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WTI Price Analysis: Hourly RSI shows corrective bounce has ended

  • WTI trades near $37.80 versus $38.45 during the overnight trade. 
  • The hourly chart shows an end of corrective bounce from $37.00. 

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude is currently trading near $37.80, representing a 0.7% decline on the day. 

The hourly chart relative strength index has dived out of an ascending trendline, indicating an end of the black gold's bounce from weekly lows near $37.00. 

The daily chart studies remain biased in favor of the bears. For instance, the 5- and 10-day simple moving averages continue to trend south, while the 14-day RSI hovers in bearish territory below 50. 

As such, a re-test of $37.00 looks likely. Supporting the bearish case is the fact that major trading firms are again booking offshore oil storage tanks, a sign of weakening of demand. 

A close above the descending 10-day SMA, currently at $40.66, is needed to invalidate the bearish outlook

Hourly chart

Trend: Bearish

Technical levels

WTI

Overview
Today last price37.80
Today Daily Change0.40
Today Daily Change %-0.55%
Today daily open38.04
 
Trends
Daily SMA2041.92
Daily SMA5041.45
Daily SMA10036.75
Daily SMA20041.57
 
Levels
Previous Daily High38.69
Previous Daily Low36.49
Previous Weekly High43.7
Previous Weekly Low39.61
Previous Monthly High43.86
Previous Monthly Low39.75
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%37.85
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%37.33
Daily Pivot Point S136.79
Daily Pivot Point S235.55
Daily Pivot Point S334.6
Daily Pivot Point R138.99
Daily Pivot Point R239.93
Daily Pivot Point R341.18

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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