MRCI's Futures Highlight - RBOB Gasoline(NYM)

MRCI's Futures Highlight - RBOB Gasoline(NYM)

MRCI hopes this profile of the NYM RBOB Gasoline futures contract, with its statistics and feature studies, will help you derive wise trading decisions from its presentation of long-term perspective, computer analysis, and historical background. This additional history is designed to complement the body of knowledge contained in any seasonal patterns and strategies published. The weekly and monthly charts on this page depict prices for nearby contracts, which most closely reflect the underlying cash market.

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The table below offers a statistical analysis of historical daily trading in the NYM RBOB Gasoline futures. The average range for each day of the week in each year and overall has been computed for purposes of comparison and further insight into the dynamics of this market.

MRCI's Nearby Futures Range Detail for RBOB Gasoline(NYM) from 1/1985 - 2/2025
Calendar Year	Monday Avg Rng	Tuesday Avg Rng	Wednesday Avg Rng	Thursday Avg Rng	Friday Avg Rng	Yearly Avg Rng
1985	1.11($468)	1.16($488)	1.15($484)	1.15($482)	0.81($341)	1.08($452)
1986	1.90($798)	1.69($708)	1.69($709)	1.58($664)	1.48($623)	1.67($701)
1987	1.00($421)	0.99($414)	1.01($425)	0.84($352)	0.91($382)	0.95($399)
1988	1.24($520)	1.07($448)	1.27($534)	1.22($510)	1.03($433)	1.16($489)
1989	1.56($657)	1.25($526)	1.58($662)	1.45($611)	1.27($535)	1.42($597)
1990	3.27($1373)	2.92($1227)	2.97($1247)	2.67($1122)	2.82($1186)	2.93($1229)
1991	1.81($761)	1.67($701)	2.10($882)	1.89($795)	1.47($617)	1.79($751)
1992	1.15($482)	1.18($494)	1.19($499)	1.15($483)	1.16($489)	1.17($490)
1993	1.24($521)	1.00($420)	1.07($451)	1.13($475)	1.04($436)	1.09($460)
1994	1.61($675)	1.28($537)	1.39($586)	1.30($547)	1.29($542)	1.37($576)
1995	1.10($462)	1.05($442)	1.33($557)	1.25($526)	1.21($508)	1.19($500)
1996	1.89($794)	1.70($713)	1.85($778)	1.73($727)	1.63($685)	1.76($739)
1997	1.52($637)	1.34($563)	1.65($692)	1.57($659)	1.59($669)	1.53($644)
1998	1.60($672)	1.28($536)	1.40($587)	1.45($608)	1.25($525)	1.39($585)
1999	1.52($638)	1.44($606)	1.88($792)	1.66($699)	1.66($696)	1.64($687)
2000	2.99($1255)	2.74($1149)	3.14($1321)	3.02($1270)	2.95($1240)	2.97($1247)
2001	2.77($1162)	2.27($954)	3.29($1383)	2.61($1097)	2.70($1134)	2.73($1146)
2002	2.83($1190)	2.42($1016)	2.55($1072)	2.55($1073)	2.46($1031)	2.56($1075)
2003	3.06($1287)	3.33($1397)	3.41($1431)	3.61($1517)	3.31($1389)	3.35($1405)
2004	4.20($1762)	3.71($1557)	5.12($2152)	4.46($1874)	4.02($1689)	4.31($1810)
2005	6.32($2653)	5.56($2336)	6.50($2730)	6.92($2907)	6.02($2530)	6.26($2630)
2006	5.55($2332)	5.43($2282)	5.51($2314)	5.05($2121)	4.92($2065)	5.29($2221)
2007	6.45($2711)	6.66($2797)	6.92($2905)	6.56($2754)	5.77($2424)	6.47($2718)
2008	11.41($4790)	11.17($4692)	10.57($4438)	11.12($4670)	9.83($4130)	10.81($4542)
2009	7.40($3108)	6.29($2640)	7.48($3143)	7.22($3032)	6.89($2894)	7.05($2962)
2010	5.31($2230)	5.68($2385)	5.67($2381)	5.73($2408)	5.86($2459)	5.65($2374)
2011	8.12($3411)	8.16($3429)	8.18($3434)	8.70($3654)	7.62($3202)	8.16($3426)
2012	6.44($2706)	5.85($2457)	6.81($2859)	6.45($2709)	6.61($2777)	6.43($2701)
2013	5.90($2478)	5.73($2407)	6.32($2656)	6.17($2593)	5.69($2388)	5.96($2504)
2014	5.18($2174)	4.69($1972)	4.89($2053)	5.02($2107)	4.86($2042)	4.92($2068)
2015	6.28($2639)	5.81($2441)	6.91($2902)	6.09($2559)	5.73($2408)	6.17($2591)
2016	5.23($2198)	5.69($2391)	5.55($2333)	5.04($2116)	4.92($2068)	5.29($2223)
2017	3.88($1631)	4.38($1841)	4.59($1926)	4.25($1784)	4.13($1734)	4.25($1787)
2018	4.85($2036)	4.87($2046)	5.58($2345)	4.31($1810)	4.91($2062)	4.90($2060)
2019	5.02($2107)	4.64($1948)	5.49($2307)	4.86($2041)	4.89($2055)	4.98($2091)
2020	7.41($3113)	5.90($2478)	6.45($2710)	6.42($2695)	5.68($2388)	6.36($2673)
2021	6.93($2910)	6.05($2540)	6.57($2758)	6.43($2699)	6.19($2598)	6.42($2698)
2022	14.28($5997)	14.43($6059)	14.17($5953)	13.59($5707)	12.86($5403)	13.86($5821)
2023	8.59($3606)	7.90($3316)	9.03($3794)	7.88($3308)	7.77($3264)	8.23($3455)
2024	6.49($2726)	6.26($2629)	6.22($2611)	6.04($2535)	5.57($2340)	6.11($2567)
2025	5.42($2276)	5.05($2119)	5.27($2215)	5.10($2143)	4.50($1890)	5.04($2116)

What other characteristics do NYM RBOB Gasoline futures exhibit for various days of the week? We ran various studies for the last 180 calendar days of trading prior to trading prior to expiration for each contract.

MRCI's Nearby Futures Summary for RBOB Gasoline(NYM) from 1/1985 - 2/2025
Summary Item	Monday Summary	Tuesday Summary	Wednesday Summary	Thursday Summary	Friday Summary	Yearly Summary
Range	4.44($1863)	4.21($1769)	4.57($1919)	4.36($1830)	4.15($1742)	4.34($1825)
Closed Up	859(46%)	1054(51%)	1090(53%)	1106(55%)	1084(55%)	5193(52%)
Closed Dn	1008(54%)	989(48%)	944(46%)	897(45%)	887(45%)	4725(48%)
Closed Uchg	4(0%)	4(0%)	10(0%)	5(0%)	2(0%)	25(0%)
Gapped up	198(11%)	165(8%)	199(10%)	188(9%)	186(9%)	936(9%)
Un-filled Gaps Up	69(35%)	70(42%)	86(43%)	68(36%)	60(32%)	353(38%)
Gapped Down	191(10%)	183(9%)	224(11%)	147(7%)	108(5%)	853(9%)
Un-filled Gaps Down	84(44%)	59(32%)	82(37%)	45(31%)	27(25%)	297(35%)

Daily Percent Change Summary for RBOB Gasoline(NYM)
UNCH	>0%- <1%	+1%- <2%	+2%- <3%	+3%- <4%	+4%- <5%	+5%- <6%	+6%- <7%	+7%- <8%	+8%- <9%	+9%- <10%	+10%- <20%	>+20%
25	2132	1518	807	370	202	73	44	20	5	6	14	2
	<0%- >-1%	-1%- >-2%	-2%- >-3%	-3%- >-4%	-4%- >-5%	-5%- >-6%	-6%- >-7%	-7%- >-8%	-8%- >-9%	-9%- >-10%	-10%- >-20%	<-20%
	1993	1343	666	355	194	74	43	27	8	9	9	4

The table below represents yearly low, high, last yield in the cash market for the NYM RBOB Gasoline futures contracts. Quotes are from daily cash market price activity.

Unleaded Gasoline - Feb 28, 2025
	Period Low(Jan-Dec)		Period High(Jan-Dec)		Last Day		Average
Year	Date	Price	Date	Price	Date	Price	Price
2024	11/29/2024	189.95	04/04/2024	339.70	12/31/2024	213.00	246.49
2023	12/12/2023	205.10	09/27/2023	446.70	12/29/2023	248.90	283.06
2022	12/07/2022	187.30	10/03/2022	496.80	12/30/2022	245.95	330.26
2021	01/04/2021	153.40	10/25/2021	269.10	12/31/2021	243.90	221.49
2020	04/20/2020	29.30	02/19/2020	196.50	12/31/2020	157.80	128.63
2019	01/07/2019	149.50	10/02/2019	276.80	12/31/2019	173.80	196.54
2018	12/10/2018	148.50	10/02/2018	248.10	12/31/2018	156.00	204.74
2017	01/25/2017	146.70	08/31/2017	239.50	12/29/2017	184.40	173.12
2016	02/19/2016	61.80	01/04/2016	196.70	12/30/2016	173.20	145.58
2015	01/15/2015	111.50	07/10/2015	340.10	12/31/2015	194.70	194.51
2014	12/22/2014	133.20	04/15/2014	335.60	12/31/2014	137.50	265.58
2013	12/13/2013	251.40	09/13/2013	324.70	12/31/2013	284.90	282.66
2012	12/10/2012	261.31	09/11/2012	340.00	12/31/2012	282.87	297.03
2011	01/25/2011	232.64	05/10/2011	349.47	12/30/2011	292.17	284.63
2010	08/24/2010	183.31	12/23/2010	247.01	12/31/2010	239.93	211.62
2009	01/07/2009	100.75	08/28/2009	212.05	12/31/2009	202.91	169.31
2008	12/24/2008 12/26/2008	75.52	06/06/2008	359.30	12/31/2008	97.44	248.14
2007	01/18/2007	130.78	05/17/2007	252.16	12/31/2007	247.08	208.98
2006	02/14/2006	138.12	08/02/2006	241.99	12/29/2006	164.46	182.37
2005	01/03/2005	109.65	09/01/2005	313.40	12/30/2005	177.00	156.43
2004	01/15/2004	92.97	05/17/2004	142.40	12/31/2004	108.85	118.02
2003	05/02/2003	68.31	08/21/2003	112.31	12/31/2003	95.80	88.30
2002	01/17/2002	50.10	12/27/2002	93.28	12/31/2002	84.68	72.49
2001	11/15/2001	46.22	04/20/2001	115.60	12/31/2001	54.78	73.84
2000	01/07/2000	63.80	05/30/2000	110.40	12/29/2000	75.53	90.75
1999	02/16/1999	29.30	09/29/1999	77.88	12/30/1999	67.55	54.32
1998	12/04/1998	29.07	05/01/1998 05/04/1998	51.67	12/31/1998	34.08	42.70

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