Brent Crude started correcting as it ran into resistance at $ 51.80,
monthly 20 EMA and has also developed a negative divergence on the weekly
charts, presently trading below $ 49.45, the 5 week EMA.
The price has not closed below its 5 week EMA for two
consecutive weeks during 2016 up move, but things look different
this time. A deeper correction looks likely as the trigger (yellow
dotted) line threatens to cross below zero, indicating a negative momentum
in place for the short term. This may drive down the price and
crude may correct to $ 43-44, where it could find support at the
conjunction of 20 & 50 weekly EMA.
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| Brent Weekly |
The intermediate trend remains bullish with positive divergence on the
monthly chart. Further the weekly trend oscillator is gaining
momentum to cross over zero, which implies further upside for crude. It
would be interesting to see if the resumption of uptrend after the
present correction could propel Brent to $65 levels.
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| Brent Monthly |
Crude is unlikely to revisit $ 30 in the near future, with the crossing of
weekly trend oscillator above the monthly trend oscillator, indicating a bottom
is in place.
To sum up, we may be looking at higher levels in Brent, once the short
term correction is over.
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Brent Heading to $65 ?