Crude Oil Elliott Wave IdeaUpdate to this idea
Slight variation as I noticed that when price bounced from 5400 levels it was the 0.5 retracement of the yellow wave 1 I have shown.
If it is a wave 2 retracement at 5400 level then we may have had wave 3 early in the week post Saudi attack and already completed wave 4 at 5765.
There appears to be an ABCD pattern pointing towards 67 and the .618 extension of wave 3 is at 6560.
If price breaks below 5743 it invalidates this count (wave 4 crossing wave 1) and may indicate that the high 6330 was the end of wave C, not wave 3, a drop back towards 50 may happen in that case.
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Crude Oil Elliott Wave IdeaUpdate on this idea >
Looks like an ABC completed at the $63 high and now moving down it what appears to be a well defined channel.
If my current count is correct then the 1.618 extension is at $50,58 which could present a triple bottom to complete wave C of X(2), then upward to complete wave Z back near $63, or higher.
Oil Will Be Forced To Breakout - Will It Be To The Upside?Support and resistance are converging for brent oil . In the coming days, it will be forced to break out either to the upside or downside. Subsequently, a strong trending phase could ensue. Following the volatility after the Saudi attack last month, brent oil retraced back to prior support around $57.40, as shown in the chart.
Support around this area comes not only from identifying it as a prior support level but also from a Fibonacci extension of the final upward swing in the prior move to the upside shown by the yellow Fibonacci levels. The range was derived from the 4-hourly chart, which shows the final swing more clearly.
The price range between the low labelled A and the high labelled B is divided by significant Fibonacci ratios. The 2.618 level coincides very closely with the prior support level . The market has already found support from both the green horizontal level and the yellow 2.618 level.
The white box represents the horizontal support zone established between the green line and the 2.618 extension level. Also in the chart, a Fibonacci/Speed fan is constructed from the range between point X and point Y. Notice that the 0.25 trendline acts as falling resistance for most of the downtrend from X. The market did break above the 0.25 trendline for a short period, but has fallen back below. The price is currently enclosed in a triangle formed by the support zone below and the falling trendline from above. This triangle will end soon, forcing the market to break one of these barriers.
Breaking through one of these barriers will probably have a significant effect on price action for some time. Breaking below the support zone could give the market enough momentum to take prices much lower.
On the other hand, breaking above the 0.25 trendline could give bulls the boost they need to reverse the entire trend. It’s important to watch which barrier is broken in the next few days, but also the manner in which it is broken. The strength of the breakout could suggest the strength of the trend which will follow.
Oil Will Be Forced To Breakout - Will It Be To The Upside?Support and resistance are converging for brent oil. In the coming days, it will be forced to break out either to the upside or downside. Subsequently, a strong trending phase could ensue. Following the volatility after the Saudi attack last month, brent oil retraced back to prior support around $57.40, as shown in the chart.
Support around this area comes not only from identifying it as a prior support level but also from a Fibonacci extension of the final upward swing in the prior move to the upside shown by the yellow Fibonacci levels. The range was derived from the 4-hourly chart, which shows the final swing more clearly.
The price range between the low labelled A and the high labelled B is divided by significant Fibonacci ratios. The 2.618 level coincides very closely with the prior support level. The market has already found support from both the green horizontal level and the yellow 2.618 level.
The white box represents the horizontal support zone established between the green line and the 2.618 extension level. Also in the chart, a Fibonacci/Speed fan is constructed from the range between point X and point Y. Notice that the 0.25 trendline acts as falling resistance for most of the downtrend from X. The market did break above the 0.25 trendline for a short period, but has fallen back below. The price is currently enclosed in a triangle formed by the support zone below and the falling trendline from above. This triangle will end soon, forcing the market to break one of these barriers.
Breaking through one of these barriers will probably have a significant effect on price action for some time. Breaking below the support zone could give the market enough momentum to take prices much lower.
On the other hand, breaking above the 0.25 trendline could give bulls the boost they need to reverse the entire trend. It’s important to watch which barrier is broken in the next few days, but also the manner in which it is broken. The strength of the breakout could suggest the strength of the trend which will follow.
Crude Oil Elliot Wave IdeaAn update to this idea >
The triangle appears to have broken out to the upside and if the sideways movement between 13th August high of 57,43$ and 3rd September low of 52,87$ was wave 2 then we could be in for a big move upwards towards 63,99$ (1.618 extension).
Breaking the high at 58,79$ is critical to this theory.
Crude Oil Elliott Wave IdeaFollow up on this idea on smaller timeframe >
Since the bounce from 5482$ there appears to be another 5 waves up from that low to 5726$, hitting the .382 extension perfectly. May now see another mini correction before another new high.
A break below 5481$ would invalidate this idea.
Crude Oil Elliott Wave IdeaA theory that all this sideways trading since we hit the 5740$ high in mid August has been a complex correction to the move up from 5050$.
C wave may have finished at 5280$ and if we completed 5 impulse waves up from that low to yesterdays high at 5770$ then we may see a correction before another move up and a new high.
Brent Crude Breakout?Awaiting for the close to confirm this breakout. Of course this would be a trade. I am still of the opinion that a recession is coming (or we are already in one) and oil will struggle. Really only geopolitics can change that.
However, on Brent crude, we had a downtrend and failed to make more lower lows. Indicating that the buyers were stepping in and the trend was changing.
We appear to be getting a confirmed break above this resistance level. Just awaiting the close.
There is a flip zone at the 64.10 zone so watch how price reacts there.Otherwise 65 may be in the cards.
Brent's Blue MAGIC channelwas looking at the set up for a while and found this nice Blue MAGIC channel for Brent's - see the chart. So, we are in the downward looking channel, that we have gone out and returned back to. usually, in that situation I would expect to reach the upped bound of this channel. hence, we are going towards 63.6-.8 on Brent (LONG) and what's higher I would see as a nice SHORT opportunity. the same is seen on WTI.