Macro Drivers

Sentiment Telemetry

Aether Signal 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	Aug 25	Sep 25	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 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 7/30/2026, 19:24:39.

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 2.619:24:39 UTC

Institutional Options Flow

Energy Options Sweeps & Dark Pool Prints

Real-time institutional node — access restricted

TimeTickerContractSizeTypePremium

19:24:36COPCOP SEP 22 $79.72,843DARK$820K
19:24:37COPCOP SEP 18 $77.33,186CALL$540K
19:24:33NGNG SEP 18 $79.63,678BLOCK$4.1M
19:24:33HOHO AUG 13 $72.73,238PUT$2.3M
19:24:32USOUSO AUG 22 $84.23,163PUT$3.1M

19:24:32CLCL SEP 30 $75.21,075DARK$1.1M
19:24:32XLEXLE AUG 06 $86.03,585BLOCK$5.4M
19:24:31CVXCVX SEP 18 $86.12,430BLOCK$1.3M
19:24:29XLEXLE SEP 26 $77.21,743PUT$3.4M
19:24:31RBRB SEP 08 $75.53,349CALL$2.6M
19:24:29USOUSO SEP 10 $78.63,650CALL$3.1M
19:24:28XLEXLE SEP 28 $74.91,542BLOCK$1.9M
19:24:28CLCL SEP 19 $79.41,079PUT$1.8M
19:24:27XLEXLE SEP 30 $83.41,458BLOCK$3.9M
19:24:28CLCL SEP 30 $80.44,013CALL$4.5M
19:24:25BZBZ AUG 08 $85.12,649DARK$4.4M
19:24:27USOUSO AUG 19 $71.64,107CALL$2.4M
19:24:25NGNG AUG 16 $85.83,313PUT$850K

Real-time institutional node — access restricted

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