Technicals | May 26 2021
Bottom Line 25/05/21
Daily Trend: Up
Weekly Trend: Up
Monthly Trend: Up
Support Levels: $57.29 / $51.52 / $44.55 (July 2021 Contract)
Resistance Levels: $78.38 /$88.25 / $99.84
[All prices West Texas crude futures US$/bbl]
Technical Discussion
Reasons to remain bullish longer-term:
→ oversupply a major issue yet this to be balancing in a post-Covid-19 environment
→ bounce off capitulation low in April 2020 has stayed robust to this point
→ Oil price wars between major country producers always remain in play
→ Elliott Wave count remains on track for higher levels being attained
“Price is presently hovering around the 38.2% retracement zone of the previous wave-(iii) move higher. This is very typical for wave-(iv)’s. What is also typical for wave-(iv)’s is that they unfold in a complex way. Generally via a choppy and overlapping flatter type pattern or triangle formation. Right here and now we appear to have an ascending triangle in the making. Yet more immediately price may only be heading higher as part of a wave-b, with a downside wave-c potentially still being on the horizon before our proposed wave-(iv) finally locks in a low.”
The above from our last review, and price action has followed our script very nicely indeed. To the extent that even though we only reviewed the contract last week, how it has performed since has enticed us back to offer up a trading recommendation on the long side tonight (see our trading section below for details).
So with the aforementioned wave-(iv) ascending triangle having potentially completed as an a-b-c pattern, now is the time to start looking for a breakout move higher. With the pattern triggering above $68.04. We also like this opportunity as the bearish divergence from our last review has not only triggered, it has also unwound back to an oversold position. A situation that allows for trading opportunities to come to the fore.
The triangle target post-trigger aligns $78.79, and this will keep our longer-term bullish rhetoric in play for a couple of reasons. Firstly it will see price surpass equality circa $71.00. Which will add substance to the longer-term move off the April 2020 lows being impulsive in nature rather than corrective only. Such a move will also take price above overhead resistance circa $78.38 and confirm that the intermediate upside move off the October 2020 lows is a Wave-3 rather than a Wave-C. A scenario that means longer-term, an overall 5-wave move to the upside is what is unfolding here. Which could eventually see price surpassing the $100.00 zone once again. One step at a time for now.
Trading Strategy
Based on our review tonight, we are going to offer up a trading recommendation on the long side. So trade long at $68.05 (July 2021 contract), with initial stops placed at $61.55. We will manage the position using a trailing stop.
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