WTI Oil – Watch out for potential falling top formationYesterday’s bearish inverted hammer candle and a failure to hold above the 50-DMA and 100-DMA suggest the bulls need to be cautious.
A bearish follow through today would put in place a falling top formation. That would be followed by a bearish 50-DMA and 100-DMA crossover and re-test of support at $49.59 (Mar 16 high).
Energies
Brent Oil – Next destination is $53.50Brent’s convincing bullish break from the falling channel on Wednesday followed by a rebound from the psychological level of $52.00 and a subsequent rise above $52.62 today suggests the prices are on track to test strong resistance around $53.50 (Jan 10 low).
On the lower side, only a daily close back inside the falling channel would signal bullish invalidation.
Expect fresh bids around 5-DMA.
Brent Oil - Bottomed out, but needs to break above $52.62Once is a fluke twice is a coincidence and thrice is pattern!
Brent Oil is once again staging a rebound from the 200-DMA at a time when the RSI is oversold.
I am pretty sure here that oil has found a bottom around $50-$49.75 levels… as the multiple daily candles with long tails suggest.
However, I would want to see prices break on the upside of the minor falling channel followed by a jump above $52.62 (Mar 16 high). Such a move would open doors for a re-test of 50-DMA, which has topped out and is now sloping downwards. The 50-DMA currently stands at $54.47.
Brent Oil needs to avoid daily close below $50.27The monthly classic pivot support 3 located at $50.27 has been successfully defended over the last four trading days.
Despite the fact that the dips below $50.27 were short lived, the subsequent corrective move has failed around $51.00 handle for three trading days including today… that too despite RSI being oversold.
The ADX line is rising as well, pointing to the strength of the down trend.
Hence, a daily close below $50.27 would only signal continuation of the decline and would open doors for $48.25 (Apr, 2016 high).
Take note – On last two occasions, prices staged a solid rebound from around 200-DMA support. The RSI was oversold as well. We have a similar situation … even the position of the ADX is similar to the ones seen in the previous two occasions…
WTI Oil – Rejected at 23.6% fib, eyes $48.00Oil failed at $48.94 (23.6% fib) on Wednesday, faded spike above the same on Thursday and witnessed a rejection at the key fib level again in the Asian session today.
The price action suggests potential for a fall back to $48.00.
The short-term averages- 5-DMA and 10-DMA look overstretched, hence, prices may not drop much below $48.00 levels.
Oil finds support at 200-DMA, Will history repeated itself?On last two occasions, oil price staged a strong rebound from around 200-DMA levels. On both occasions, the RSI was oversold as well.
This time, the RSI is oversold as well. But wait, look at the 50-DMA... it has topped out this time around. Will history repeat itself?
Swing/Long term SHORT on Crude OilAs all of you know, Crude has declined quite a bit. Weekly Analysis still shows nice possibility to join the move. The 1. target should be around 43.
This opportunity has 1 negative:
Large stop - around 54
And you need to be aware of possible quick rejection - then the trade should be quickly cancelled.
Possible longer term reversal on Crude OilToday after Inventories CL falls DOWN. It creates second break out down and starts creating trading structure. For me it is not a trade but interesting opportunity. It is nearby 2 stronger rejections where one should move SL to BE. Initial SL should BE around 54. First target 50 with big opportunity to go much more down if the market will be quick enough.
Brent oil – Bearish below $55.00On the daily chart, we see breach of the rising trend line followed by a sideways channel. The RSI too is in a sideways channel, however, the DMI now shows a bearish crossover, which suggests heightened odds of prices breaking below the recent low of $55.01, in which case the support at $53.60 (Jan 10 low) could be put to test.
On the higher side, a break above $56.41 (Thu’s high) would expose upper end of the channel.
Natural Gas: Watching For Triangle or Bullish ButterflyEverything is pretty much shown in the chart. I have heard Natural Gas is hard to technically analyze but in my limited experience patterns seem to work pretty well.
---If price continues to the top trendline, I will look to see if it forms in 3 waves. If so, I will be more confident this is a triangle and will look to long around the E point (perhaps right after a break of the lower trendline)
---If price instead goes down from here I will watch the rectangle which is the completion of the potential Bullish Butterfly pattern.
---- Note : both of these scenarios can play out concurrently, which would make me feel even better for this trade!
I am always happy to receive any comments and/or feedback in my ideas. Good luck!
Crude Oil Is Potentially Forming a Bullish AB=CD PatternI am looking forward to seeing how this idea/trade pans out. If today's bearish momentum continues but slows I will be looking to buy within the zone designated by the rectangle on the chart. This zone is:
Completion of Bullish AB=CD pattern
Structure to the left
If crude oil makes it to the completion point RSI will likely be oversold
On the longer time frame I am bullish and expecting another bullish impulse up
** Always remember to watch for warning signs and confirmation in the price action at the completion of these patterns!
I would love to know what you think about this idea! Please do not regard this trade as a signal -- I am still relatively new to trading and these are only my personal views and ideas!
Remember to wait for a confirmation before entering and to "trade your plan!"
WTI oil – Head and Shoulder on the daily chartThe breach of rising trend line followed by a falling tops formation suggests a potential for a drop to head and shoulder neckline level of $51.00 levels.
A break below the same cannot be ruled out, although the losses are likely to be restricted around $50.60 (50-DMA) levels.
All three major averages – 50, 100 & 200 – are perfectly aligned and are sloping higher, thus suggesting the long-run outlook remains bullish.
Natural Gas May Complete a Short Term AB=CD PatternEarly this morning Natural Gas broke the trendline and has begun to consolidate. Thus I am short-term bearish on Natural Gas and looking for sell set-ups.
I usually stay off of the 15 minute for trade ideas but as this is coherent with my short term analysis for this pair I will look to take this trade. The bearish AB=CD pattern may complete around the .5 retracement of this impulse down which would be a nice location for the short.
Once in the trade I will watch the recent bottom around 3.34 to depend whether I will take profit or hold for further targets (3.297 or beyond).
**This is not meant to be a trading signal so please do not use it as one -- I still have very much to learn as a trader and none of my ideas are trading advice. That said I always appreciate any comments and feedback on my charts and ideas!**
OPEC preview: What to expect of Brent oil? OPEC: Stakes are high
The OPEC will try to reach an output deal in order to raise prices. The meeting has been rescheduled to 9 GMT from 10 GMT.
It is far from clear whether the Cartel will succeed. It was agreed in principle in September to restrict production, but now Saudi is asking other members… especially Iran and Iraq to accept deep production cuts. Iran isn’t ready to so do and neither is Iraq.
Stakes are high because OPEC’s credibility is at risk. This is the third time over the last one year that the Cartel is working to reach a deal. A successful deal could lead to a five dollar pop as said by Gaurav Sharma, Oil Analyst at IB Times on our Finance Show on Monday. On the other hand, failure to reach a deal could lead to a fresh sell-off to $42-40 levels.
Technicals
On the daily chart we see a rising channel inside a larger sideways channel.
The rising channel was breached on Nov 1. An attempt to reenter the same failed on Nov 23.
The channel resistance is seen at 50.43, while on the lower side, breach of yesterday’s low of 45.90 would open doors for a test of sideways channel support around $43.87.
OPEC deal: Will it help oil retake the 17-year old rising trendThe rising trend line coming from Dec 1998 low and Dec 2001 low acted as a support in 2009 before it was breached in mid 2015.
OPEC is under pressure to deliver some kind of an output deal. Experts believe that won't be enough to rebalance the oil market.
Chart traders should keep an eye on the above mentioned trend line hurdle seen today around $54.20.
Brent Oil – rebound from weekly 50-MA, Inv. H&SBrent oil staged a solid rebound from the weekly 50-MA level of $43.76 and boasts of a inverse head and shoulder formation on the 4-hour chart with a neckline resistance seen sloping to $48.00 over the next week.
A bullish break would open doors for breach of the psychological level of $50.
On the other hand, only a weekly close below weekly 50-MA would signal resumption of the downtrend from the Oct high of $53.71.
Gold – Stuck at 5-DMADespite the bullish price RSI divergence on Tuesday the subsequent failure to take out the 5-DMA suggests the sideways action is likely to continue for some time before buyers make their presence felt.
Fresh selling is likely to see only if prices see a daily close below Monday’s low of $1211.41.
Overall, the sideways action is likely to continue ahead of tomorrow’s US CPI release.
Brent oil – Watch out for failure at trend line hurdleBrent’s failure to hold above the falling trend line hurdle (red) would suggest the recovery from the low of $43.55 has run out of steam and the prices could revisit $45.00-44.80 levels, under which the recent low of $43.55 stands exposed.
Fresh buying is likely only if the 4-hour candle closes above the falling trendline.
Brent oil – Bulls await breach of descending trend lineThe 4-hour chart shows a bullish price RSI divergence followed by a rise to the descending trend line hurdle.
Oil bulls now await a breach of the trend line hurdle, following which the prices could rise to $46.90 (larger descending trend line hurdle)
On the other hand, a repeated failure to take out trend line hurdle would open doors for a revisit to a recent low of $43.55.
Natural Gas: 2.60 is a key area.The dynamic support, has arisen from the lows reached by the prices in March, sees right now testing its trendline.
Although it seems to have been a breakout, it is important to follow developments in this area.
The intersection of both levels should prompt us to monitor the market with extreme attention, precisely because of this area could have important counter bullish, or confirmation of a breakout down.
Brent oil – Weekly 50-MA is bottoming outBrent’s bearish break below the rising trend line as seen on the weekly chart and a bearish follow through this week suggests bears remain in control and prices could test August low of $41.54.
However, caution is advised as the weekly 50-MA is bottoming out, hence buying interest could be seen anywhere below the weekly 50-MA level of $43.69.
Brent oil – Next halt at 38.2% Fibo resistanceBrent’s sharp recovery from $44.38 followed by a daily close well above 200-DMA (which is sloping upwards) coupled with a bullish price RSI divergence on the 4-hour and the breach of the falling trend line on the RSI suggests the technical recovery is likely to be extended to $47.94 (38.2% of 53.71-44.38).
On the lower side, only a daily close below 200-DMA would suggest the end of a technical recovery.