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Oil Price Analysis: WTI trades in three-week’s highs near $26.50 a barrel

  • Oil is well supported after Trump gives hope for a Saudi-Russian deal. 
  • The level to beat for buyers is the 28.00 resistance.
 

WTI daily chart

 
WTI is jumping from multi-year lows following the US President Trump’s tweet of yesterday (Thursday) suggesting a Saudi-Russian deal was on the pipeline.
 

WTI four-hour chart

 
WTI is attempting to break from the range of the last weeks while holding above the 24.00 level and the 50/100 SMAs on the four-hour chart as a breakout above the 28.00 handle can introduce scope to further gains towards $32.00 a barrel. Support is seen near the 24.00, 22.00 and 20.00 levels. 
 

Additional key levels

WTI

Overview
Today last price
28.75
Today Daily Change
2.51
Today Daily Change %
9.57
Today daily open
26.24
 
Trends
Daily SMA20
27.45
Daily SMA50
41.43
Daily SMA100
50.23
Daily SMA200
53.13
 
Levels
Previous Daily High
29.01
Previous Daily Low
22.57
Previous Weekly High
25.85
Previous Weekly Low
21.19
Previous Monthly High
48.74
Previous Monthly Low
20.57
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%
26.55
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%
25.03
Daily Pivot Point S1
22.87
Daily Pivot Point S2
19.5
Daily Pivot Point S3
16.43
Daily Pivot Point R1
29.31
Daily Pivot Point R2
32.37
Daily Pivot Point R3
35.74

Author

Flavio Tosti

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

 

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