Download Historical Crude Oil (Combined) Tick – Level 1 Data CLA (CL)

Historical Tick – Level 1 Crude Oil (Combined) Futures Data CLA (CL)

Crude Oil (Combined) Contract Specs:

Crude Oil (Combined) (CLA)
AKA:Crude Oil (Combined)
Exchange Name:New York Merchantile Exchange
Exchange:NYMEX
Sector:Energy
Tick Size:0.01
BPV:1000
Denomination:USD
Bloomberg Symbol:CL Comdty
CSI Symbol:CL2
Exchange Symbol:CL
IQFeed Symbol:QCL
Ninjatrader Symbol:CL
Sierra Chart Symbol:CL-NYMEX
TradeStation Symbol:CL
Contract Specifications CLA

Buy Crude Oil (Combined) Futures Data CLA (CL)

Purchase Crude Oil (Combined) Futures Data CLA (CL) from PortaraCQG. Our tailored service includes your format options. ALL data is created for you by a qualified trader. We provide expert guidance if you are unsure. we will email you when your purchase has completed with roll/format options to choose from.

Discounted Dataset: Special Offer

Purchase trades only, Trades - Best Bids and Asks (BBA), full Level 1 or NinjaTrader compatible tick data here. For continuous tick series or a custom start year, email us.

CLA (CL) Historic Futures Data: Available

Data TypeStart DateEnd DateSizeSample Data
Daily:1983 Mar 30Current23.4 MB📈 Download
Intraday:1987 Sep 01Current1.3 GB📈 Download
Tick – Trades Only:1987 Sep 01Current46.7 GB📈 Download
Tick – Level 1:1987 Sep 01Current2.2 TB📈 Download
Samples can be viewed and downloaded in any timezone, including each commodity’s exchange time | Filesizes are uncompressed ascii csv

Full-history size of Crude Oil (Combined) (CLA) data from Portara, to the current date, as uncompressed CSV text: daily 23.4 MB from 1983 Mar 30; 1-minute intraday 1.3 GB from 1987 Sep 01; tick trades-only 46.7 GB from 1987 Sep 01; tick Level 1 (bids, asks and trades) 2.2 TB from 1987 Sep 01. Sizes are indicative and refreshed monthly. Use the Data Size Calculator further down this page for any year range.

See also: all historical tick Level 1 markets · view the CLA sample in any timezone · when CLA volume and open interest begin.

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Sample data — Tick — Level 1 sample

Times default to Chicago local, as recorded. Pick a timezone to convert both the chart and the download — conversion changes only the timestamps, every other value passes through untouched.

Sample data chart · hover for values · drag to pan · zoom with the mouse wheel or the −/+ buttons · double-click to reset

Crude Oil (Combined) CLA Tick Level 1 Data Formats

Combined: This means a combination of the new ‘All Sessions’ data combined to the old pit data in the past. This allows for the longest historical data streams possible.

Choose a data form to see the format choices available for it.

Once payment is in, we will send across final formatting options for you to choose from and then add you to our jobs list for processing. See below for what questions we will ask.

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One-off data dump:

  • Continuous data: Do you want backadjusted or zero adjusted data? Please let us know. If you are unsure, please read our deep dive on how to create continuous futures data, which explains the different methods.
  • Roll: 5 days before expiry is a good sweetspot for CLA
  • Roll Basis: Roll based on settlement price. (Highly unusual based on last price, but we can do it)
  • Delivery Months: FGHJKMNQUVXZ (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec)
  • Delimiter: comma, i.e. .csv .txt - ASCII. Or choose another delimiter such as semi-colon, space or tab
  • Filename: A series of discrete, sequential files called CLA.txt or CLA_001.txt, CLA_002.txt... etc based on the size of your data openable in notepad or similar. Windows/Mac/Linux compatible.
  • Filename Alternatives: Choose from the following if you require compatibility elsewhere: Exchange: CL · Bloomberg: CL Comdty · CSI: CL2 · IQFeed: QCL · NinjaTrader: CL · Sierra Chart: CL-NYMEX · TradeStation: CL
  • Column Order: timestamp, price, volume, dataType, correction, marketState
  • Flags: the three flag columns on every row
    • dataType: B = best bid update, A = best ask update, T = trade. Every row is one of these three events.
    • correction: R = regular. D = deleted, I = inserted and U = updated are exchange corrections to earlier events. We include them by default and can exclude any of the three.
    • marketState: N = normal. F = fast market, an old flag only seen in pit-era data up to November 2006. Every row since is N.
  • Timezone: Exchange Time, US Eastern Time (New York, UTC-5 / -4 DST). Or choose a custom timezone such as UTC
  • Timestamp format: yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss.fffiTimestamp keyyyyy = yearmm = monthdd = dayhh = hour (24h)mm = minutess = secondfff = milliseconds (precision 1/1000 of a second)
  • Pre-2014 timestamps: Prior to mid-2013, there was no such thing as milliseconds or seconds in the timestamp. Obviously, all the trades are in the correct order. The timestamp in the file will be identical but will exhibit zeros for seconds and milliseconds prior to mid-2013.
  • No Aggregation: All pure tick data is per-event with no aggregation.
  • Alternative Formats: Other common formats can be extracted such as the case for NinjaTrader, yyyyMMdd HHmmss fffffff;price;bestBid;bestAsk;volume (one line per trade carrying the prevailing best bid and ask). In this case trade, bid and ask volumes are aggregated per row and semicolon separated. Speak to us on a per case basis.
  • Roll Logs: we will include a full roll log showing rolls close-to-close the calendar days and the adjustments so you can follow through the logic.
  • Other Special Data Formatting Requirements: We format directly for other software applications including Bloomberg, CQG Data Factory, eSignal, IQFeed, MetaTrader 5, MultiCharts, NinjaTrader, Sierra Chart, TradeStation and Trading Blox.

During your order process, we will send across these final formatting options for you to choose from and then add you to our jobs list for processing.

The Process of Placing an Order

Portara is a ‘tailored service’ i.e. your request will be processed manually to your custom requirements.

If you wish to proceed, send us an email using the ‘Contact Portara’ widget on this page, or alternatively use the Contact Form under ‘Contact Us’. When you are happy, we will send out a payment request for settlement. Once payment is in, we will send across final formatting options for you to choose from and then add you to our jobs list for processing.

We will guide you through the final formatting options and provide defaults for you to accept or make changes to.

Once the data is ready, we will send across your personal link for you to download the data. Usually, data is ready within 24hrs.

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Strategies to Maximize Returns

Swing trading is a popular strategy used by traders to capitalize on short-term price fluctuations in the market. Unlike day trading, which requires traders to take quick action within a single trading session, swing trading involves taking positions for longer periods of time and waiting for the price to reach its desired level before closing out the trade.

Trend following is a widely-used strategy for trading in crude oil which involves analyzing price movements and making decisions based on the trend of the market. This type of strategy works by recognizing long-term trends and then entering and exiting positions accordingly. To effectively employ this strategy, traders must have a deep understanding of the fundamentals of crude oil futures, as well as the ability to interpret market news and data.

Conclusion

Ultimately, investing in crude oil can be a great way to diversify your portfolio and get exposure to a wide range of markets. By understanding the basic fundamentals of this market, its associated risks, and its potential strategies, you can maximize returns from your investments while minimizing potential losses.

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Common Data Misconceptions

Some commodities are naturally thin.  This means that comparing the filesize of Crude Oil, which is a highly liquid market, and may have multi-millions of trading events within a day, will not be the same as comparing it to a highly illiquid commodity, such as the Korean Won, which may only have several trades per day, if that.

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Alternative Crude Oil (Combined) Symbology:

Other companies can refer to the Crude Oil (Combined) symbols by the following symbol names: CL2 CL CLA Comdty.

Portara and CQG provide historical intraday futures data to CTAs, hedge funds, portfolio managers, quants and traders and institutions.

Portara’s Main Data Products

Crude Oil (Combined) futures data can be split into four main headings:

  • Daily data – which includes either the last price or the settlement
  • Intraday data – which includes trade volume
  • Tick data – Trades Only – which includes only trades
  • Tick data Level 1 – which includes the trades, the bid, the ask and the settle

Purchase Individual or Continuous form Data

You can purchase historical intraday CLA / CL futures data as individual contracts or in a continuous form.

Continuous 1 minute CLA / CL futures data can be formatted into back-adjusted, forward-adjusted, ratio adjusted and zero adjusted series. Portara can create bespoke rules for each futures CLA contract based on volume, open interest, tick size and calendar date variations. Control delivery month combinations, timezone settings and timestamps that follow exchange or local time globally for any location.

World’s Only Data Supplier with FIVE DAILY Data Points

Portara’s standard Crude Oil (Combined) daily futures data is made up of five data points – open, high, low, last-price and settle. Simply choose to have the daily close based on the last price or the settle depending on whether you wish follow extended sessions or just the day session.

CL Data Granularity

Portara’s Crude Oil (Combined) intraday futures data is supplied as default in 1-minute bar. However, you may also choose other bar granularities such as 2 minute bar, 3 minute bar, 5 minute bar, 10 minute bar, 15 minute bar, 30 minute bar, hourly bar etc. You can also have us extract daily Crude Oil (Combined) data straight from the intraday database. In this case, you would choose the session (even if you need to cross midnight) and we can supply the custom Crude Oil (Combined) daily futures data between only between the custom session markers you choose.

Portara provides CL futures tick data in ‘Trades Only’ form or as ‘Level 1’ tick data, which includes the bids and asks. Download the tick data samples above. Our default format timestamp is to the millisecond. Crude Oil (Combined) tick data includes price, the trade volume, and other trade indicators such as bid, ask, trade and settle.

Remember to compare the file size of trades only data to level 1 tick data as they can vary by factors of 10 to 100 fold. If you have questions simply email us and one of our technicians will guide you.

Updates

All of our historical data is updated on a daily basis up to four times per day based on your subscription level, at the end of the Asian, European, Early US and Globex session. Portara’s enterprise software solution provides timely updates to your data, along with compression, roll and custom formatting features on CQG deep history databases. Historical Crude Oil (Combined) data updates are ready around half an hour after markets close. No exchange fees or other CQG products are necessary.

Portara’s Catalogue of Historical Crude Oil (Combined) Futures Data CL

You can view other futures, forex, ETFs and fixed income symbols and commodities from the Historical Intraday Data Download Table. If you are looking for derivatives of the Crude Oil (Combined) or any other historical data types such as daily or tick, you can visit the other download tables here:

To discuss CLA / CL Futures data or if you have any other enquiry please reach out to us using the widget in the bottom corner or our contact page if you have visited us via mobile phone.