During this same period, activity on the crude oil futures market — as measured by the number of contracts outstanding, trading activity, and the number of traders — has increased significantly. (valueinvestingworld.com)
The Nymex crude oil futures market on Thursday saw strong price gains that were mostly due to short covering and a technical bounce from an oversold market. (cannontrading.com)
As such, the fund should be expected to decrease in value when WTI crude oil futures markets deteriorate. (proshares.com)