CRUDE OIL ANALYSIS & TALKING POINTS
- The place to subsequent for OPEC+?
- USD appears to NFP for steerage on Fed financial coverage.
- Overbought zone on each WTI and Brent may point out draw back to return?
CRUDE OIL FUNDAMENTAL BACKDROP
WTI crude oil and Brent crude oil stay elevated at vital ranges final seen in mid-April pushed by anticipated manufacturing cuts from OPEC+ which is scheduled to happen on the OPEC+ Joint Ministerial Monitoring committee assembly on Friday this week. If an extension is introduced, crude oil costs are prone to keep round these improved ranges whereas decreased provide in different areas together with Nigeria and Canada have supported may increase any upside.
The current CFTC report beneath reveals lengthy positioning on Brent crude oil growing and corroborating current value motion.
ICE BRENT CRUDE OIL CFTC POSITIONING – TOTAL OVERNIGHT INTEREST
Supply: Refinitiv
In the present day’s miss on Chinese language manufacturing PMI (Caixin) which has now slipped into contractionary territory has weighed on crude oil costs and has raised considerations across the Chinese language financial system. Later at present (see financial calendar beneath), US ISM manufacturing PMI’s and JOLTS information will come into focus with the latter giving analysts some perception into the roles market forward of Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) launch. The ‘comfortable touchdown’ rhetoric has been gaining traction of current post-core PCE final week and serves as a supportive issue for crude oil costs as recessionary fears have been minimized. Weaker labor numbers could have a moderating affect on the USD thus opening up additional upside for crude oil and vice versa. The weekly API crude inventory change determine will spherical off the US buying and selling session for crude oil with oil bulls awaiting one other drop.
ECONOMIC CALENDAR (GMT +02:00)
Supply: DailyFX financial calendar
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
ICE BRENT CRUDE OIL DAILY CHART
Chart ready by Warren Venketas, TradingView
Key resistance ranges:
- $90.00
- $87.45
Key help ranges:
- $85.00
- $82.38
WTI CRUDE OIL DAILY CHART
Chart ready by Warren Venketas, TradingView
Key resistance ranges:
- $83.49
- $82.00
Key help ranges:
- $77.30
- 200-day MA
Value motion on the every day ICE Brent and WTI crude oil charts above have each buying and selling inside the overbought area as measured by the Relative Energy Index (RSI), and above the 200-day shifting common (blue). Whereas there’s nonetheless room for extra upside, I forecast some consolidation that could possibly be prompted by basic dynamics talked about above within the week to return. Contemplating the present key space of confluence, merchants could also be cautious as to their buying and selling bias and stay cautious heading into one other huge information week.
IG CLIENT SENTIMENT: BULLISH
IGCS reveals retail merchants are NET SHORT on Crude Oil, with 56% of merchants at present holding quick positions (as of this writing). At DailyFX we usually take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment leading to a short-term upside disposition.
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