Oats (ZO-F)
Commodities · Grains · data since 1999-09-14 · last close 2026-07-26
1d
-0.37%
7d
-0.80%
30d
+22.67%
YTD
+12.23%
1y
-6.22%
Oats (ZO-F) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 12.4 | -7.2 | 9.1 | -26.3 | 28.5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 3.7 | -3.9 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 2.1 | -8.7 | -12.7 | -0.3 | -5.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | -0.8 | -1.3 | -5.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | -20.1 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 19.4 | 0.5 | -14.4 | -2.1 |
| 2023 | 7.3 | -8.7 | 1.3 | -17.1 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 15.6 | 7.6 | -7.9 | -10.0 | -3.9 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 4.6 | -7.2 | -0.8 | -1.3 | -32.3 | -9.7 | -3.6 | -0.3 | 1.2 | -6.7 |
| 2021 | -3.1 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 5.9 | -5.9 | 1.7 | 16.3 | 11.1 | 17.3 | 25.3 | -0.9 | -5.5 |
| 2020 | 4.0 | -11.5 | -1.7 | 16.2 | 5.6 | 2.9 | -17.2 | -0.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | -4.2 | 26.7 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | -10.8 | 6.8 | 13.4 | 3.1 | -13.2 | -6.2 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 8.1 | -9.1 |
| 2018 | 10.2 | -0.9 | -14.4 | 0.2 | 8.5 | 2.4 | -5.9 | 3.3 | 8.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | -4.5 |
| 2017 | 6.9 | 5.6 | -13.1 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 17.2 | -2.0 | -21.4 | 12.4 | 5.4 | -6.4 | -2.7 |
| 2016 | -7.6 | -15.7 | 9.6 | 4.3 | -2.3 | 8.6 | -2.3 | -19.7 | 10.7 | 23.7 | -9.6 | 14.7 |
| 2015 | -9.3 | 5.4 | -8.9 | -9.4 | -2.4 | 8.2 | -4.7 | -2.4 | -3.7 | 0.2 | 9.5 | -12.7 |
| 2014 | 14.5 | 25.8 | -21.8 | 4.9 | -11.3 | -8.9 | 4.9 | 2.2 | -7.4 | 0.2 | -12.4 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 4.9 | -9.9 | 7.2 | -15.2 | 15.1 | -18.4 | 3.5 | 10.6 | -3.0 |
| 2012 | -3.7 | 10.7 | 3.4 | -1.3 | -16.6 | 19.7 | 13.2 | 2.2 | -4.6 | 5.0 | -7.3 | -3.7 |
| 2011 | 0.5 | -6.3 | -1.1 | -6.7 | 12.7 | -13.5 | 3.4 | 7.1 | -11.3 | 2.0 | 2.8 | -10.0 |
| 2010 | -17.7 | -3.1 | -5.9 | -1.3 | -6.9 | 33.5 | 6.3 | -1.9 | 28.7 | 7.6 | -7.6 | 15.9 |
| 2009 | -2.4 | -10.0 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 29.4 | -14.4 | -7.8 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| 2008 | 7.3 | 28.2 | -12.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 16.2 | -15.0 | -8.5 | -8.5 | -26.7 | -13.0 | 4.2 |
| 2007 | -5.1 | -1.6 | 9.3 | -5.6 | 7.7 | -0.9 | -6.2 | -7.4 | 19.7 | -0.7 | -6.3 | 13.8 |
| 2006 | -1.5 | -5.2 | -4.7 | 8.5 | -3.3 | 16.9 | -10.9 | -4.0 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 9.7 | 5.5 |
| 2005 | 7.0 | -3.4 | -2.3 | -12.0 | -2.2 | 11.4 | 7.6 | -9.7 | 9.9 | -1.7 | 16.5 | 5.4 |
| 2004 | 7.2 | -0.5 | 11.5 | -0.6 | -14.6 | -10.2 | -8.3 | 18.1 | 0.3 | -1.0 | 17.7 | -7.0 |
| 2003 | 49.4 | 10.4 | -14.4 | -17.4 | -5.4 | 3.7 | -8.8 | -0.5 | -3.6 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 3.7 |
| 2002 | 52.2 | 11.8 | -11.8 | -16.2 | 10.9 | 11.1 | -13.1 | -0.6 | -24.5 | 0.0 | 52.2 | -34.3 |
| 2001 | 3.5 | -2.4 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 3.2 | -4.4 | 25.1 | 3.9 | -4.1 | 0.0 | 61.6 | -38.7 |
| 2000 | 2.6 | -0.4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | -4.0 | -12.8 | 2.6 | -8.0 | 3.1 | · | -1.7 | · |
| 1999 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -0.2 | 1.2 | -6.6 | -2.5 |
| Avg | 5.0 | 1.4 | -1.8 | -1.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | -1.3 | -1.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.9 | -1.3 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +5.0% | +1.4% | -1.8% | -1.0% | +1.2% | +1.8% | -2.5% | -1.0% | +2.4% | +2.6% | +4.0% | -1.3% |
| Win rate | 67%/27 | 44%/27 | 48%/27 | 56%/27 | 52%/27 | 59%/27 | 38%/26 | 46%/26 | 52%/27 | 62%/26 | 48%/27 | 46%/26 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-71.6%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±12.1%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
52%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+61.57%
2001-11
Worst month
-38.68%
2001-12
Longest streaks
5▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Oats
Oats does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 1999. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1999) would be about $208 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2001 at +61.57%; its worst, December 2001 at -38.68%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.