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WTI Price Analysis: Crude drops below $60 after head-and-shoulders breakdown

  • WTI drops below $60 to hit the lowest since Feb. 22. 
  • The hourly chart shows scope for a deeper decline. 

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude, a North American oil benchmark, printed a low of $59.86 soon before press time, having confirmed a head-and-shoulders (H&S) breakdown, a bearish reversal pattern, on the hourly chart on Monday. 

Oil could drop further, as the H&S breakdown has opened the doors for $59.13 (target as per the measured move method). 

The case for a deeper pullback looks strong, with the daily chart flashing a bearish Doji reversal pattern. Further, the 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) is diving out of a sideways channel in favor of the bears. 

Acceptance above the 200-hour Simple Moving Average at $61.55 would invalidate the bearish view. 

Hourly chart

Trend: Bearish

Technical levels

WTI

Overview
Today last price59.68
Today Daily Change-0.68
Today Daily Change %-1.13
Today daily open60.36
 
Trends
Daily SMA2059.4
Daily SMA5054.3
Daily SMA10048.46
Daily SMA20044.24
 
Levels
Previous Daily High62.82
Previous Daily Low59.89
Previous Weekly High63.72
Previous Weekly Low58.81
Previous Monthly High63.72
Previous Monthly Low51.6
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%61.01
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%61.7
Daily Pivot Point S159.23
Daily Pivot Point S258.09
Daily Pivot Point S356.3
Daily Pivot Point R162.16
Daily Pivot Point R263.95
Daily Pivot Point R365.09

Author

Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole

FXStreet Contributor

Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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