As noted last week here, the buyside continuation & challenge of the Major Structural Resistance, 97.50s, did occur as the market auctioned higher early in the week achieving the Weekly Stopping Point, 97.20s, at/near the Weekly 1st Std Dev High, 97.08s.
Following the Stopping Point, the Balance Phase, 95s-96.80s, developed for the remainder of the week through Thursday's Session.
During Friday's Globex session, initiated selling entered the market, driving price lower out of Balance, beginning a sellside Directional Phase, achieving the Stopping Point, 93.40s, at/near the Weekly 2nd Std Dev Low, 93.90s. The market developed the Balance Phase there, 93.40s-94.00s, before the order flow sequence shifted buyside and the market began a substantial short covering rally & inventory adjustment phase driving price back up the entire Globex & Pit session ranges, closing at/near 96s.
Graphics
- China's Crude Imports. (Reuters/Catherine Trevethan)
- Q1 Earnings Season EPS & Revenue Beat Rates. (Bespoke)
- Monthly Economic Overview. (Markit)
Central Banks
- Fed's Credibility Tested As Inflation Drifts Below Target. (Reuters)
- Reasons To Abolish The Fed: Note Item #2 Inflation As Fed Argues Lacking Inflation. (Economic Collapse Blog)
Geopolitics
- Choke Points: US Has Spent $8 Trillion Protecting Straits Of Hormuz, Sayeth Energy Policy Journal. (Oil Change)
- Draghi Says No Call for G7 To Do More. (Reuters)
Supply/Demand & Markets
- OPEC Crude Production Rises to Five-Month High. (Bloomberg)
- Biden & Keystone, US Oil Import Balance, Brent-WTI. (Platts)