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MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION (MPC) vs Spot Crude Oil Price: West Texas Intermediate
Correlation
of % moves
+51%
In sync
of periods
64%
History
monthsmonths · through 2026-04
59
These move in the same direction about 64% of the time
Their swing sizes loosely line up (~26% of the pattern is shared).
A real but noisy link — useful as context, risky as a standalone signal.
On a log scale so equal % moves take equal vertical space — best when one series has grown much faster than the other.
What to Watch
Decouples in drawdowns
The relationship weakens when both prices are falling — don't count on this pair as a hedge under stress.
Flips between sync and inverse
Sometimes the two move together, sometimes opposite. Don't treat this as a stable signal.
Advanced
Statistics
In sync(i)
63.8%
Headline metric
Movement correlation(i)
+51%
Based on % moves
95% CI
+29% → +68%
Likely range of correlation
Pipeline
Pipeline Summary
59 paired data points survived the monthly window.
Raw input
1,254
964
Normalized
1,254
964
Prepared
60
964
Aligned
59
59
Invalid removed
R²(i)
26.1%
Variance explained
Significance
p < 0.001
Statistical confidence
Data points
59
Thin
Time-Shifted Correlation
See how correlation changes when one series is offset in time. A taller bar at a non-zero shift means the two move together better when one leads the other — that's a potential lead/lag signal.
Correlation by shift
Click a bar to inspect. Range: -18 to 18 months.
Selected shift
No shift
Correlation at this shift
+51%
No shift — both series at their actual dates.
58 overlapping points at this shift
Baseline
+51%
No-shift correlation, matching the main time-series chart above.
Peak shift
No shift
+51%
A non-zero peak suggests one series lines up better when shifted against the other.
Stability
How the correlation evolves over time. A stable line means the relationship is reliable; large swings signal regime-dependent behavior.
Do They Crash Together?
How these series behave when markets are rising, falling, or diverging. A correlation that holds in drawdowns is very different from one that only works in rallies.
Both Rising
+31%
21 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
+10%
16 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-39%
21 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
Scatter
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Duplicates removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Alignment drops
906
A: 1 / B: 905
Series A
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION (MPC)
MPC
Stock · 1,254 raw → 60 prepared
Series B
Spot Crude Oil Price: West Texas Intermediate
WTISPLC
FRED · 964 raw → 964 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
1
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.5522
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
-0.0065
Linear regression intercept.
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