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WTI Futures Trading Just Above Recent Lows

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WTI futures traded lower last week and the contract is currently trading just above its recent lows. Price has breached key support at the 50-day EMA, at $81.05. The clear breach of this average strengthens a short-term bearish theme and highlights scope for a deeper correction. This has opened $76.07, the Mar 11 low. Key resistance and the bull trigger has been defined at $86.97, the Apr 12 high. Initial firm resistance is at $84.46, the Apr 26 high. Gold is in consolidation mode. A bearish condition remains intact. The precious metal has recently traded through the 20-day EMA and this highlights a corrective cycle. A continuation lower would signal scope for an extension towards $2250.3, the 50-day EMA. Note that a short-term bear cycle is allowing a significant overbought condition to unwind. Key resistance and the bull trigger is at $2431.5, the recent Apr 12 high.


  • WTI Crude up $0.22 or +0.28% at $78.73
  • Natural Gas down $0.04 or -1.96% at $2.154
  • Gold spot down $8.92 or -0.38% at $2315.61
  • Copper down $2.5 or -0.54% at $459.05
  • Silver down $0.21 or -0.76% at $27.2405
  • Platinum down $3.41 or -0.36% at $956.04
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