USOIL The Economist: "Ukrainian officials say their encounters with Mr Trump’s team are so confusing that they have been watching documentaries for clues about his negotiation style." LOL, I recommend watching Sesame Street. 🧸
WTI I betcha the market makers will eventually drop again and widely consolidate as part of the retrace to "shake down" many stubborn sellers from the tree before they're ready to go back up in a big way.
WTI Trading Tip: I've identified a variety of alphabet patterns that show up at Swing Highs and Swing Lows, based on Western price action analysis: W (of three types near a Swing Low) M (of three types near a Swing High) m (near a Swing Low and can also form as a pullback) w (near a Swing High and can also form as a pullback) V (rare to see) J-Hook (continuous bullish pattern) Inverse J-Hook (continuous bearish pattern)
Japanese candlestick analysis has its own alphabet patterns: P wave, N wave, and Y wave that shows up regularly on all charts and timeframes.
WTI After the end of a bear run, a bottom reversal pattern will show up for a retrace. But are we nearing the bottom of the descent?
If you look at the Weekly chart, you'll see two Inverse Hammers. That's double confirmation of a reversal pattern to the upside, as long as that bear run has reached a bottom. If it is ready, a retracement move can start, but still take a while to develop on the Weekly.
As for the Hourly, after a Swing Low from a bottom reversal pattern shows up to begin retracing, one of three W-shaped patterns can then form through (wide and narrow) consolidation with the last of the four legs of the "W" shape being the longest for the bullish trend. We'll see if we get a very tall and simple (or tall and complex), W-shaped pattern for the bulls to take the market back up again.