WTI Crude Oil Technical Analysis – The bearish signs keep on accumulating

<p>Global growth seems to be
more and more in peril as the economic data for many advanced countries is
starting to roll over and some even continues to slip further contraction. The
Chinese authorities don’t look intentioned to flood the economy with more
stimulus as the PBoC underdelivered on the rate cuts front recently. The global
PMIs continue to contract and recently even the services sector slipped into
contractionary territory for many major economies. The central banks are
resolute to keep monetary conditions tight for as long as necessary to bring
inflation down, so there won’t be any help coming from them in the near future.
Yesterday we even got big misses in the US Job Openings and Consumer Confidence
data which is potentially a signal that we are about to see more weakness in
the labour market. </p><p>WTI Crude Oil Technical
Analysis – Daily Timeframe</p><p>On the daily chart, we can see that Crude Oil tried
to break out recently but got rejected strongly leaving behind a fakeout, which
is generally a reversal signal. The <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/Education/technical-analysis-understanding-moving-averages-20220425/">moving averages</a> are
crossed to the downside and the price, despite the recent big pullback, has not
yet made a new higher high, so the bias remains bearish. </p><p>WTI Crude Oil Technical
Analysis – 4 hour Timeframe</p><p>On the 4 hour chart, we can see that we recently
had a <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/Education/technical-analysis-understanding-divergence-20220429/">divergence</a> with the
<a href="https://www.forexlive.com/Education/technical-analysis-understanding-macd-20220427/">MACD</a> just
when the price was trying to break down, but eventually we got a strong bounce
back and the price retreated all the way back to the recent swing high around
the $81.75 level. That’s where we can expect the sellers to step in with a
defined risk above the swing high and target the $75.00 <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/Education/technical-analysis-support-and-resistance-20220405/">support</a>. </p><p>WTI Crude Oil Technical
Analysis – 1 hour Timeframe</p><p>On the 1 hour chart, we can see that the
short term bullish momentum seems to be waning right at the resistance
increasing the chances of a reversal. If the price breaks higher decisively, we
can expect more buyers piling in and extend the rally into the key $83.00
resistance targeting a breakout. On the other hand, if the price starts to fall
from here and even breaks below the recent swing point around the $80.85 level,
then the sellers will be even more in control and target a break below the
recent support around the $79.00 level. </p><p>Upcoming Events</p><p><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/EconomicCalendar">This week</a> is an important one given that we will see
many key labour market data for the US, including the NFP, before the next FOMC
meeting. Weak data is likely to cause recessionary fears across the markets and
weigh on Crude Oil, so it will be crucial to focus on the data. Today, we have
the US ADP report, and after yesterday’s big miss in the US Job Openings, a
weak report is likely to increase recessionary fears. Moving on to tomorrow, we
will see the US Jobless Claims and the US PCE data. Finally, we conclude the
week with the the US NFP and the ISM Manufacturing PMI on Friday. </p><p>See also the video below</p>

This article was written by FL Contributors at www.forexlive.com.