Chart of the day: Crude Oil

Blake Morrow Forex Analytix

The Crude Oil market had a massive breakdown a couple weeks ago when it broke the $64 level. And since then, the market has been in a bearish consolidation, working off overbought condition on the RSI (relative strength index).

The scariest part of the consolidation is twofold. Despite the bounce in stocks (risk) the market has yet been able to recapture the $64.00 level. From a technical perspective, the fact that the Crude Oil market can’t get back above the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement does suggest that it’s only a matter of time before we see a move lower towards the 55.05 level lows.

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Blake Morrow

Forex Analytix

Blake Morrow spent most of his professional career as the Chief Currency Strategist for Wizetrade group for 15 years, and then the Senior Currency Strategist for Ally Financial after the acquisition of Tradeking which owned the Wizetrade Group.

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