WTI Trading Tip: On the Hourly chart, you can see that the tall bullish candle has strong forces of Support that creates a Zone, from its midline to low - based on Japanese Candlestick Analysis. The bears have to go against this if they want to drop down lower than the tall bullish candle's Support Zone. It's equivalent to a Gap Up as strong Support that keeps price action above the Gap until it gets closed.
WTICOUSD market is buying too much into these new Biden Russian Sanctions, Biden only got 7 days left on office before Trump takes over. If Trump keeps his promise of seeking peace, there will be negotiations and Russia will definitely seek to get rid of all sanctions that were put by the US in the last 2+ years