WTI Crude Oil Technical Analysis and Short-Term Forecast
WTI crude oil rallied again today as called for in the weekly analysis and met the initial $60.8 target. A daily long-legged doji formed, but the pullback from $60.95 on the intra-day charts looks corrective. WTI is still due for a deeper test of support, but with diesel and gasoline prices looking strong again, WTI will be hard-pressed to fall. With these factors considered, near-term odds favor a continued rise and a close above $61.0 will call for a test of $61.9 and possibly $63.2 in the coming days. The $63.2 target is the next most probable stalling point because it is the larger than (1.618) target of the primary wave up from March’s $27.66 contract low.
That said, weekly and daily momentum oscillators remain overbought and the $61.0 objective is an important near-term threshold because it is the equal to (1.00) target of the primary subwave up from $35.0. Should $61.0 hold and prices fall, closing below $58.7 will complete today’s long-legged doji and closing below $57.9 will confirm the pattern. Such a move is doubtful during the next few days. Even so, this would be an early indication that a much more significant test of support is finally underway.
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