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Commodities Need To Bounce Here

Greg Schnell

Greg Schnell

Chief Technical Analyst, Osprey Strategic

Here is the chart of Copper (CPER) trying to hold at support this week. One of the problems showing up is that all the commodities are breaking down. Support is right here, right now. The reason it is called support is because the chart has bounced here before. I want to be optimistic to buy here if it holds and let someone else own it if it doesn't. One of the concerns is the momentum rolling over (PPO indicator) just above zero. The two examples of that in 2018 and 2019 were not friendly to holders of the ETF at that time.

One of the ways to analyze the commodities demand is through the stocks that produce them, such as FCX for Copper. Price is trying to bounce off the 40-week moving average. Momentum is rolling over on the PPO, but the indicator is making higher highs and higher lows. If copper is going to improve, we should se the momentum indicator on FCX hold up above zero and start to turn higher. That would be a great setup for a big move higher.

I did record a video about Commodities on the weekend, which warns of the precarious levels that we are currently at on 4 or 5 different charts.

Commodities Need To Find Support

Commodities could be a big clue as to whether or not the world turns higher or lower from here. Pay attention to either result for broader implications!

Good trading,
Greg Schnell, CMT, MFTA
Senior Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com
Author, Stock Charts For Dummies


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Greg Schnell
About the author: , CMT, MFTA is Chief Technical Analyst at Osprey Strategic specializing in intermarket and commodities analysis. He is also the co-author of Stock Charts For Dummies (Wiley, 2018). Based in Calgary, Greg is a board member of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA) and the chairman of the CSTA Calgary chapter. He is an active member of both the CMT Association and the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA). Learn More