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CAMERON HANOVER

[DAILYPETROSPECTIVE] June14,2010

EarlyEveningMarketReviewforMonday
OnMonday,oilpricesopenedhigherandtradedatthosehigherlevels
throughoutthemorningpartofthesession.Priceshadbeenhigheron
Sundaynight,andtheyworkedhigherfromthosefiguresMondaymorningin
AsiaandthenEurope.StrongerequitiesandaweakerUSdollarinrelationto
theeurowerecitedastwomajorfactorsbehindthestrongerpricesSunday
nightintoMondaymorning.
Aswehavenotedrecently,oilpriceshavebeenmovingonacombination
oftheoldoutsidefactors,likeequitiesandcurrencies,andtheveryold,or

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[DAILYPETROSPECTIVE] June14,2010

traditional,factorslikesupplyanddemandoreconomicdata.Thestateoftheeconomyhasalwaysbeena
factorinoiltrading,evenifithasbeenimpliedorinferred.
Equitiesparedtheirgainsasthemorningbecameafternoon,andtheeurogavebacksomeofitsgains.
MoodysdowngradedGreeces
sovereigndebtandthatpulled DOEExpectations

somesupportfromtheeuro. Category DowJones Bloomberg Reuters


Evenwiththat,though,oil CrudeOil dn1.500 dn1.750 dn1.400mlnbbls
priceseasedmoredramatically Distillate up0.800 up1.000 up0.800
thaneitherequitiesorthe Gasoline up0.400 up0.625 up0.500
Utilization up0.1% up0.2% up0.2%
euro,atleastbeforetheoil
marketclose.Mondays
pullbacklookslikeasecondfailuretobreakaboveresistanceoverhead.OnThursday,crudeoilpricesbroke
thecriticalresistanceat$75.75,andreachedashighas$76.30beforeturningthatbreakoutintoafailure.By
theendoftradingonThursday,oilpricescouldhavegoneeitherway,andtheyweretheoreticallypoisedfor
anotherrunatthenewlyexpandedresistancefrom$75.75$76.30.Instead,though,pricessoldoffon
Thursdaynight,inreactiontodeclinesintheeuroandinequities,andthetechnicalfailuretobreakresistance
wascomplete.
OnMonday,crudeoilpricesfailedagaintobreakdecisivelyhigher.Theycouldnotbreakover$76.00with
anykindofmomentum,andthedayshighat$75.99tellsusthatsomeonedecidedtosellaggressivelyjust
below$76.00.Weexpectthatthesellingat$76.00washeavy,andthatsomeonesawthatanddecidedtoget
infrontofitbysellingapennybelowthat.Themarketsinabilitytoprint$76.00hastobeseenasabearish
factor.Thefactthatcrudeoilhadtheeuroandequitieshelpingitallmorninglong,andyetitwasstillunable
tobreakdecisivelyhigherhastobeseenasbeingbearish.Mondaysfailuretomakehaywhilethesunshoneis
likelytocomebacktohauntthismarket.
Traderswillstartthinkingaboutthisweeksinventory,supply&demandstatisticsbythisafternoon.

CrudeOilDailyTechnicalChart


CrudeoilpriceshadthebenefitofstrongereuroandequitiesquoteshelpingitmovehigheronMondaybutitfailedyetagaintobreak
aboveresistanceoverhead.
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