Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The weekly chart formed a Crude Oil pullback closing as a bear bar with a prominent tail below. The bears will need to create consecutive bear bars closing near their lows to convince traders that they are back in control. If the market trades lower, the bulls want the 20-week […]
Crude Oil Pullback?
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The weekly chart formed a Crude Oil pullback, closing as a bear doji following last week’s breakout above the bull channel. The bears want a failed breakout above the bull channel and a reversal from a wedge pattern. If the market trades lower (pullback), the bulls want the 20-week EMA […]
Stronger Crude Oil Buying Pressure
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The bulls managed managed to create consecutive bull bars closing near their highs which means stronger Crude Oil buying pressure. They want a retest of the trading range high (Sept 28). The bears need to create consecutive bear bars closing near their lows to convince traders that they are back […]
Crude Oil Bull Leg
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The weekly chart is in a persistent bull channel which could be the start of the Crude Oil bull leg to retest the trading range high. The bears will need to create sustained follow-through selling closing below the 20-week EMA but they have not yet been able to do so. […]
Crude Oil Weak Bull Channel
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The weekly chart is in a Crude Oil weak bull channel. The bulls need to create a strong breakout trading far above the January high to increase the odds of a retest of the trading range high. The bears see the recent sideways to up pullback as forming a wedge […]
No Follow-through Selling in Crude Oil
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures There was no follow-through selling in Crude Oil on the weekly chart, forming an outside bull bar closing near its high. If the bulls can create more follow-through buying, it can swing the odds in favor of the bull leg beginning. The bears see the recent sideways to up pullback […]
Crude Oil ioi Pattern
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The weekly chart formed a Crude Oil ioi pattern (inside-outside-inside), a breakout mode pattern. The bears want a breakout from the ioi pattern and a wedge bear flag with a strong close below the 20-week EMA. If the market trades lower, the bulls want a reversal from a higher low […]
Crude Oil Wedge
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The monthly chart is forming a Crude Oil wedge bear flag. The bulls will need to create a follow-through bull bar closing above the 20-month EMA to increase the odds of the bull leg beginning. The bears want a retest of the December low from a wedge bear flag (Dec […]
Crude Oil Wedge Bear Flag
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The weekly chart formed a Crude Oil wedge bear flag on the weekly chart. The bears will need to create sustained follow-through selling closing below the 20-week EMA to increase the odds of another leg lower. If the market trades lower, the bulls want a reversal from a wedge bull […]
Crude Oil Pullback Phase
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The weekly chart is in the Crude Oil pullback phase which has lasted 10 weeks so far. The bulls need to create sustained follow-through buying above the 20-day EMA and the bear trend line to increase the odds of the bull leg beginning. The bears see the recent sideways to […]