WTI Crude Oil Futures (CL) Gamma Exposure (GEX) & Greeks
Gamma exposure (GEX) analysis shows how options positioning creates dealer hedging pressure across strikes. Includes delta, vanna, charm, vomma, and vega exposure by strike price.
WTI Crude Oil Futures (CL) operates in the Energy Futures sector, specifically the Energy Futures industry, listed on NYMEX. NYMEX WTI Crude Oil futures (CL): the global benchmark for North American crude oil pricing, settling against physically deliverable barrels at Cushing, OK.
Snapshot as of May 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $88.75
- Net Gamma
- $9.2M
- Net Delta
- -$93.9M
- Net Vega
- -$940.6K
- Gamma Concentration
- 0.26
As of May 14, 2026, WTI Crude Oil Futures (CL) has positive net gamma exposure of $9.2M under the standard dealer-hedging convention. Net delta exposure is -$93.9M. Positive GEX means dealers are net long gamma: they buy into dips and sell into rallies, damping realized volatility and often causing price to pin near heavy open-interest strikes.
CL Strategy Sizing in the Current GEX Regime
WTI Crude Oil Futures is in a positive dealer-gamma regime ($9.2M). Net dealer delta of -$93.9M sets the size of the directional hedging flow that fires as spot moves. In this regime, mean-reverting strategies fit the regime: credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls near established ranges. Realized volatility tends to undershoot implied during positive-gamma stretches, supporting the short-vol structures. The gamma-flip level - the spot price at which net dealer gamma changes sign - is the most actionable anchor for sizing: through-flip moves trigger qualitatively different hedging behavior than within-regime moves, so risk-defined structures sized to the current spot may not stay sized correctly if a flip is near.
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CL largest gamma exposure contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $95.00 | May 15, 2026 | 0 | 121 | 955.9% | $5.40 | $6.90 |
| PUT | $90.00 | May 15, 2026 | 20 | 404 | 716.6% | $0.35 | $1.65 |
Top 2 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly scan; ranked by gex within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked CL gamma exposure (gex) & greeks questions
- What is the current CL gamma exposure (GEX)?
- As of May 14, 2026, WTI Crude Oil Futures (CL) net gamma exposure is positive at $9.2M under the standard dealer-hedging convention. Net dealer delta exposure is -$93.9M. GEX aggregates the gamma sitting on dealer books across all listed strikes and expirations.
- Is CL in positive or negative dealer gamma right now?
- CL is currently in positive dealer gamma. Dealers net long gamma buy underlying weakness and sell into rallies to maintain delta-neutrality, which dampens realized volatility and tends to pin price near heavy open-interest strikes.
- What does CL GEX tell options traders?
- GEX is a regime indicator: positive-gamma regimes favor mean-reverting strategies (premium-selling near established ranges); negative-gamma regimes favor momentum and breakout strategies. The same options-strategy structure can be appropriate or inappropriate depending on the dealer-gamma regime, so reading the sign and magnitude of net GEX before sizing positions is standard practice.