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• The West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil market has been rather negative during the month of August, but at the end of the month, we saw the market bounce roughly 50% of the move, and as I do this analysis at the end of the month, we are sitting at a crucial level.
• This does make a certain amount of sense because there are a lot of questions right now about where the global economy is going.
   

Crude Oil and the Economy
 

Keep in mind that crude oil is extraordinarily important for most economies, and of course, the transportation of goods and services. In other words, crude oil will rally in times of economic growth but also will struggle in times where growth is extraordinarily limited. That’s the question we find ourselves trying to answer at the moment, and this may be part of the reason why we are hanging around and trying to sort out where we are going next.

Another major problem at the moment is the fact that Russia, OPEC, in the United States are all ramping up production, which of course will drive down prices as supply is getting to be too much. Between that and the possibility of the global economy slowing down, this could be a very bad sign for crude oil. This isn’t to say that we need to fall apart, just that it might be extraordinarily difficult for oil to get a bit of a bid at the moment.

Ultimately, I think the $65 level continues to be an area of interest, as the price has acted like a magnet more than once. If we can rally from here, somewhere around the $60 level, I would expect to see a lot of resistance. On the other hand, if we drop from here, I think somewhere around the $60 level there should be significant support. Anything below would be an extraordinarily negative sign. I believe we are trying to find some type of range, perhaps between the $62 level and the $67 level, but we will have to wait and see how that plays out. Either way, I would anticipate choppy and basically sideways action for the month.

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