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Fuel Stress Score

37

Low stress. Markets relatively calm.

Higher than 99% of historical weeks

Diesel prices are stable and calm, within historical norms, highly synchronized nationwide.

U.S. No 2 Diesel Retail PricesMonday, December 22, 2025

Stable regimes favor fixed-price strategies and budget predictability.

Since last week:
VolatilityRegimeChangedCoherenceSurpriseLow
Price History (2 Years)
rising
falling
volatile
shocked
mean reverting

Market State

Regime

stable

1 weeks

Shape

drift

50% conf

Coherence

100%

Typical: 65–85%

Mixed signals; no dominant pattern in recent data.

Position vs History

Percentile (10y)

61%

Normal range

Z-Score (5y)

+0.00

Within 1.5σ

Time Above $4.00

35%

Currently $0.46 below

Recent Motion

Spot Price

$3.544

1W Change

-0.063

4W Change

-0.287

Volatility (12w)

0.0312

Historical Analogs

In 3 similar historical periods, prices stayed flat in the following month.

Current stress is approaching peak levels seen in historical data.

Jan 2015Apr 2015

Prices rose significantly

82% match

+12¢ / 4w

Sep 2005Nov 2005

Prices fell significantly

72% match

-5¢ / 4w

Oct 1994Dec 1994

Prices remained stable

72% match

-1¢ / 4w

Signal Stability

Signals are internally consistent.

Signal Confidence
Regime97%
Shape50%
SurpriseLOW
CoherenceHIGH
Recent Events
shock downmed

Dec 22 • -0.1σ

Regional Sync

100%

Top 10% of historical weeks