Crude Oil Futures: Room for extra losses near term

Pablo Piovano FXStreet

Considering advanced figures from CME Group for crude oil futures markets, traders added around 16.4K contracts to their open interest positions on Tuesday, clinching the third consecutive daily advance. On the other hand, volume resumed the downtrend and dropped by around 133.6K contracts.

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Prices of the WTI started the week on the back foot. Indeed, Tuesday’s moderate pullback was amidst increasing open interest, which is supportive of a deeper retracement in the very near term. That said, the weekly low near the $78.00 mark per barrel (January 19) now emerges as a potential next target fore the commodity.

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Pablo Piovano

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Born and bred in Argentina, Pablo has been carrying on with his passion for FX markets and trading since his first college years.

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