finance (delayed) / U.S. EIA weekly. As of 9/1/2026, 17:28:54.

Supply Chain Logistics

Cushing, OK Crude Inventory & Product Stocks (Days of Supply)

Weekly EIA petroleum status series, indexed for comparative display.

NODE: US-EAST-1FEED EIA/YAHOO-DELAYEDSTRUCTURE CONTANGOVOL 4.5%CRACK $36.33FLOW/S 2.617:28:54 UTC

Institutional Options Flow

Energy Options Sweeps & Dark Pool Prints

Real-time institutional node — access restricted

TimeTickerContractSizeTypePremium

17:28:50COPCOP OCT 18 $78.71,669CALL$5.2M
17:28:49BZBZ SEP 28 $72.64,855CALL$5.0M
17:28:50USOUSO OCT 14 $73.4583BLOCK$2.0M
17:28:48BZBZ NOV 03 $79.11,280CALL$3.7M
17:28:49RBRB OCT 08 $77.74,047DARK$980K

17:28:47RBRB SEP 23 $75.93,945PUT$3.9M
17:28:44USOUSO SEP 20 $73.21,987BLOCK$3.8M
17:28:48RBRB OCT 30 $72.33,477BLOCK$980K
17:28:46COPCOP NOV 03 $83.3596DARK$3.4M
17:28:45NGNG SEP 11 $73.14,362BLOCK$3.5M
17:28:46CVXCVX SEP 24 $75.9513PUT$2.8M
17:28:43NGNG NOV 06 $82.6507DARK$4.0M
17:28:40CLCL OCT 27 $74.8890BLOCK$5.3M
17:28:39RBRB SEP 20 $79.7439DARK$3.1M
17:28:42NGNG SEP 16 $85.41,385BLOCK$3.5M
17:28:39USOUSO OCT 14 $79.3779PUT$5.0M
17:28:37BZBZ OCT 25 $77.51,950DARK$4.4M
17:28:37COPCOP OCT 29 $80.03,433CALL$5.5M

Real-time institutional node — access restricted

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