The war may continue despite the Trump-Putin meeting, with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy announcing that it would be "impossible" to concede land, mentioning Crimea.
As a matter of fact, Ukraine landed hits on one of the key pipelines taking Russian Oil to Hungary, leaving the Hungarian PM Orbán in fury (He is one of the only pro-Russian leaders in Europe).
In the Middle East, on the other hand, Hamas is getting cornered into a ceasefire deal as it fears pressure from Israel to retake complete control of Gaza.
We are expecting more headlines on these developments.
If Iran, which is also selling lots of Oil to sponsor its proxies like Hamas and the Houthis in Yemen, were to reduce supply.
Let’s have a look at US Oil to spot why these factors coincide with a potential short or long-term bottom in the energy commodity.
Looking out to the 8H chart looks at the most recent move down that is finding support at the $62.20 level after forming a double bottom.
The 8H RSI is also forming a bullish divergence as prices are now rallying. Let's have a closer look.
Looking closer shows more detail of the ongoing breakout in WTI.
The most recent up-move is finding some form of resistance at the 50-period MA but bulls have pushed outside of the downwards hourly channel. You can also look at the 4H RSI confirming the bullish divergence.
Bulls are looking to break $64.70 to re-enter the prior month range, point after which the bearish momentum will be absent.
Levels to place on your charts for US Oil trading:
Resistance Levels
- 63.84 imminent resistance/pivot (break above = more bullish) at the 4H 50 MA.
- $66 to $67 Mid-range level
- high range resistance $67.30 to $68 – Confluence with 50 and 200 Day MAs
Support Levels
- $62.00 to $63 May Range highs support
- Wednesday lows $62.19 (current double bottom)
- $60.5 Low of May Range
- $55 to $57 2025 lows Main support
Since the beginning of the morning session, bears have given up the short-term momentum.
Prices are trying to push within the $64 resistance zone, acting as immediate pivot.
It will be essential to see how markets react around that zone as it also was a point of breakout during the Israel-Iran tensions.
Furthermore, the 200-Hour MA is acting as resistance there, if broken, there won't be much acting as resistance before the middle of the prior month range. ($66
