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Crude Oil Price Forecast – crude oil continues to dance around major levels

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: Oct 6, 2018, 05:17 UTC

Crude oil markets were relatively sideways after the jobs announcement during the day on Friday, as we continue to see a lot of volatility and confusion in the marketplace. On one hand, we have the US dollar working against the value of the crude oil markets, but at the same time we have the Iranian sanctions tightening supply.

Crude Oil daily chart, October 08, 2018

WTI Crude Oil

The WTI Crude Oil market when sideways initially, but then pulled back to the $75 level. That’s an area that has been supported and resistance before, but more importantly we went slamming into the $75 level, which is a large, round, psychologically significant figure. If we can break above that level, I think that the market could continue to go higher, perhaps reaching towards the $76 level. Longer-term, I think there is plenty of bullish pressure underneath as the Iranian sanctions will tighten supply going forward.

Brent

Brent markets pulled back to the $84 level initially during the trading session on Friday but turned around to rally towards the $85 level. The $85 level is of course the round figure that a lot of traders will pay attention to, but if we can get above there, the market will more than likely go looking towards the $86 level. We have seen a lot of demand that the $84 level, so I think it’s only a matter time before buyers continue to push from there. Ultimately, I think we break above the $86 level and then the $90 level after that. This is a market that has been very bullish over the longer-term, but the last couple of days I think have been more or less digestion than anything else. Overall, I believe that buying on the dips continues to be the way going forward.

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About the Author

Being FXEmpire’s analyst since the early days of the website, Chris has over 20 years of experience across various markets and assets – currencies, indices, and commodities. He is a proprietary trader as well trading institutional accounts.

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