Crude Oil UP ah!For the past month or so, been talking about higher Crude prices in the making. Here we are closer to that...
The Weekly chart closed at a monthly high, and with such gusto that it is the most bullish looking candle in the past 6 weeks! This came after many indications and warnings from weekly candlestick patterns and daily technicals as outlined previously in the last couple of weeks.
So, now the weekly technical indicators are showing a bullish turn.
The daily chart have a late week Crude Oil price spike, that is meeting a gap resistance, and the coming week should break through... this is supported by the RPM and MACD technicals.
125 then 155... and this is an off-cycle surge, so am expecting a quick surge really.
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Oil Volatility - Trading the ChannelOil is moving higher in a $10-20 channel for the past 3 months.
The respect of the downside trendline support in the past few weeks has led to a reliable rally if we hold lows.
The similar situation on the topside with multiple rallies above 110 failing in recent weeks. The current strategy is to follow Oil from downside to topside support and resistance and vice versa.
Once a big support or resistance holds the turnaround has been clean and once Oil starts to move its becomes fairly aggressive in that new direction.
This means use a stop and more importantly TP on every trade as the reversals are so sharp you can not manually exit at the right level.
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Oil Huge Trendline Support Held for nowThe big consolidation wedge from the last 12 months continues to support on the downside and so far capped topside. As we bounce here we look for key resistances levels and different scenarios.
Buy Level #1 pullback to this zone 100.538 - 101.419
Buy Level #2 R/S Flip of 102.827 and holding of 50EMA (red line)
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WTI @ Crispy PotatoThe forecast for week 2 of May 2022 is a higher probability of Bulls.
This assessment in no way considered financial advice.
The week produced a Bull candle with a solid finish to the week because there is a teeny small tail at the top. During the week, there was a Bear move attempt but it was rejected. The candle did close above the previous week's high, this increases the probability of a Bull candle this week. The volume was still decent but marginally down from the previous week, although the candle body was decent, so easy gains for little trading indicate demand. The OBV has begun to trend upward. The probability is for the Bulls this Week chart.
Onto the Day Chart, the candles Mon and Tues were minimal and dormant, Wed it burst into life sparking a movement, and it broke a weak down-trending resistance line. The Bull candles continued on Thur and Fri with an increase in volume. With that resistance line now broken the Bull will have to challenge the next two horizontal points at 116 and 125. The OBV is trending upward, another piece of pieces of evidence that pretty much gives a clean sweep for a Bull week.
Crude Oil continues upward momentumAs projected previously, Crude Oil prices are spiking and momentum continue to suggest that it is on track, and just might accelerate.
Weekly chart closed with bullish momentum pattern and above average of the recent weeks. Long lower tails and close near the weekly tops suggest bullish momentum (also picking up?)
The daily chart is now holding above a consolidation range, and technicals support the upward push to the next higher level. Closing above 120 will firmly put 165 in the target zone.
⭐️BRENT: forecast for May 2-May 6➡️ The volatility of the oil market remains high, which is due to the aggravation of the energy crisis in Europe against the backdrop of the first precedents for stopping the supply of Russian hydrocarbons to some EU countries.
The Wall Street Journal news agency reported yesterday that German officials withdrew their objections to a total embargo on Russian energy supplies, asking only for time to find alternative suppliers. Recall that the position of Germany was the main obstacle to the introduction of such an embargo in the EU. The United States and Great Britain have already refused to buy Russian oil. The change in the rhetoric of German representatives was a reaction to the suspension of natural gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria, since these countries refused to pay for deliveries in rubles. This raised concerns that the Russian Federation could stop deliveries to other European countries. Meanwhile, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday that Russia's oil production could fall by 17% this year due to sanctions. Market participants seriously admit that a very likely decision on a complete embargo on the supply of Russian energy resources may provoke a shock scenario, as a result of which the shortage of oil and petroleum products on the world market will increase to 3 million barrels per day.
This news background completely offset the prevailing effect on prices, which was previously caused by concerns about the prospects for global economic growth due to anti-COVID restrictions in China. Investors are concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in Beijing, which could force the Chinese government to impose a general lockdown on the city. The prolonged lockdown in Shanghai, China's largest city and commercial hub, has already weighed on the oil market, undermining demand expectations.
Considering all of the above, it is most likely more profitable to hold oil longs. Technical analysis just supports this rhetoric. The chart shows two long entry points. The conservative target for this week is the 110$ level, it makes sense to also consider the 115$ level.
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USOIL Potential for Bearish Dip | 28th AprilWe are expecting price to dip from sell entry level of 102.73 in line with 50% fibonacci retracement towards the take profit level of 97.82 in line with 61.8% fibonacci retracement and 61.8% fibonacci projection . Our bearish bias is further supported by price trading below Ichimoku cloud indicator.
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BRENT CRUDE OIL BULLISH PREDICTIONSBoth WTI and BRENT Crude Oil benchmarks rose in price on Tuesday (26th of April) after China announced that it will support its economy in case of a lockdown and the fears of diminishing demand have been eased.
If the rally continues it will most likely test its previous high at 109.5, in the opposite scenario, the price might test its support at 99.3
MACD and RSI are showing a slow down of the bullish trend from the last few hours, but with eased lack of demand fears the price might return its momentum.
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Bearish WTIHello Traders
On Saturday I posted this idea already
The price did not break out of the big triangle yet (as I mentioned in the last idea), but there is a smaller triangle I did not mention where the price did break out last week. Friday night the price was testing the triangle resistance and pushed down. Yesterday it broke out off the bearish flag and is now testing the resistance at 9700 again, plus a hidden bearish divergence on H1 has emerged.
It looks like the price will close under the H1 100 EMA. If, then there is a big chance for more downside momentum. A close below the big triangle bottom will give more downside pressure till 8800 maybe till 7600 if it breaks through the support at 8800.
Here are some fundamentals:
- Chinese Covid woes. The lockdown in Shanghai (China’s largest city) is putting a
cloud over oil’s demand prospects.
- US production is expected to slowly but surely increase over the coming months.
Traders should continue to monitor global inventory levels, production and the situation in Shanghai.
Good trades!
USOIL: Divergence in the slow stochastics (monthly)We have already seen about 25% decline from the $130 top in March 2022.
However looking at the monthly chart, we might be in the middle of further decline.
Notice the divergence of slow stochastics indicated in the chart, so we should be aware of further risk of decline with a strong support around $65 area.
2 interesting facts as of today:
- Interestingly MACD of weekly charts of Crude Oil Inverse ETFs, say HOD, are showing a possibility of trend change.
- Crude Oil future contracts are in backwardation. (Yahoo! finance would be a nice tool to see this.)
Historical oil movementLet's be practical.
4 times ONLY since 2008 projection of downside was above $50 of movement as a true possibility.
2008
2014
2018
2020
And now.
Connecting weekly lows many times is underestimated by traders.
Shoring USOIL from the weekly breakout down December 2019 allowed swing traders to enjoy tens of dollars of movement within a week to weeks.
During July 2008, close to $100 down was a catch made by traders in just 8 weeks.
Oil at current levels is overpriced and stretched.
Currently, a weekly close below highlighted square area currently ongoing, would confirm very high probability of similar downside potential as the previous 4 times 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2020.
A rising wedge pattern stretched over a year of movement, which is bearish, appears on chart.
2 horizontal levels of 38, 63 are realistic targets within weeks.
Fundamental support to the simple technical idea shown is Joe Biden suggesting 1 Million barrels a day in supply.
Major oil corporations also hold similar capabilities (Canada, Gulf area).
Do your own research and make a calculated decision if you decide to trade the idea.
Thank you.
WTI OIL is correcting. Continue to fall or new rally ahead?A month ago when WTI Oil was testing historic Highs due to the escalation of the Ukraine - Russia war, I called for the need to pull-back to the 1D MA50 (blue trend-line):
That day turned out to be the market top (to this date) and Oil did pull-back to the 1D MA50. In fact after the first 1D MA50 test (and hold), the price rebounded but only managed to make a Lower High and eventually got rejected back towards the 1D MA50 again, which held (so far) for the 2nd time. It is obvious that as long as it holds, it makes a stronger case for a new rebound. If that breaks above the prior Lower High/ Resistance of 117.00, then we can claim that the long-term bullish trend will be extended and in the next 3 months we will see successive Higher Highs. The basis for this, as I also analyzed on my March 08 analysis, is the similarities of the past 6 months of Oil's price action with the September 2020 - March 2021 sequence.
On the other hand, if the 1D MA50 fails and a 1D candle closes below it, WTI should seek the next Resistance Zone which consists of the Prior High of 85.50 and the 1D MA200 (orange trend-line), which is currently at 80.75. A closing below the 1D MA200, could open the way to a new Bear Cycle.
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Skyrocketing Oil Prices Spark Fears Of A Global RecessionBuyers in the West are shunning Russian oil, sparking fears of a potential supply shortage.
Some experts are warning that pulling Russian oil off the market could result in a global economic downturn.
"Every recession in the past 50 years has been preceded by an oil price spike, and it is déjà vu all over again.”
The more Russian oil supply comes off the market in the coming months, the higher the chances of a global recession later this year, economists and analysts have started to warn since Russia invaded Ukraine a month ago.
The latest warning came this week from two economists from the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Should a large part of Russia's energy exports remain off the market throughout this year, a global economic downturn seems unavoidable, Lutz Kilian and Michael D. Plante wrote in an analysis on Tuesday. The analysis also warned that this slowdown could be more protracted than the 1991 recession following the oil supply shock from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
This oil supply shock crisis is different from previous ones because it's not the result of a war in a major-oil producing country but rather the refusal of many banks to back transactions in Russian oil, Dallas Fed economists noted.
Buyers, especially in the West, are shunning trade with Russian oil, tanker rates for Russian destinations shot up to record levels, also because of the war premium for vessels in the Black Sea. Then there is mounting public pressure on companies not to involve themselves with the Russian oil cargo trade anymore. Such was the case with supermajor Shell, which was slammed for buying a cargo from Russia and later apologized for this as it announced it would immediately stop all spot purchases of Russian crude and shut its service stations, aviation fuels, and lubricants operations in Russia.
Oil tanker rates for Russian destinations rose to record levels, reflecting public pressure on oil companies to avoid purchasing Russian oil, fear of official sanctions on Russian energy exports at a later date and attacks on vessels in the Black Sea. This outcome was largely unanticipated, as U.S. and European Union sanctions originally deliberately excluded Russian energy exports," the Dallas Fed's economists wrote.
There's a general consensus among analysts that soon, around 3 million barrels per day (bpd) of Russian oil may not make it to the market.
"If the bulk of Russian energy exports is off the market for the remainder of 2022, a global economic downturn seems unavoidable. This slowdown could be more protracted than that in 1991," Kilian and Plante say.
Since there isn't much that other oil producers can offer in terms of immediate supply, and the two countries with enough spare capacity—Saudi Arabia and the UAE—have so far signaled an unwillingness to fill the gap, a shortage of supply is to be expected.
"Unless the Russian petroleum supply shortfall can be contained, it appears necessary for the price of oil to increase substantially and to remain elevated for a long period to eliminate the excess demand for oil," the economists at the Dallas Fed wrote. "This demand destruction is likely to be assisted by the recessionary effect of higher natural gas prices and other commodity prices, especially in Europe," they added.
Last week, Moody's Analytics said in a report on the Fed's first interest rate hike since the end of 2018 that "Most of our probability of recession models suggest that the odds of a recession in the next 12 months have risen recently."
"Russia's invasion of Ukraine could cause a recession. The principal channel through which it impedes the global economy is energy prices," Chris Lafakis, Director at Moody's Analytics, wrote.
"Every recession in the past 50 years has been preceded by an oil price spike, and it is déjà vu all over again," Lafakis added.
Still, analysts say that recession is not the most likely scenario, but the risks of such a slide in the global economy have risen considerably over the past month since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Russia's war in Ukraine has reshaped the economic outlook, with lower global GDP expected now, but "the world economy has sufficient resilience to avert a recession," IHS Markit said in an analysis on Tuesday.
Recession this year "is not the most likely scenario, but obviously the risks of recession have risen quite considerably," Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday.
"I'd put the risk of recession now in the next 12 months, at least one in three. That's uncomfortably high," Zandi added, but noted that the most likely scenario is slowing growth, not outright recession.
USOIL WTI Crude Oil TrendlineIf you haven`t bought the $94 pullback:
Then you should know that USOIL in on a bullish trendline for this summer.
UBS laid out three reasons for its $125 USOIL this summer:
1. Russian oil exports hurt by sanctions, which will further tighten global supplies.
2. Spare capacity brought in by OPEC is less than 2% of global demand.
3. Global oil demand still heading for record highs with Europeans and Americans returning to normal travel patterns once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
Looking forward to read your opinion about it.
WTI Cude (OIL) BUY TRADE IDEA
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