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Friday, August 8, 2014

Crude Oil Technical Update - Trading Back Over 200 Day Moving Average Support



Wednesday’s breakout by the September 14 crude oil contract below 200 day moving average support failed to hold as the market reversed back higher in yesterday’s trade.

After falling to a new 3-month low of 96.55 in early trade on Thursday, buyers came back in rallying the September contract to a 97.34 close, up .42 for the day.

Daily settle back over the 200 day moving average is a bullish signal but the September contract will now need to breakout above the 10 day moving average at 98.65 to turn the trend back higher. 

The 200 day moving average at 97.10 is the first area of support today followed by yesterday’s 96.55 low.  A drop back under yesterday’s low will likely indicate the downtrend has resumed with the next longer term support then becoming the 91.00-92.00 area.

Technical Indicators:  Moving Average Alignment – Neutral-Bearish
                                       Long Term Trend Following Index – Bearish
                                       Short Term Trend Following Index - Bearish

 

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