COMMODITIES: Bearish Threat in WTI Futures Present, Tuesday's Gains Mostly Pared
Despite Tuesday’s gains, a bearish threat in WTI futures remains present and the Nov 25 move lower reinforces this theme. A resumption of bearish price action would open $65.74, the Oct 1 low, and $63.90, the Sep 10 low and key support. For bulls, a stronger reversal to the upside would instead refocus attention on the key short-term resistance at $77.04, the Oct 8 high. Initial firm resistance to watch is unchanged at $72.41, the Nov 7 high. Gold continues to trade inside a tight range, for now. The long-term trend condition remains bullish and the Oct 31 - Nov 14 bear leg appears to have been a correction. Moving average studies are in a bull-mode position, highlighting a dominant uptrend. Resistance to watch is $2721.4, the Nov 25 high. Clearance of this level would highlight a bullish short-term development. Key support to monitor is $2536.9, the Nov 14 low.
- WTI Crude up $0.41 or +0.6% at $68.98
- Natural Gas up $0.06 or +2.1% at $3.107
- Gold spot down $4.69 or -0.18% at $2645.24
- Copper up $1.1 or +0.26% at $421.5
- Silver up $0.01 or +0.04% at $31.3132
- Platinum up $7.85 or +0.83% at $948.7