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OPEC meeting, breakout of triangleMarket has been narrowing awaiting the OPEC meeting. Trading volume has declined going into tighter trading ranges (red triangle). This is a great example for a symmetric triangle. Breakout direction to be determined.
Also, the greater picture shows a slowing uptrend leading into a very long term triangle. Patience is required.
My bias would be leading to the downside breakout following the OPEC meeting, but I will wait and see.
Either way once braking out I am looking into getting into some short put or call spreads depending on direction
Lookign to test 200 MA and trend belowLooking to test 200 day MA and upsloping trend line in blue for the shorter term.
Overall the market is still in a buy territory, but a test of the 200 day MA might be likely.
Weather concerns for the upcoming fall and winter are not an issue yet. Physical demand as my sources tell me has been more than subdued over the sommer after the end user buying activity in the spring. Longer term the market seems to form a triangle and is looking for guidance. but looks heavy in the short term.
Normally at the blue support line I would recommend selling put spreads or puts, but I am concerned with overall pressure hence I am staying out of it. Maybe some small positions in selling put spreads might be good, but with limited risk IMHO
Rising wedge, but for now running into supportAs we see some support is coming in from our longer term trend channel as well as the lower Bbands.
So far the last three weeks have provided with the expected sideways action once reaching 50.
Selling calls has been the right strategy so far (51, 52 and 53 calls).
At this support I am covering my short calls, but will hold of selling any put spreads to see how the FOMC decision plays out. I would not be surprised to see no rate hike and crude test some downside targets.
For now, neutral, but getting ready to sell some downside put spreads once we breach the support (if we do)
Quite oversold, look for retracement as support is nearExpecting a breather as gold seems quite oversold. Look for overall sideways action for the next 5 to 10 trading days
On a weekly basis, 1200 level marks the middle BBands, hence expecting some support to come in.
Should we break 1200, downside targets of 1120, 110 as well as old lows at 1060
IMHO selling put spreads for the time being might be good to take advantage of the sideways move (or wait and see how it unfolds)
Where is the bottom in crude?Oversold on Bollinger, but Indicator momentum in line with new lows.
I am looking towards the extension of the previous lows this year to get to 34-35 for support, then 33 (old front month low of January 2009)
Until then, more of the effects of the OPEC meeting, which yielded more supply coming on line in the near future.
These levels are not worth shorting (for me at least), but to sit tight and observe until more meaningful things materialize IMHO
NGAS Natural Gas Pitchfork Break DownNGAS Natural Gas Pitchfork Break Down
Natural Gas price has broken down out of its pitchfork channel from the peak of $3.1
Charting further test of support levels at 2.534, 2.471 and 2.437
I'm currently long and will be looking to reduce the average cost of my position by short selling.