Heating Oil Futures (HO) Seasonal Chart
The above chart represents the seasonality for Heating Oil Futures (HO) Continuous Contract for the past 20 years.
- Date range: January 1, 1990 to December 31, 2009
- Type: Commodity Futures – US
- Symbol: HO
Heating Oil Futures Continuous Contract Seasonality
Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of January 11 and a sell date of August 30, investors have benefited from a total return of 361.83% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 9 of those periods.
Conversely, the best return over the maximum number of positive periods reveals a buy date of January 11 and a sell date of June 13, producing a total return over the same 10-year range of 319.02% with positive results in 10 of those periods.
The buy and hold return for the past 10 years was 71.49%.
**Results shown are compounded
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