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WTI Price Analysis: Bulls consolidate below 50-day SMA near $69.60

  • WTI pares its previous day’s gains and books fresh losses on Thursday.
  • Bulls consolidate near the $69.00 level making it a crucial level to trade.
  • Momentum oscillator holds onto the oversold zone with bullish crossover.

WTI prices rose on Wednesday after three days of continuous fall but failed to preserve the strength and surrenders some of their gains in Thursday's Asian session.

At the time of writing, WTI is trading at $69.13, down 0.05% for the day.

WTI daily chart

On the daily chart,  WTI remains under pressure below 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at 70.05 since September 2.

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator trades in the oversold zone. Any downtick in the MACD could further correct the prices toward the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level, which extends from the low of $61.79 at $68.24.

Next, bears would aim at the September 1 low at $67.01. 

If prices closed below the mentioned level, then it would find support at the 50.0% Fibonacci retracement level at $65.97

Alternatively, if prices are able to push above 50-day SMA, then the first upside target for the bulls would appear at $70.00.

Next, WTI would attempt to meet the high made on August 3 at $71.57.

A daily close above the mentioned level would further encourage WTI bulls to recapture the $72.50 horizontal resistance level.

WTI additional levels

WTI

Overview
Today last price69.06
Today Daily Change-0.13
Today Daily Change %-0.19
Today daily open69.19
 
Trends
Daily SMA2067.35
Daily SMA5069.71
Daily SMA10068.6
Daily SMA20062.29
 
Levels
Previous Daily High69.56
Previous Daily Low68.14
Previous Weekly High70.44
Previous Weekly Low67.02
Previous Monthly High73.54
Previous Monthly Low61.73
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%69.02
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%68.68
Daily Pivot Point S168.37
Daily Pivot Point S267.55
Daily Pivot Point S366.95
Daily Pivot Point R169.78
Daily Pivot Point R270.38
Daily Pivot Point R371.2


 

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Rekha Chauhan

Rekha Chauhan

Independent Analyst

Rekha Chauhan has been working as a content writer and research analyst in the forex and equity market domain for over two years.

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