Tag: Syria

  • Crude oil – Buy the Rumor…Sell the Fact

    October Crude oil recently traded above $112/barrel but as of this post futures are trading $5 under that level below its 8 day MA (orange line). I often use the 8 day MA and 18 day MA as key pivot points when navigating the energy sector and as one can see on the chart below…

  • Crude Oil Approaching $100/Barrel…Not this Time

    Crude Oil Approaching $100/Barrel…Not this Time

    In the last 10 weeks Crude oil has added $12/barrel lifting prices as of this post to four month highs with August futures flirting with the $100/barrel level. Not that the fundamentals have mattered in the energy complex but Crude oil inventories are at the highest levels they’ve been in years. For the last 10…

  • Gravity Takes Over with Crude Oil

    Gravity Takes Over with Crude Oil

    In the last three weeks Crude oil prices have risen better than $10/barrel trading within $1 of two month highs albeit very briefly Sunday evening. The failed spike higher in recent session can be attributed to unrest in the Middle East. As attention turned towards potential conflicts on Israeli airstrikes in Syria over the weekend……