WTI Price Analysis: 100-SMA, previous hurdle back buyers around $68.00
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- WTI remains sidelined after two-day downtrend, defends bounce off short-term key supports.
- Steady RSI adds to the bullish bias amid sustained trading beyond important supports.
WTI seesaws around $68.10, after a two-day downtrend, during Thursday’s Asian session.
In doing so, the oil benchmark defends the previous day’s U-turn from 100-SMA and the resistance-turned-support from August 06 amid steady RSI.
Given the quote’s ability to stay firmer beyond the short-term important support levels, WTI prices should recover.
However, a clear upside break of 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of July 30 to August 23, around $69.25, becomes necessary for the buyers to retake controls.
Following that, the $70.00 will validate the black gold’s rally towards late July’s peak close to $73.90.
Meanwhile, the stated support line near $67.30 restricts immediate losses of the WTI prices ahead of the 100-SMA level of $67.00.
Also acting as crucial support is the August 09 swing low near $65.00, a break of which will direct bears toward the last month’s low near $61.70.
WTI: Four-hour chart
Trend: Recovery expected
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