WTI bulls burst back into life to six-week highs
|- WTI bulls in charge from a critical support area.
- Fundamentally, the US dollar is week and commodities are bid on demand expectations.
Despite the prior rallies this week which has seen the price take on bearish commitments at prior resistance, the bulls have battled on from a shallow 23.6% Fibonacci retracement.
Markets have shrugged off the risk of higher COVID-19 cases in Brazil and India and WTI has added a further 2% on Thursday scoring a six-week high of $65.44.
WTI had corrected from yesterday's highs to a confluence in supporting factors from both a technical and fundamental perspective and has moved higher from down at the $63.67 lows.
The greenback has helped to fuel a bid in the commodity complex of late and hovered near nine-week lows on Thursday on the back of bold spending plans from President Joe Biden.
The Federal Reserve's event was also relatively bullish for markets and coupled with strong US economic data, a fragile greenback as well as the prospects of a recovery in demand, the bulls have taken up the lead for a third straight day.
Additionally, OPEC+ and decided to stick to its plans for a gradual easing of oil production curbs from May to July and will bring back about 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of production over the next three months.
WTI technical analysis
4-hour chart
The price rallied from a 23.6% Fibonacci and 8 EMA confluence on the 4-hour chart where price met structure.
Daily chart
From a daily perspective, however, a restest of the lows could be on the cards in a 38.2% Fib retracement of the daily bullish impulse's range.
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