The volatility in oil prices has been significant over the past year and Sasha Cekerevac, contributor to popular financial e-newsletter Profit Confidential, believes that oil is about to break a key technical level that extends back to 2009.

In the article, Oil Prices at Crucial Technical Level, Cekerevac highlights several important technical levels to watch for in the West Texas Intermediate oil market.

“On a weekly chart, oil prices are currently hitting an uptrend line that goes back to 2009,” says Cekerevac. “Technical analysis tells us that, the longer an indicator is in force, the more important it is.”

“The high in late February was an extreme level attained in the Relative Strength Index (RSI) for oil. In technical analysis, extreme levels of the RSI usually indicate a point at which oil prices have gone too far and a pullback is in order.”

Cekerevac believes that oil prices are forming a giant wedge. “The breakout from this wedge will be crucial in determining where the next leg in the market is.”

“If an attack on Iran were to occur, then that would seriously impact the oil market driving up prices on the fear trade,” the editor points out.

According to Cekerevac, the $95.00 level has been used as both support and resistance many times. “If oil prices break below $102.00, we could see $95.00 as the next level of support,” says Cekerevac.

Cekerevac suggests waiting for this trendline to be broken before taking on positions.

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