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Crude Oil Price As Bullish as it Seems?

Commodities / Crude Oil Apr 17, 2018 - 12:35 PM GMT

By: Nadia_Simmons

Commodities

A fresh 2018 high, an unbroken resistance and negative divergence. What does this interesting mix tell us about oil bull’s strength and further increases?

Technical Analysis of Crude Oil


Let's examine the charts below (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).

The first ting that catches the eye on the daily chart is a fresh 2018 peak created on Friday. Is this a positive sign? Yes. Is it bullish? In our opinion, not as bullish as it may seem at the first glance.

Why? Although black gold hit a new peak (only 21 cents higher than Wednesday’s intraday high), it is still trading under the upper border of the green rising trend channel.

Additionally, the shape of Friday’s candlestick doesn’t look encouraging (but only from the buyers’ point of view). For those who read our analysis for the first time, we would like to explain here what spool means for the trend. If this candlestick is drawn on the market, it means that the forces of the bulls and the bears have leveled out, and the market has lost strength for further increases (as in our case) or decreases.

However, the spool formation itself is not a strong prognostic formation. It should usually be confirmed by more candles. If the spool appears in the uptrend, the next black candle should appear to confirm the formation. Will we see it in the coming days?

Bearish Signs on the Horizon

Looking at the volume, such scenario seems very likely, because although light crude hit new high, Friday’s upswing materialized on the smallest volume in whole week, which doesn’t confirm oil bulls’ strength.

On top of that, the CCI and the Stochastic Oscillator climbed to their overbought areas, which suggests that we can see sell signals in the very near future. Additionally, there is also a bearish divergence between the price of black gold and the CCI, which increases the probability of reversal in the very near future.

Therefore, we still think that as long as the commodity remains inside the green channel oil bulls may have problems with further rally.

Potential Upside Targets

At this point, it is also worth noting that even if they manage to push black gold above this first resistance, the space for gains seems limited. Why?

From the long-term perspective, we see that the nearest resistance zone is not far from yesterday’s closing price (around $70-$72.36) and is created by 3 important levels: the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement based on the entire 2008-2016 downward move, the 50% retracement based on the 2011-2016 downward move and the barrier of $70.

Elliott Waves Theory and Black Gold in April

This means that even if the price of black gold breaks through yesterday's peak, the pro-growth potential is not too big at this moment - especially when we factor in Elliott waves theory. What do we mean by that? Let’s take a look at the chart below.

As you see on the above chart, a potential wave 5 will be equal to the wave 1 around $70, which increases the probability of reversal in this area (in other words, oil bears have one more reason to act in around the next strong resistance zone about which we wrote earlier). Therefore, we decided to wait at the sidelines for more bullish/bearish signals before we open next positions.

Finishing today’s Oil Trading Alert, we would like to point out that if we see another sign of oil bull's weakness (like an invalidation of the breakout above the January high, for example) we will consider opening short positions. We’ll keep our subscribers informed should anything change, or should we see a confirmation/invalidation of the above.

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