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WTI Price Analysis: Oil trades near expanding channel hurdle

  • The US oil prices trade in an expanding channel. 
  • With daily RSI bullish, a breakout would expose August highs.

The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude, a North American oil benchmark, has carved out an expanding channel over the past two months. 

Oil is currently trading in the red near $41.73 per barrel. The current prices are just short of the channel resistance at $42.10. 

A close above that level would confirm a bullish breakout, validating the above-50 or bullish reading on the 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) and opening the doors to the August high of $43.78. 

The bulls have failed multiple times in the past few days to force a bullish close. Another rejection could cause some buyers to exit the market, leading to a price pullback to $40.06 (Nov. 13 low). 

Daily chart

Trend: Neutral

Technical levels

WTI

Overview
Today last price41.73
Today Daily Change-0.12
Today Daily Change %-0.29
Today daily open41.88
 
Trends
Daily SMA2039.46
Daily SMA5039.73
Daily SMA10040.59
Daily SMA20037.1
 
Levels
Previous Daily High42.68
Previous Daily Low41.32
Previous Weekly High43.28
Previous Weekly Low37.43
Previous Monthly High41.93
Previous Monthly Low35.08
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%42.16
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%41.84
Daily Pivot Point S141.24
Daily Pivot Point S240.6
Daily Pivot Point S339.88
Daily Pivot Point R142.6
Daily Pivot Point R243.32
Daily Pivot Point R343.96

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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