WTI Crude Oil (Light Sweet) trading hours

Tick

$100.01 per tick

One point

$1,000per contract

Initial margin

$9,957.20exchange, as of 27 Oct 2026

Front contract

CLZ26roll by 18 Nov 2026

Hours checked as of 27 Oct 2026UTC times calculated as of 27 Oct 2026How we source this

Weekly sessions

Daily break: 16:00–17:00 exchange time. Times follow the regular schedule; holidays are listed below.

Upcoming exchange holidays

Full exchange holidays in the next 12 months for New York Mercantile Exchange. There is no regular session on these days, but CME Globex may run a shortened session, and early closes on other days are not listed. Check the exchange before trading around a holiday.

Hours, daylight saving and holidays

WTI Crude Oil (Light Sweet) (CL) trades on New York Mercantile Exchange, whose trading day is set in America/Chicago time. CME Globex. Sunday open 17:00 CT, Friday close 16:00 CT, 60-minute daily maintenance break. The table shows each session in exchange time, in UTC, and in your own time zone, which your browser supplies.

The exchange schedule is fixed in local time, so its UTC equivalent moves when daylight saving starts or ends. The United States, the United Kingdom and the euro area change their clocks on different dates, which shifts US sessions against European ones by an hour for a few weeks each spring and autumn. The UTC column is calculated for the current week; your local column is recalculated on every visit.

This page shows the regular weekly schedule. Exchanges shorten or close sessions on public holidays and on some days before them, and the expiring contract often stops trading earlier on its last trading day. Check the exchange's holiday calendar before trading around a holiday. A “market open” indicator, where shown, follows the regular schedule only and doesn't know about holidays or halts.