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Crude Oil: Welcome to the Bull Market

– The bull relief zone held perfectly.
– Oil prices are up 5.50% for the month and 3.90% for the week.
– Even after very bearish OPEC production reports oil rallies 300 ticks.
– We remain short – mid-term bullish on the commodity

It ´s pretty safe to say that we nailed the bull relief level. The reaction of the 41.30 level was as expected. Short term shorts took profit and mid-term bulls added to their long positions and price soared 300 ticks. Comments from the Saudi Oil Minister about a possible meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC producers to take action to stabilize the markets fueled this rally.

Oil made a new weekly high (44.14) almost hitting our first target at the 44.25 / 50 level. We continue buying dips and are looking for a retest of the 42.50 level to go long again. As stated before, technically speaking we haven ´t hit our first long targets yet so we believe that a small retracement to the 43.30 level during the European session could ignite a short term rally to those targets.

We are closely monitoring price and if we don ´t get that deep 50% retracement we will look for a break of the 44.50 level for a run at our second targets at 46.80.

Let ´s have a look at this Fibonacci cycle too. Price rallied from the August lows then bounced from the 50% stopping at the 113% extension. If the cycle continues we would expect a bounce off the pivotal 42.50 level which is also the 50% of the first leg of the cycle.

08-12-2016-WTI

Orlando Gutierrez

Orlando Gutierrez

Orlando has been involved in the markets for about six years starting up as a retail trader and now is the Head Trader at www.snipethetrade.com. Orlando has mentored a vast amount of beginner traders and sent them into the technical analysis of price action path; some of them are now part time traders making a second income for themselves. He has also collaborated with the best trading academies as a Forex Specialist and Currency Analyst. He is a strong believer in passing knowledge around to people that truly care about it, and this is why he still posts market analysis regularly on the biggest trading forums and trading schools.