What’s Up, What’s Down: Energy Sector in Today’s Spotlight

Comments for Thursday, October 21, 2010

Looking Ahead to Today by Reflecting Back at Wednesday’s Price Action

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ENERGIES:

[Reports today: EIA GAS STORAGE]. Higher to sharply higher closes Wednesday for crude and heating oil along with the rbob and natural gas. This time the energies made strong closes when the dollar fell back sharply after Tuesday’s strong rally. However, my sell signals continue to be okay but I’m removing my buy signal for the crude and would stand aside for now in the energy. Natural gas continues to be weak overall mainly due to huge inventories that show little signs of cleaning up due to better procedures for taking the gas out of the ground. Now, farmers in some states are renting out their property for gas storage! BUY SIGNAL FOR CRUDE OIL. SELL SIGNALS FOR HEATING OIL ALONG WITH THE RBOB AND NATURAL GAS. CALL FOR DETAILS!

Crude OilChart

Heating Oil Chart

RBOB Chart

Natural Gas Chart

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