Jim Hyerczyk

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• Expect Oil Traders To Take Profits Before The Dust Settles

  Published 21 May 2016 | viewed 4,363 times

  Crude oil prices rose this week on worries about more supply outages from Nigeria’s main crude oil terminal. This is a short-term event that could…

• Are We Nearing A Short Term Top For Oil Prices?

  Published 13 May 2016 | viewed 2,864 times

  This week can best be described as a “yeah, but…” week. As in “yeah, there are wildfires in Canada helping to cut output by 1…

• Is It Time To Take Profits?

  Published 07 May 2016 | viewed 2,613 times

  Like many of the higher-risk assets, energy-related markets posted a top at the end of April and started a decline the first few days in…

• Bears Versus Bulls, Can This Rally Hold?

  Published 29 April 2016 | viewed 3,714 times

  Now that June Crude Oil futures have cleared more than a few hurdles on the daily and weekly charts, it’s time to take a look…

• Keep These Stocks On Your Radar As Oil Rebounds

  Published 22 April 2016 | viewed 6,619 times

  The rebound rally in the crude oil at the start of the week not only helped the futures market, but it also helped drive the…

• Short Term Consequences Of The Doha Deal

  Published 15 April 2016 | viewed 4,511 times

  Crude oil prices were trading weaker at week’s end with higher-than-average volatility as investors positioned themselves ahead of a meeting between major producers, who are…

• Natural Gas Sees Some Upside

  Published 08 April 2016 | viewed 5,171 times

  May Natural Gas futures rose sharply on April 7, putting the market in a position to breakout to the upside on the weekly chart, on…

• What Happens To Oil If Shorts Surrender

  Published 01 April 2016 | viewed 7,084 times

  This week, we’re going to focus on the technical chart pattern since the fundamentals have been beaten to death. By now we should all know…

• Crude Oil Futures See Increased Selling Pressure

  Published 25 March 2016 | viewed 5,297 times

  May Crude Oil futures broke sharply on Wednesday after the release of a bearish U.S. inventories report. The market was already under pressure ahead of…

• Rig Counts May See Uptick As Oil Surpasses $40

  Published 18 March 2016 | viewed 4,620 times

  May Natural Gas While the world was watching the volatile price action in crude oil futures this week, May Natural Gas futures were quietly rising…

• We’re Close To Forming A Major Bottom For Oil

  Published 11 March 2016 | viewed 5,443 times

  All eyes will be on Friday’s close this week in the May Crude Oil futures market because of the breaking news on Thursday regarding the…

• The Bullish News Behind This Oil Price Bounce

  Published 04 March 2016 | viewed 5,065 times

  April crude oil futures are poised to close higher for the week. It wasn’t an agreement to freeze production at January levels that drove the…

• Strong Demand For Gasoline Shifts Momentum To Upside

  Published 26 February 2016 | viewed 4,254 times

  April Unleaded Gasoline surged this week, indicating that prices may have reached an important low. The trend is still down, however, momentum has shifted to…

• A Base For Oil Might Be Forming But Expect Choppy Markets

  Published 19 February 2016 | viewed 3,593 times

  April Crude Oil futures had a strong week, having posted as much as a 7.5 percent gain. The weekly chart looks smooth and range bound,…

• Market Contango Leads To A Dangerous Game In Oil

  Published 12 February 2016 | viewed 4,150 times

  Crude Oil Futures Sellers hit April Crude Oil futures for a sixth straight day on February 11, driving the market to nearly a fresh 12-year…

• OPEC-Russian Cooperation Rumor Not Dead Yet

  Published 05 February 2016 | viewed 4,281 times

  With apologies to Sargent Joe Friday from the old Dragnet television series, this week I want to talk about the facts and only the facts,…

• Signs Of A Shift In Sentiment Are There, But Where Is The Catalyst?

  Published 30 January 2016 | viewed 4,897 times

  March Crude Oil Analysis If you’re watching crude oil prices every day, you will probably say the market is volatile, choppy and directionless. If you’re…

• Today’s Trading Could Set Bullish Tone For Oil Next Week

  Published 22 January 2016 | viewed 5,591 times

  March Crude Oil Analysis This week starts with March Crude Oil futures in basically the same position as last week. The main trend is down…

• The Trend Is Down, But Short Covering Can Happen Anytime

  Published 16 January 2016 | viewed 5,272 times

  March Crude Oil futures continued to weaken the week-ending January 15 as the market continued to get hit from bad news on both the supply…

• Some Intense Short Covering Could Be Around The Corner

  Published 08 January 2016 | viewed 5,277 times

  February Crude Oil The week started out strong with February Crude Oil futures spiking to $38.39 early during Monday’s session, but by the end of…