WTI tumbles back into $72.00 as sentiment weighs, volatility declines

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  • Growing odds of a Gaza ceasefire has seen Crude Oil tumble.
  • A surge in US NFP figures sent Crude Oil even lower on Friday.
  • OPEC has a long road ahead of it to overcome non-OPEC production growth.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Crude Oil fell into familiar lows on Friday, driven down by geopolitical fears washing out on hostage negotiations and sparks of doubt that OPEC will successfully under-produce pumping growth in the non-OPEC sphere.

Qatar is heading up efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza, if at least temporarily to allow the exchange of hostages, and Qatar’s steady success in talking down both sides of the conflict is seeing Crude oil flounder as geopolitical tensions ease.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is set to see a long-term challenge in 2024 and 2025 as OPEC tries desperately to undercut global non-OPEC production, imposing stiff production quotas on member nations as non-OPEC producers such as the US outstrip OPEC pumping caps. Analysts are increasingly concerned that the US and other non-OPEC producers could entirely oversupply global markets, and investors will be keeping a close eye on inventories in 2024.

US Nonfarm Payrolls: surge 353,000 in January

US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) surged to a twelve-month high of 353,000 in January, well over the market’s median forecast of 180K. With the US economy continuing to show stubborn resilience and the US labor market remaining at record highs, odds of a market-support rate cut from the US Federal Reserve (Fed) continue to decline.

WTI Crude Oil technical outlook

WTI has extended declines and fallen even further away from the 200-hour Simple Moving Average (SMA) at $76.00 per barrel, and US Crude Oil has shed nearly 10% from its last swing high into $79.19.

WTI has declined for a third straight day and closed in the red for four of the last five trading days, facing a daily candlestick rejection from the 200-day SMA near the $78.00 handle.

WTI hourly chart

WTI daily chart

WTI US OIL

Overview
Today last price72.39
Today Daily Change-1.43
Today Daily Change %-1.94
Today daily open73.82

 

Trends
Daily SMA2074.13
Daily SMA5073.42
Daily SMA10078.52
Daily SMA20077.25

 

Levels
Previous Daily High76.84
Previous Daily Low73.7
Previous Weekly High78.2
Previous Weekly Low72.55
Previous Monthly High79.19
Previous Monthly Low69.41
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%74.9
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%75.64
Daily Pivot Point S172.73
Daily Pivot Point S271.64
Daily Pivot Point S369.59
Daily Pivot Point R175.87
Daily Pivot Point R277.92
Daily Pivot Point R379.01

 

 

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