Bottom reached ? Just my thoughts6 Jul 2022 21:28
Not sure about the many comments today but one note I read from GS shared my thoughts and HBR suffered at the same hand. Price is down for technical factors, not fundamentals. So in essence CTA flows trend following algos etc
So to show those who are interested what I mean look at WTI/Brent at the 100ma that level crossed would have triggered trend followers. 2 days ago
For HBR look at the candles size we had on the 20ma price cross o the 9th of May and then again 27th of May , crossing the 100ma and 200ma well WTI & Brent crossed the 100ma 2 days ago and we got a bad down day too .
Its trend following price action for HBR .
Now at some point other strategies will come into play , fundamentals for one as we are not seeing Brent's curve in a bad state, on the contrary , inventories are really low, demand destruction for oil is not happening and now with lower oil one has to doubt it. HBR also hedged at way higher than previous levels for 2024 .
So given all the above I am seeing this down move more of a technical play as described above with some precise points
All the other stuff I read here today is mostly bb noise . But in technical terms the loss of main MAs( moving averages) both in OIl and HBR cost us Nothing to do with fundamentals . Lets also not forget HBR is skewing more towards Gas production Not sure why this is not more discussed but please review latest HBR Presentations if haven't
My own view no advice given is that given we touched the same level as in end of March 2020 and RSI is still showing positive divergence that if tonight's inventories and tomorrow show bullish data then I suspect profit taking from the trend followers implying we are close to and nearing a bottom here. Again its just my view no advice and am transparently Long and didn't trade this great short and held on at 413 average