Daily Market Analysis 01/27/12
KEY TERMS
OVB Outside Vertical Bar
VRCB Volatility Reduced Compression Bar
STT 1 Trend Based on a Range Violation
STT 2 Trend Based on a Close Violation
RBB Resistance Bollinger Band
SBB Support Bollinger Band
Energies
CLH12:
- Trends are bearish.
- Possible STT 2 confirmation of a bottom with a close @ 100.25 or higher.
- March Crude traded just high enough this week to avoid becoming a weekly VRCB but retreated fast after violating last Friday’s high, dropping over $2.00 from the day’s high and closing back below $100.
- Crude has failed to close above $100 on any day this week for the first time since late November.
- Upside Expectations are beginning to fade.
- Projected Daily Range: 2.32
- Projected Weekly Range: 4.65
- Has currently traded 4.08
- Projected Monthly Range: 14.61
NGH12:
- Trends are bearish.
- Bearish OVB generated today after making new highs on current move @ 2.838. Upside Target over 125% achieved.
- Nat Gas moved back into the direction of the technical trending pattern after shaking off some of the positive overtones out of the big producers.
- A return back below 2.40 appears in the near future with a possible shot at the revised Q1 downside target of 2.161.
- Projected Daily Range: .199
- Projected Weekly Range: .320
- Projected Monthly Range: .640
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