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WTI Price Analysis: Finds bids around 20-EMA above 85.00

  • Oil prices are displaying a healthy correction after a juggernaut upside move.
  • The black gold has attacked the prior balanced profile placed in an $85.77-90.14 range.
  • A bullish range shift by the RSI (14) has strengthened bulls.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI), futures on NYMEX, has declined to near $85.20 in the Asian session after failing to sustain above $86.00. The black gold has attempted a bullish reversal after refreshing its six-month low at $80.94. The asset is picking significant bids as investors are considering the oil prices a ‘value bet’ after a meaningful decline from the all-time highs above 125.00.

On an hourly scale, oil bulls have stepped into the prior balanced profile (placed in an $85.77-90.14 range), which resulted in a bearish imbalance earlier. Investors should be aware of the fact that an entry into the prior balanced auction bolsters the odds of a bullish reversal.

The 20-and 50-period Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) have delivered a bullish crossover at $83.66, which indicates more upside ahead.

Also, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has shifted into the bullish range of 60.00-80.00, which dictates that upside momentum has been triggered.

A decisive break above Friday’s high at $86.78 will send the major towards the round-level resistance at $90.00, followed by August 11 high at $94.32.

Alternatively, bears could demolish the upside bias if it drops below Thursday’s low at $82.14 will rag the asset towards the round-level support at $80.00. A breach of the latter will unleash bears for more downside towards July 6 high at $76.40.

WTI hourly chart

WTI US OIL

Overview
Today last price85.11
Today Daily Change-0.67
Today Daily Change %-0.78
Today daily open85.78
 
Trends
Daily SMA2089.05
Daily SMA5092.85
Daily SMA100101.19
Daily SMA20095.74
 
Levels
Previous Daily High86.78
Previous Daily Low82.36
Previous Weekly High90.14
Previous Weekly Low80.96
Previous Monthly High97.68
Previous Monthly Low85.39
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%85.09
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%84.05
Daily Pivot Point S183.17
Daily Pivot Point S280.55
Daily Pivot Point S378.75
Daily Pivot Point R187.59
Daily Pivot Point R289.39
Daily Pivot Point R392.01

Author

Sagar Dua

Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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