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Status & methodology

API unreachable

Live upstream freshness plus how each surface is sourced.

How each surface is sourced

LIVE

Forward curve & structure

yfinance contract months; Nelson-Siegel fit (pure numpy). Structure classified from the fitted slope.

LIVE

Term spreads, carry & z-scores

Derived from the live curve; z-scores accrue against real daily curve snapshots archived since 2026-07-04.

LIVE

EIA inventories, production, refinery runs

EIA v2 API (WPSR series). All series IDs validated against the live API.

LIVE

CFTC positioning (COT)

Free public CFTC CSV archive; no key needed.

LIVE

Macro (DXY / rates / VIX / SPX / copper)

FRED API + yfinance.

LIVE

Crack spreads

Computed from live WTI/RBOB/HO front-month prices.

LIVE

News & risk flags

Free RSS (OilPrice / EIA / gCaptain). Category/sentiment/risk are keyword heuristics — caveated as such.

LIVE

Brent–WTI grade diff

Computed from live yfinance; other grade diffs are proxied.

PROXY

Arb & storage economics

FOB/destination prices live; freight, insurance, storage lease & financing rates are assumed inputs — now user-overridable.

PROXY

AIS Hormuz flow

Free terrestrial AIS has no Persian Gulf coverage; live Hormuz needs satellite AIS (paid). Panel stays SAMPLE with a caveat.

SAMPLE

Freight, OPEC, global demand, options surface

No free live API (Baltic/Platts/OPEC MOMR/JODI are paid or non-API). Honestly badged SAMPLE.