WBS.1 | A complete Crude Oil - WTI (IFEU $/bbl) Front Month futures overview by MarketWatch. View the futures and commodity market news, futures pricing and futures trading. NYMEX WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil futures (ticker symbol CL), the world’s most liquid and actively traded crude oil contract, is the most efficient way to trade today’s global oil markets. NYMEX WTI trades nearly 1.2 million contracts a day, with each contract equal to 1,000 barrels and valued at roughly $44,740.* The contract trades in increments of one cent per barrel. Priced out of Cushing, Oklahoma, NYMEX WTI also has deep ties to energy markets worldwide. NYMEX WTI (CL), the world’s most liquid crude oil benchmark, provides access to global crude oil pricing with the most diverse set of futures and options contracts. With WTI now firmly reconnected to global energy markets, open interest continues to grow as customers hedge their oil market risk.