WTI Technical Analysis: Near-term bounce towards $54.00 unlikely to survive

The last twenty-four hours saw US crude oil prices slip into touching distance of 52.00, a critical low for WTI, and Wednesday's early-session bounce from Tuesday's bottoms is set to hit intraday resistance at the 38.2 Fibo retracement level at 54.35.

Joshua Gibson FXStreet

WTI Chart, 5-Minute

The last two weeks have seen US crude prices fail to establish a bullish recovery from the last low set on November 13th at 54.75, and after several days of muted gains US crude barrels are back on the decline.

WTI Chart, 30-Minute

WTI's last quarter has seen a complete reversion into a bearish trend, and even a bounce into the 62.00 region would see US crude still stuck in a bearish chart stance after tumbling for what is now set to become a seven-week bear run.

WTI Chart, 4-Hour

WTI

Overview:
    Last Price: 54.03
    Daily change: 58 pips
    Daily change: 1.09%
    Daily Open: 53.45
Trends:
    Daily SMA20: 60.35
    Daily SMA50: 67.07
    Daily SMA100: 67.75
    Daily SMA200: 68.14
Levels:
    Daily High: 53.52
    Daily Low: 53.38
    Weekly High: 60.93
    Weekly Low: 55.21
    Monthly High: 76.25
    Monthly Low: 64.86
    Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 53.47
    Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 53.43
    Daily Pivot Point S1: 53.38
    Daily Pivot Point S2: 53.31
    Daily Pivot Point S3: 53.24
    Daily Pivot Point R1: 53.52
    Daily Pivot Point R2: 53.59
    Daily Pivot Point R3: 53.66

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Joshua Gibson

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Joshua joins the FXStreet team as an Economics and Finance double major from Vancouver Island University with twelve years' experience as an independent trader focusing on technical analysis.

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