Crude Oil Gold Link in November 2017

(MENAFN- Investors Ideas) November 16, 2017 (Investorideas.com Newswire) In recent weeks, it was hard to avoid the topic of crude oil, turning on the TV or opening a newspaper. Developments in the Middle East, escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the upcoming meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC ministers as well as the Baker Hughes reports, crude oil and its products inventories were mainly in the interest of investors.

Since our last Oil Investment Update, light crude extended gains and hit fresh 2017 highs. Black gold's rally, which began in early October, has been mainly driven by growing indications that the crude market was finally starting to rebalance and hopes that the OPEC cuts agreement would be extended beyond March 2018.

Thanks to these circumstances, the price of the commodity almost touched the level of $58, which increased the probability of the test of the barrier of $60 in the previous week. Despite geopolitical tensions, which usually support the price of black gold, light crude stopped its rally after an unexpected increase in crude oil inventories. Additionally, Friday Baker Hughes report showed that the number of oil rigs operating in the U.S. rose by 9 to 738, which was the highest level in almost a month.

And speaking of the drilling activity… As you remember, in May, OPEC producers agreed to extend production cuts until March 2018, but what happened with the number of oil rigs operating in the U.S. since then? They increased from 703 in May to 768 in August. Although we saw "declines" in the following weeks, the last week's rebound raised worries amid investors that the U.S. oil producers are preparing to increase the output levels further and pushed the price of light crude lower.

Will we see further declines and a comeback to the barrier of $50 in the following week(s)? Or maybe oil bulls will stop their opponents and test the level of $60? Is it possible that the relationship between crude oil and gold will give us clues about black gold future moves? Let's jump right into the charts (charts courtesy of and try to find out what can we expect in the coming weeks.

Let's start today's analyze with the long-term chart of the oil-to-gold ratio.

As you see on the above chart, the ratio extended gains, which resulted in a climb to the 38.2% earlier this month. What does it suggests? As you know from our earlier alerts, this is the first important retracement, which usually is strong enough to stop or (at least) pause bulls. Therefore, the recent price action suggests that we could see a reversal and declines similarly to what we saw at the beginning of the year.

Additionally, when we focus on the medium-term chart below, we can see some more bearish signs.

Firstly, similarly to what we wrote in the case of the long-term chart of crude oil itself, recent white candlesticks created in the previous weeks were getting smaller, which suggests that the power of buyers is decreasing and reversal in the near future should not surprise us especially when we factor in the proximity to the red resistance zone created not only by the above-mentioned Fibonacci retracement, but also by the January highs.

Additionally, the Stochastic Oscillator generated the sell signal, giving the bears another reason to act. Since we are already here with this , we would like to draw your attention to several similar situations to the current one. As you see on the above chart, there are red dashed horizontal and vertical lines marked on the indicator, which point to its highest levels since May 2015. What's interesting in all these cases such high readings of the indicator preceded bigger moves to the downside. Therefore, in our opinion, the probability that we'll see reversal and declines in not far future is very likely.

What does it mean for crude oil? As you see on the above charts, there is a positive correlation between the oil-to-gold ratio and crude oil which means that if it reverses and declines, it will likely translate into lower prices of crude oil in the coming week(s) similarly to what we saw in the previous months.

The above article is based on our latest Oil Investment Update. Its full version includes much more details and is accompanied by scenario analysis and summary of key factors that are likely to affect crude oil in the coming weeks. If you enjoyed it, we encourage you to for Oil Investment Updates or the Fundamental Package that includes it.

Thank you.

Nadia Simmons

Forex & Oil Trading Strategist

Przemyslaw Radomski, CFA

Founder, Editor-in-chief, Gold & Silver Fund Manager

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