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Crude Oil Price Forecast – crude oil markets continue to push higher

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: Aug 15, 2018, 04:34 UTC

Crude oil markets have rallied rather significantly during trading on Tuesday, breaking towards fresh, new highs. However, the market still has historical supply and resistance above to cause issues, so I don’t think it’s going to be the easiest of moves to continue to rally.

Crude Oil daily chart, August 15, 2018

WTI Crude Oil

The WTI Crude Oil market has been very noisy during trading on Tuesday, breaking above the $60 level. However, the market went back and forth and continues to show a lot of noise. By breaking above the recent high, it looks as if we are ready to continue to go even higher than that. The $69 level above is an area of extreme supply, so it would make sense that we try to reach that level again. However, whether we can break through there is a completely different question. If this point, it looks as if the market is trying to pull back a little bit to find buyers, but obviously there is a lot of noise when it comes to the US dollar, which works against oil.

Brent

Brent markets were very noisy during the trading session on Tuesday, rallying towards the $74 level. The $74 level has offered enough resistance to turn the market back around, and it looks as if we could pull back to the $73 handle. At this point, the $73 level underneath should be support based upon the fact that it was previous resistance. A pull back from here should be a buying opportunity, and at that point I would anticipate the market should turn back around. Pay attention to the US dollar, as it has a lot of influence on where these commodities go. There is a massive amount of supply near the $74.75 level, so I think the market is going to try to go there, the pullback may be necessary in the short term.

Oil Forecast Video 15.08.18

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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