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WTI Price Analysis: Tuesday’s Doji teases Oil buyers around $81.00

  • WTI crude oil remains sidelined after posting a price-reversal suggesting candlestick the previous day.
  • U-turn from 10-day EMA, firmer RSI (14) also keeps WTI buyers hopeful.
  • 200-day EMA, easing bullish bias of MACD prods upside expectations.
  • Double tops around $83.30-40 appear a tough nut to crack for Oil bulls to retake control.

WTI crude oil rises to $81.10 early Wednesday, after a sluggish performance on Tuesday.

In doing so, the back gold justifies the previous day’s Doji candlestick which generally suggests a reversal of the previous trend. Herein, it suggests the reversal of the previous week’s pullback from multi-day-old horizontal resistance.

Not only the Doji candlestick but a U-turn from the 10-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), around $80.60 by the press time, also keeps the Oil buyers hopeful, especially amid a firmer but not overbought RSI (14) line.

However, the 200-day EMA challenges the WTI bulls around $81.70, together with the receding bullish bias of the MACD signals.

Following that, a horizontal area comprising tops marked since December 2022, around $83.30-40, becomes crucial to watch for the Oil buyers as a break that could push back the bearish bias about the commodity.

Alternatively, a downside break of the 10-day EMA level of around $80.60 needs validation from the $80.00 psychological magnet, as well as the previous weekly low of around $79.35, to convince the Oil bears.

Even so, multiple stops around $77.50 may challenge the WTI crude oil bears afterward.

WTI crude oil: Daily chart

Trend: Further recovery expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price80.92
Today Daily Change0.03
Today Daily Change %0.04%
Today daily open80.89
 
Trends
Daily SMA2077.07
Daily SMA5076.41
Daily SMA10077.01
Daily SMA20082.39
 
Levels
Previous Daily High81.51
Previous Daily Low79.91
Previous Weekly High83.4
Previous Weekly Low79.4
Previous Monthly High80.99
Previous Monthly Low64.39
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%80.52
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%80.9
Daily Pivot Point S180.03
Daily Pivot Point S279.17
Daily Pivot Point S378.43
Daily Pivot Point R181.63
Daily Pivot Point R282.37
Daily Pivot Point R383.23

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Anil Panchal

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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