Crude oil price alerts for WTI and Brent
CoinPriceAlert sends crude oil price alerts for WTI and Brent as push notifications or Telegram messages, free for up to three active alerts. Set a price level or a percentage move over 24 hours; it is checked on our servers and fires with the app closed. Natural gas and copper are in the same list, next to your stocks and crypto.
Key facts
| Instruments | WTI crude (NYMEX front-month), Brent crude (ICE front-month), natural gas and copper, quoted in US dollars |
|---|---|
| Alert types | Price level; percentage move over 24 hours; repeat alerts that re-arm when price crosses back |
| Delivery | Push notification, Telegram, or both, with quiet hours |
| Trading hours | Energy futures trade almost around the clock from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon US time; closed at weekends, which is when geopolitical gaps happen |
| Free plan | 3 active alerts across every market; Pro is $2.99 a month for unlimited |
| Numbers on this page | A year of daily closes from Yahoo Finance, recomputed every few hours |
How often each alert would have fired, last 365 days
| Asset | Typical day | 1 day in 10 | Largest day | 1% alert fires / month | 2% alert fires / month | 3% alert fires / month | 5% alert fires / month | 8% alert fires / month | 10% alert fires / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTI crude | 1.66% | 5.28% | 16.41% | 20.1 | 13 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Brent crude | 1.67% | 5.26% | 14.52% | 20.2 | 13 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| Natural gas | 2.26% | 6.41% | 47.48% | 16.1 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1 |
Close-to-close moves of the front-month contract over the last year. Natural gas is shown on wider thresholds because it is one of the most volatile liquid markets there is. Highlighted: the tightest threshold that still fired three times a month or fewer. 251 trading days measured; updated 11 September 2026.
Oil moves on a calendar, then ignores it
Crude has scheduled catalysts, the weekly US inventory report on Wednesdays and OPEC meetings, and unscheduled ones, which are the ones that produce the largest days: supply shocks, shipping disruptions and weekend geopolitics that open Sunday evening with a gap. Over the last year WTI moved about 1.66% on a typical day and more than 5.28% on one day in ten; the largest single day was 16.41%.
That shape argues for a percentage alert rather than a price level for most people. An 8% move in 24 hours fired about 1.2 times a month over the past year, which is roughly the cadence of events actually worth reading about. A price level still earns its place if you hold energy stocks or an oil ETF and have a level in mind where you would act.
WTI or Brent
WTI is the US benchmark, priced at Cushing, Oklahoma; Brent is the international one and the reference for most of the world's seaborne crude. They move together almost all the time, and the spread between them widens when US inventories or export capacity are the story. Set the alert on whichever one your holdings or your news feed reference. If you are not sure, WTI is the one US financial media quote.
Why energy belongs next to your crypto
Oil is the clearest macro input most portfolios have. A spike feeds inflation expectations, which moves rates, which moves the dollar, which moves every risk asset including Bitcoin. Watching oil in the same list as your coins and stocks turns a headline into context: a 10% crypto drawdown on a day oil gapped up on a supply shock is a different event from one that happened while everything else was quiet.
How to set an oil alert in the app
Open the Markets screen, switch to commodities and pick WTI, Brent or natural gas, or search for them. Choose a price level or a 24-hour percentage move, pick push, Telegram or both, set quiet hours if you want overnight moves held until morning, and save. Alerts are evaluated on our servers with the app closed.
Three alerts worth setting
- WTI crude rises above $105.27
- WTI crude falls below $99.13
- WTI crude moves 8% in 24 hours
Never miss a move in oil
Set a price or percentage alert once and get a push notification the moment it triggers — free, with quiet hours so nothing wakes you at 3am.
Frequently asked questions
Is the oil price alert free?
Yes. The free plan includes three active alerts across every market, price and 24-hour percentage alerts, and push or Telegram delivery. Pro is $2.99 a month for unlimited alerts.
Which oil price does the alert use?
The front-month futures quote from Yahoo Finance: NYMEX WTI or ICE Brent, in US dollars per barrel. It is the price financial news quotes, not a retail fuel price.
Do oil alerts fire at the weekend?
No. Energy futures are closed from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening US time. Weekend news shows up as a gap at the Sunday evening open, which is exactly when a percentage alert set above the typical day fires.
What threshold should I set on oil?
Use the table above. WTI moved about 1.66% on a typical day over the last year and more than 5.28% on one day in ten, so an 8% alert, which fired about 1.2 times a month, is a sensible start. Natural gas needs a much wider threshold.
Can I get alerts on natural gas and copper too?
Yes. Natural gas, copper, platinum and palladium are in the same commodities list, with the same alert types and delivery options.
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Data: Yahoo Finance daily closes for the last year, recomputed on a schedule. Nothing here is financial advice. Never asks for a private key, seed phrase or exchange API key; wallet tracking is read-only through public addresses; the app cannot trade or move funds.