Over the past few weeks and months, we’ve been alerting our followers to key setups in natural gas and crude oil. If you’ve been following our research, you already know on May 21st we called for oil to break down from the $62 level with a target of $55 then $49 price levels.
We’ve been alerting that natural gas was setting up a seasonal trade with a move that was likely to push lower into the $2.00 to $2.20 level – suggesting any move into this range would be a solid buying opportunity for the seasonal upside move. Well, here we are about 35 days later, and look at what happened.
Crude Oil Weekly Chart
The US/China trade issues and global economic turmoil is taking a toll on crude oil. Price rotated downward very sharply last week with an incredible 8% downside move in one day. Currently, oil is resting just above the moving average and should soon break down below this level towards $49. At that point, price should stall, briefly, before attempting to find support below $50.
Our Fibonacci price modeling system suggests
true support is found near $45 and $40.
Be prepared for a potential downside move of 20% to 25% from current
levels.
Natural Gas Weekly Chart
Natural gas has done exactly what we expected. In this weekly chart below, you can see our shaded BLUE support range area and our GREEN and RED arrows from months ago highlighting what we expected to happen in price. Yes, it has moved lower than we expected, but it has aligned well with our expected price rotation.
At this point, the sub $2.20 level is a
perfect opportunity for skilled technical traders to prepare for the seasonal
trend that will push natural gas back above the $2.65 to $3.15 level. Allow us to go through our expectations with
you so you understand how to plan for and trade this move.
August is typically moderately bearish for natural gas. So expect to try to pick your entry
for this trade in August. The ratio of
bearish price activity in August is 1.2x the bullish price activity.
September is STRONGLY BULLISH – with an
upside ratio of 10x compared to historical downside price activity. September is where we should see a big upside
price move.
October is still STRONGLY BULLISH – with an
upside ratio of 3x compared to historical downside price activity.
November is moderately bullish with a 1.3x
upside ratio compared to downside price activity.
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CONCLUDING THOUGHTS:
Crude oil should continue to break down and target the $49 price level over the next few days and weeks while natural gas sets up a key entry point below $2.25. Oil is moving lower because of lower demand related to the global economic slowdown and larger supply issues. Natural gas is setting up a seasonal pattern that could become a significant trading opportunity for traders who time their entries and understand the setup. In late August or early September, price should begin to rally well above $2.50 with an ultimate upside target of well above $3.00.
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Equities Contributor: Chris Vermeulen
Source: Equities News
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