Tracking the oil prices online is easy to do. If you are not willing to pay for real-time quotes, you can only get delayed prices. Some sources for oil price information, including USATODAY.com.
As far as trying to make money by speculating on the price of oil, good luck. Oil prices are infamously volatile and many a hotshot millionaire has been humbled by the whipsaw ups and downs of the commodity.
In addition, oil is traded in lots of 1,000 42-gallon barrels. At, say $95 a barrel, that's $95,000 plus commissions for a single contract.
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