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Global Fuel Futures Historical Data
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About
This dataset offers historical data on futures related to oil, gas, and other fuels, sourced from Yahoo Finance. It provides current information on these financial contracts, which obligate buyers to purchase and sellers to sell a specified amount of a particular fuel at a predetermined price and future date. The data is typically updated on a daily basis.
Columns
The dataset contains the following columns:
- Date: The date when the data was documented, in YYYY-MM-DD format.
- Open: The market's opening price for the day.
- High: The peak price recorded during the trading window.
- Low: The lowest traded price during the day.
- Close: The price at which the market closed.
- Volume: The number of contracts exchanged during the trading period.
- Ticker: The unique market quotation symbol for the future, such as CL=F or NG=F.
- Commodity: Specifies the type of fuel the future contract pertains to, for example, crude oil or natural gas.
Distribution
The data file is typically in CSV format and is approximately 3.01 MB in size. It contains 28.1 thousand valid records. Sample files are usually updated separately to the platform.
Usage
This dataset is ideal for various applications, including:
- Trend Analysis: Examining patterns and price fluctuations to anticipate future market directions within the energy sector.
- Academic Research: Investigating the historical behaviour of oil and gas prices and understanding how global events influence these commodities.
- Trading Strategies: Developing and testing various trading tactics based on the dynamics of oil, gas, and other fuel futures.
- Risk Management: Using the data for hedging and managing risk for businesses involved in the extraction, refining, or trading of fuels.
Coverage
The dataset covers a significant time range, with data recorded from 23rd August 2000 to 24th June 2024. The commodities included specify types of fuel futures like crude oil and natural gas. There are no explicit geographic or demographic scopes mentioned beyond the global nature of commodity futures.
License
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Who Can Use It
This dataset is suitable for a wide range of users, including:
- Financial Analysts and Traders: For developing and testing trading strategies, and for risk management in the energy futures market.
- Academic Researchers and Students: For studying market behaviour, economic impacts, and historical price movements of fuels.
- Energy Sector Corporations: For informing hedging and risk management activities related to fuel extraction, refining, or trading.
- Economists: For analysing market dynamics and the influence of global events on commodity prices.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Global Fuel Futures Historical Data
- Oil & Gas Futures Market Data
- Energy Commodity Futures Archive
- Daily Fuels Futures Prices
- Yahoo Finance Fuels Data
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Original Data Source: Global Fuel Futures Historical Data
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