Simple math for Oil or why inventories data doesn't workPromising Chinese data and the dollar rout on Tuesday became short-lived growth factors in oil prices. After a sharp recovery by more than 1%, a pullback followed, returning the market to its starting position. Prices continue to remain sensitive to US production data, but a steady decline in commercial inventories (EIA, API data) seems to have exhausted itself as a positive catalyst for the market.
Since mid-April, oil has steadily declined from US commercial storage, but prices have moved down the slope, ignoring traditionally positive signals. It clearly corresponds to rising US production though. The markets probably referred the inventories drop to seasonal factors, such as increased fuel consumption in the summer months while generally turning to a fairly simple math - a reduction in OPEC production vs. aggregate production growth in the US, Libya and Nigeria. In three months, US firms added 150K barrels in output. while production in Libya has increased from 500K in early April to more than 1M barrels to day. Production in Nigeria has been also remaining unchecked. According to the forecast of EIA, shale production in August will increase by about 100K barrels. Comparing the dynamics of production in the US and OPEC members allowed for unlimited production, the latter contribute significantly to the glut of the market. OPEC's ability to agree with its own participants - Libya and Nigeria looks more realistic than with the US, so the waiting bulls have something to hope for. Other positive factors include news-triggers, such as improving economic situation in the economies of Asia, the main consumers of hydrocarbons and disruptions in supplies that have a short-term effect.
A technical meeting with OPEC, Russia and Libya will be held July 22 in St. Petersburg where Libya, according to some sources, is going to share plans for production or in other words seek for tradeoffs with the cartel. Brent has a good chance to test $ 50 and even go higher.
The US dollar stopped the downward movement after panic on Tuesday, as the president's seat for Trump turned out to be far from comfortable with the opposition of not only Democrats, who skillfully led the information war, but also among the ranks of Republicans. Health care reform is a failure, Trump is severely constrained as a reformer in his movements, so the failure of the mood of some investors who made a bet on reflation was inevitable. The Fed significantly lowered the degree of confidence in the comments about the economy, which became even more logical after the inflation slowdown in June. The growth of mortgage approvals by more than 6% in June, taking into account the growing rates of the Fed, has become an excellent support for the dollar today.
After leaving the US market, in particular the dollar, investors are preparing for a big event in the euro area, where the ECB is preparing to move to a cycle of policy normalization, that is, a transition from stimulus to restraining measures. Some investors consider Draghi to be "obsessed" with inflation targeting, who stubbornly scrutinize only certain details of the economic picture, but his caution may be justified given the rather low prices of oil and CPI lagging behind the target by almost a third. As mentioned in the previous article, Draghi will not be in a hurry to blow off the dust from the levers of monetary restraints, and probably will prefer to throw cold water to investors by mentioning the fragility of inflation.
In the Japanese economy, even the fragile inflation is not the case. It shows signs of life but remains extremely sluggish and the Bank of Japan will probably have to announce the extension of ultra low rates and asset purchases at a meeting on Thursday. In this light, the pairs CADJPY and AUDJPY have more room for growth amid a clear demonstration of the intention to move to tightening the banks of Australia and Canada.
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Long USOILUSOIL inventories , In the United States, crude oil inventories last week dropped the most in 10 months.Crude inventories fell 7.6 million barrels in the week to July 7, to 495.35 million barrels. The decline was the biggest since the week ended Sept. 4. it will be a good for USOIL less inventories and strong demand from china, it could support usoil price to rise further. As technically USOIL trading the range of impluse with had a strong support near 43.90 , As dips hold above this level expect oil to continue higher. we don't like t to selling here.
Buy USOIL 45.40/45.10
Target: 47.10/48.40
Stoploss: 44.72
gud luck !
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Oil climbs but how far?Hey guys, here are some thoughts for today :)
So oil prices advanced in the Friday morning and head for the best gains since mid-May thanks to the production cuts in the US underpinning hopes for market rebalance.
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the US oil output fell by 100,000 barrels per day to 9.3 million barrels per day last week while oil production in Libya has reached 1M barrels per day, an informed source told Reuters on Thursday. The prices also benefited from dollar slump.
Market players note signs of a recovery in the North Sea. This, in turn, may mean that those "bearish" sentiments that pushed prices down last week and provoked a serious reduction in net long positions for both grades were not entirely justified.
Another bearish signal may be the strengthening of oil production in Canada, as reported by Financial Times. The country has the third largest oil reserves in the world and able to increase hydrocarbon production, jeopardizing the implementation of the OPEC + agreement aimed at restoring the balance of supply and demand in the oil market. In recent months, Canadian oil companies have reduced capex, but production on old fields will be maintained for at least 18 months.
The Canadian Petroleum Producers Association forecasts an increase in oil production by 270,000 b/d in 2017 and another 320,000 b/d in 2018. The pace of production growth in Canada for several next years may lag behind only the US, said the senior director of the analytical company IHS Markit.
Pound is stable dismissing release of a weak confidence index of British consumers, which fell in June deeper than expected amid parliamentary elections and the beginning of negotiations about the terms of the UK's exit from the European Union. The British are increasingly concerned about their own finances, and for the future of the country's economy. The reading of the indicator in the current month decreased to minus 10 points, the minimum since July 2016, when the British responded to the results of the referendum on Brexit, compared to minus 5 points in May. Dollar futures flattened near 95.50 ahead of the weekend.
Oil: Might have bottomed here, next week the downtrend expiresAs discussed in the KHL chatroom, it is likely that oil has bottomed here, considering the sentiment extreme and the situation in Saudi Arabia, with Mohammed Bin Salman appointed as the next in line for the throne, replacing his uncle: www.bloomberg.com
This is an interesting signal in its own right, maybe signaling a bottom, which Tim West pointed out as logical. Sentiment is very negative, with analysts claiming oil is basically a 'worthless commodity'...do your own due diligence.
Good luck!
Ivan Labrie.
Medium-term Bearish Gartley on EURGBP (250 pips)Hey all, I've mapped out the potential completion of a bearish bat pattern that should signal a reversal for this particular pair. I'm setting the entry just beneath the 0.786 level of the larger Fibonacci retracement so that the movement can be confirmed to be reversing. Following the entry, we have 3 potential target areas that the price might be headed towards: The first is derived from a strong monthly S&R level and the 0.236 level of the smaller Fibonacci retracement. The second area is the one that I'm hoping the price will hit simply because it combines both local Fibonacci retracements as well as a solid enough daily S&R level. The third target area is a bit of a long-shot but it does feature several significant points of interest so I'm including it here as a potential bonus.
Setup
Entry: 0.86987
TP: 0.86639, 0.85562, 0.84880
SL: 0.87192 (This might be a little too tight for some people, so you can just set it above the D leg completion if you want)
Oil Long - Post OPEC Groin KickIn a previous chart 'OIl Rangebound - 45.62-50.37' I targeted a 50.4 upside and assumed that prices may stay ranged in that overall zone; but prices broke above; so my next 'Kitchen Sink' chart looked at 50.4 as a buy level; but prices broke hard back down below. So... I do not think that the upside was a false upthrust, I believe that prices are pivoting the 50.4 level until a larger breakout occurs, which I believe will be to the upside. After much excitement of my last buy level at 50.4 being reached it was soon thwarted by a swift kick in the groin by OPEC and I saw my long entries stopped out. Never makes for a fun day... Based on weekly levels (discussed in the 'Oil - Rangebound' chart, I believe oil was in a 45.6-52.40 range; however during the past 2 weeks prices have seen significant bounces on a weekly level at 45.6 and 48.21 (both major weekly inflections from 2008 and 2015) - I will repost the weekly chart discussing those long term weekly inflections later this weekend. Following yesterday's drop, if prices had remained near the 48.21 level, I would likely have been short minded still looking possibly for the 46-47 level; however, as we saw a significant bounce at the 48.21 level on high volume; I believe that yesterday's ugly drop was just a correction and that weekly markup will continue to the upside. As we have FOMC likely raising interest rates mid-June, I am guessing that prices will remain in sideways consolidation potentially between 49.01-51.60, potentially 52.80 level. The next few week's EIA reports and DX sentiment heading into FOMC will of course have a large impact on these coming swings.
Trade Setup:
Buy/LongL 49.01-49.65
TP1: 51.25
TP2: 52.40
SL: Still working on this; please reference the Potential Spring zone and lower demand zone
I would expect that prices continue up to test the 8/9 MA level and possibly 50.4 level prior to heading back down to the entry zone, we'll see next week. I'm still shaking of last weeks bumps and bruises; and patiently waiting for the next opportunity. Again, I will update this later with the weekly levels used from 2008 and 2015, it is quite interesting to me how significant they still are.
Have a great weekend and happy trading next week all!
Possible Short opportunity - riskyThe UK Brent seem to have met some resistance from both a horizontal resistance and resistance from downward channel.
T here is a OPEC meeting 25th May to see if they should extent the production cut 9 more months for its members. You should not trade before this meeting , but rather see the development after the meeting.
Bullish sentiments:
- The members + Russia are all positive to the cut and I expect little to no resistance on this agreement. This will hopefully result reduction in oilstock and push the price higher.
- OPEC have said that they will do whatever it takes to get the oil prices back up.
Are these points enough?
Bearish points/risk:
- US is not part of OPEC and have increased their production. This have resulted in a counter to the OPEC agreement and we have not seen the reduction in oilstocks as many of us expected.
- Even with the initial OPEC agreement on this production cut, the oil price have not seen the gain most of us expected. It have still been on the 45-55 range. What is so much different this time?
So, if they are able to extend the deal, this might not trigger any big movements to the upside. Might be a little move for a day. But I would expect it to revert and stabalize shortly. If there would be some kind of "hiccup" we could see more risk on the downside. Combined with the technical signals, this might be a good SHORT, but trade with caution on this one!
USOIL: WTI Still strong ahead of Opec meet tomorrowUSOIL: WTI - still moving ahead in front of Opec meeting tomorrow - suggest staying long up to just before the meeting and seeing where WTI is lying at that point, looking to close down into final spurt of strength if we see it and then getting set for a short if the oppoertunity presents itself as per comment
Oil Long - Kitchen Sink ChartI apologize for the messy chart; I'd prefer to publish a cleaner view but have a busy weekend so you'll get a glimpse inside my crazy charting mind with all of my notes... So, just zoom in to the TP area of the charity you're not interested in the rest!
A couple of weeks ago I'd anticipated prices staying contained in the 45.6-50.4 daily trading range but last week pressed just above that level without any hints of selling; so I now anticipate that prices will see buying up to solidify 50.4 support through this weeks OPEC meeting; but... anticipate a cap on prices and likely decline with FOMC only a few weeks away and the USD will likely see strength. I'd imagine the fast few weeks volatility will continue for the next few weeks.
Trade Entry: Buy/Long 50.47-49.97
SL: 49.50
TP1: 51.60
TP2: 52.40
As always, I advise taking partial profits at the first TP.
Good trading all!
OIL LONG: Clear reversalIn my opinion this is a clear reversal on 4 major indicators;
1. 200DMA
2. RSI usually reverses around 30 when the price is retracing and not crashing (our case)
3. MACD bullish reversal
4. STOCH RSI bottomed for a week now.
Furthermore, the general environment for oil is good with OPEC talks about extension cuts (even rumours are good to make profits) as well as the trump administration.
NGAS : Short Setup towards $2.50 and belowEnergy is very difficult to trade under present OPEC situation.
Yet formation of structure is such that it tends to break down after Zigzag consolidation in form of ABC towards 61.8%.
Look for bounce towards 3.2 as wave (2) advancing towards below 3$ in form of wave (3). I believe this completes the cycle by approaching $2.5 in five wave structure.
Take your entry wisely with perfect money management.
energy trades and OPEC can burn your accounts.
Trade your own plan
Happy Trading
Oil: Potential bullish scenarioI think there is a fair chance that oil breaks out, maybe due to fears of war in the Middle East? Maybe due to OPEC extending production cuts, or maybe a bit of both, paired with Trump's comments of wanting a weaker dollar. I think energy positions are a good hold, and even a good chance to add to many, like $OXY, $PBR, $MPC, $PBF, to name a few.
Keep an eye out for the breakout here, if it's confirmed, $XLE will shine surely.
This would play nicely with Saudi Arabia's Aramco IPO as well, which makes a lot of sense to me.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
Long term view on Crude OilHere is a simple look at my long term view on oil, which lines up relatively well with my expectation for the S&P. As you can see, on the weekly chart, it had appears that we had broken out, but we kept retesting that breakout level as support without getting any really solid bounce. Finally, we broke down into the previous trading channel again and went straight for the bottom of that channel. My shorter term view is that we may drop some early this week (4/3/2017) but ultimately we retest the top of that channel once more, now as resistance again, which is around the $53 level. Following this touch, oil should head back down to the bottom of the channel but this time with a clear and heavy break, sending oil quickly to $45. We will likely move slowly down/sideways until mid/late October of 2017 when I expect the speed of the drop to pick up significantly, ultimately breaking down below the previous low and making a new 16 year low below $25, maybe as low as the $22's. This drop is also reasonable from a fundemental perspective given the continued oversupply of oil to the market and the U.S. attempting to gain a bigger share of the oil market with 2017 production expected to increase. The most resent rig count of 662 has basically doubled from a year ago when at the end of April 2016 the rig count was just 332. That coupled with lesser regulations under the Trump administration. In addition, another OPEC cut decision is expected to come as early as July of 2017 but if that falls through, it could be yet another catalyst for lower oil. We are looking for this next drop to be slightly lower than the previous low. After this is accomplished, I expect a new uptrend in oil to begin, leading oil to the mid $70's again.