Crude’s Crashing — $35 In Sight?
Chris Kimble | Nov 28, 2014 10:51AM ET
About 60 days ago the Power of the Pattern suggested that the "most important commodity on the planet" should be on its way to the $70 zone if the bottom of the pennant pattern broke support.
Well, some 64 days later and crude oil has broken the bottom of the pennant pattern and has hit that $70 target. On the chart above you can see that two "potential support" points (channel support and Fibonacci 38%) meet at the $65 zone.
Over the past two months, I've been suggesting two things -- crude oil should be shorted and it could reach these levels and it would end up impacting the stock market in a negative way. I have been right on the trade and, so far, very wrong on its global impact.
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If support line dating back to the late 1990's doesn't hold, crude's next important channel support comes into play around $35.
In my humble opinion, this is not only a critical support test for crude, it's a test for the macro picture as well. Should crude bust through support and find itself working toward the $35 level, I would be shocked if it doesn't end up impacting stocks in a negative way -- sending the message that the world is slowing down.
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