January crude oil closed down $4.64 at $49.46 a barrel yesterday. Prices closed near the session low again yesterday and hit another fresh 22-month low. Prices also closed below major psychological support at $50.00 a barrel yesterday. Crude oil bears still have the solid near-term technical advantage and gained more power yesterday. However, the market is still overdue for a short-covering bounce very soon. Prices remain in a 4.5-month-old downtrend on the daily bar chart. The next downside price objective for the crude oil bears is to produce a close below technical support at $40.00. The next upside price objective for the bulls is producing a close above technical resistance at $60.00 a barrel. First resistance is seen at $50.00 and then at $51.00. First support is seen at yesterday’s low of $49.28 and then at $49.00.

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January heating oil closed down 832 points at $1.6905 yesterday. Prices closed near the session low and hit a fresh contract low again yesterday. Bears still have the solid near- term technical advantage. A 4.5-month-old downtrend is in place on the daily bar chart. The bulls’ next upside price objective is closing prices above solid technical resistance at this week’s high of $1.9117. Bears’ next downside price objective is producing a close below solid technical support at $1.6000. First resistance lies at $1.7000 and then at yesterday’s high of 1.7734. First support is seen at yesterday’s contract low of $1.6805 and then at $1.6500.

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Source: VantagePoint Intermarket Analysis Software

January (RBOB) unleaded gasoline closed down 1,000 points at $1.0435 yesterday. Prices closed near the session low and hit another fresh contract low yesterday. The bears are still in solid technical control. Prices are still in a 4.5- month-old downtrend on the daily bar chart. The next upside price objective for the bulls is closing prices above technical resistance at this week’s high of $1.3100. Bears’ next downside price objective is closing prices below solid support at $1.0000. First resistance is seen at $1.1000 and then at yesterday’s high of $1.1375. First support is seen at yesterday’s contract low of $1.0357 and then at $1.0000.

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January natural gas closed down 42.5 cents at $6.388 yesterday. Prices closed nearer the session low and closed at a fresh contract low close yesterday. The bears still have the near- term technical advantage. The next upside price objective for the bulls is closing prices above solid technical resistance at $7.00. The next downside price objective for the bears is closing prices below solid technical support at the contract low of $6.225. First resistance is seen at $6.50 and then at $6.75. First support is seen at $6.225 and then at $6.00.

Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 1.0