Probable Crude Oil Top – 09/28/23

The 09/17/23 Blog “Crude Oil Elliott Wave Pattern – 09/15/23” noted that an Elliott wave – Inverse Expanding Flat could be nearing completion, with a broad topping zone of 91.50 to 94.80.  Bullseye target at 94.31.

The 09/27/23 blog “Crude Oli in Topping Zone” noted Crude Oil could hit the daily rising trend line and top on either 09/28/23 or 09/29/23.

The daily Crude Oil continuous futures chart (CL2!) courtesy of Trading View updates the action.

In the overnight futures session 09/28/23- CL2! – hit the rising trend line and peaked at 92.48.

Subsequently CL2! – fell 3.5%! 

Stochastic had a bearish divergence and a bearish lines cross.

RSI has a bearish divergence and again broke below its daily moving average line.

Sometimes markets can top/bottom on New/Full Moons – plus or minus two trading days.  There’s a Full Moon on 09/29/23.  The sharp reversal on 09/28/23 is typical of a lunar phase turn.  There was a Full Moon on Sunday 06/04/23 and a Crude Oil top on 06/05/23.

In the short- term Crude Oil has potential to drop to the low 77.00 area.

The hourly CL2! – chart shows the short-term view.

Published by Mark Rivest

Independent investment advisor, trader, and writer. Articles have appeared on Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities , Traders.com Advantage, Futuresmag.com, and Finance Magnates.

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