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WTI Price Analysis: Oil trapped in a pennant pattern on 1H

  • WTI's hourly chart shows a pennant pattern or contracting triangle. 
  • A breakdown would signal bearish continuation and expose June lows. 

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude has carved out a narrowing price range or pennant pattern on the hourly chart. 

The upper end of the pennant pattern is currently seen at $37.37. A breakout above that level would mean the sell-off from the August high of $43.78 has ended, and the bulls have regained control. 

Alternatively, a move below the lower end of the pennant, currently at $36.92, would imply a continuation of the sell-off from August's high and expose deeper support levels lined up at $34.36 (June 15 low). 

At press time, a barrel of WTI is changing hands near $37.30.

Hourly chart

Trend: Bearish below $36.92 

Technical levels

WTI

Overview
Today last price37.30
Today Daily Change0.03
Today Daily Change %0.08
Today daily open37.51
 
Trends
Daily SMA2041.13
Daily SMA5041.27
Daily SMA10037.37
Daily SMA20041.3
 
Levels
Previous Daily High37.93
Previous Daily Low37.08
Previous Weekly High39.78
Previous Weekly Low36.43
Previous Monthly High43.86
Previous Monthly Low39.75
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%37.4
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%37.6
Daily Pivot Point S137.08
Daily Pivot Point S236.66
Daily Pivot Point S336.24
Daily Pivot Point R137.93
Daily Pivot Point R238.35
Daily Pivot Point R338.78

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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