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Crude Oil Price Double Top or Further Rally?

Commodities / Crude Oil Feb 19, 2015 - 10:29 AM GMT

By: Nadia_Simmons

Commodities

Trading position (short-term; our opinion): No positions are justified from the risk/reward perspective.

Although crude oil moved lower after the market's open weakened by concerns over the situation in Ukraine and Greece, the commodity rebounded as weaker U.S. dollar supported the price. As a result, light crude gained 1.08% and climbed above an important resistance, but is it as bullish as it seems at the first sight?


Yesterday, after the market's open, the price of crude oil moved sharply lower as growing concerns over the situation in Ukraine and Greece weighed on investrs' sentiment. As a reminder, pro-Russian rebels and government forces continue fight in east Ukraine, dampening hopes that a ceasefire will hold end the conflict. Additionally, talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers broke down on Monday, which fueled worries about demand for oil in a unstable European economy. In response to these circumstances, the commodity dropped to an intraday low of $50.81. Despite this decline, light crude rebounded supported by a weaker greenback, which made the commodity cheaper for holders of other currencies. As result, light crude reversed and climbed above $54, but did this upswing change the very short-term picture? (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).

Looking at the daily chart we see that although crude oil moved sharply lower after the market's open, the commodity rebounded, which resulted in an increase above the upper line of the blue triangle. With this upswing, light crude also climbed above the black resistance line (based on daily closing prices), but as it turned out later in the day, this improvement was only temporary and oil bulls didn't manage to push the commodity higher. As a result, crude oil reversed and slipped below the previusly-broken lines, invalidating a breakout, which is a negative signal. On top of that, yesterday's increase materialized on smaller volume than the previous upswings, which doesn't confirm the strength of the market and makes the breakout above 61.8% Fibonacci retracement less bullish than it seems at the first sight. Additionally, we should keep in mind that crude oil is still trading under the Dec lows and the Feb high of $54.24, which means that the probability of a double top and reversal is still in play. Taking all the above into account, we think that as long as there is no daily close above the upper line of the blue triangle and the black resistance line further rally is doubtful.

Did yesterday's upswing affect the medium-term picture? Let's check.

From this perspective, we see that yesterday's increase resulted in an invalidation of the breakdown under the 76.4% Fibonacci retracement. Although this is a positive sgnal, we saw similar price action in the previous weeks. Back then, despite such improvement, oil bulls didn't manage to push the commodity higher, which resulted in a pullback to the support zone based on Apr 2009 lows. Taking this fact into account, and combining it with the very short-term picture, we still believe that as long as the commodity is trading below $53.13-$54.24 further improvement is questionable and another pullback (in the coming days) is likely.

Summing up, although crude oil moved higher once again, yesterday's increase materialized on smaller volume than the previous upswings, which suggests that oil bulls might getting weaker. Taking this fact into account, and combining it with an invalidation of the breakout above the upper line of the blue triangle and the black resistance line, it seems to us that another pullback from here in the coming days is likely.

Very short-term outlook: mixed
Short-term outlook: mixed
MT outlook: mixed
LT outlook: bullish

Trading position (short-term; our opinion): No positions.

Thank you.

Nadia Simmons

Sunshine Profits‘ Contributing Author

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