Momentum Oil Trading Trends

What is a Momentum Trend?

A momentum oil trend is one that has more momentum than the previous one, it can be plotted using a much steeper oil trend line than the one that was in place before. When a new line forms that is much steeper than a previous one we say that the oil trend has gained extra momentum and becomes much stronger. These types of set-ups require a different type of market technical analysis.

In the crude oil trading example explained below: Also when crude oil price is moving upwards within a channel, if it breaks the upward channel a stronger oil trend is formed as shown in the diagram below. If as a trader your chart breaks an upward oil trend line to the upside in an upward moving market like the one below, Do not Try to Sell, Buy More Contracts, Remember this oil trading tip it can make you a lot of money just like the way it did in the trading analysis below.

Channel Break Upward - More Momentum on Upwards Market Movement

Using same technical analysis examples above we can also see how new steeper lines were formed showing the oil trend was gaining momentum.

This is shown by the steeper lines that can be drawn as the crude oil price progresses.

The newly formed oil trend has more momentum than the previous one as shown by the formation of the steeper trend line.

This forms oil trend B & C as shown in the diagram below drawn using the MT4 technical analysis software, The momentum added a new steeper line as plotted on this chart.

This is shown in the crude oil trading example explained below by the three lines A, B and C showing formation of stronger trends as the crude oil market continues to gather momentum.

Oil Trading Price Gaining More Momentum

However, when the steepest oil trendline is broken then even all the others trend-lines will most likely also be broken too. It is best to take profit once the steep most trend-line is broken.

This strategy can also be used by short term oil traders like the day trader or the scalper, this pattern will frequently form on the 5 minute and 15 minute chart. This parabolic lines can be used to know where to take profit. A trader should immediately book his profit as soon as the steep most line is broken.

How to Trade These

The momentum oil trend lines are good technical analysis tools for determining where to take profit early before other traders. This momentum trading setup occurs frequently on 1 minute, 5 minute and 15 minutes charts & therefore suitable for scalpers & day traders. For day trading which is most common the best chart to use is the 15 minutes sometimes the 5 minutes, For example after entering a short term trade either buy/sell and the crude oil market moves some pips in your favor and you spot this pattern then it is best to exit once the steep most line is broken and take profit at that point.

Technical Analysis Example

For this example we shall use short term trading chart of minutes for plotting, when the set-up appeared as below, it was a good point to take profit.

Trading The Momentum Market Moves

In the above example a trader trading long would have waited until the steepest line was broken then closed the trade & taking profit at this point thus making a profit of 42 pips on this buy oil trade. The trader would have exited the trade at the best time & thus avoided the ranging oil market that followed.

Parabolic Trends

Sometimes a market moves in a parabolic manner, and this is seen when panic buying sets in and oil prices is driven vertical. During a parabolic up move, there is almost a complete absence of sellers, which creates a vacuum of buying. When this occurs traders rush to just get into the crude oil market regardless of oil price, in fear of being left behind. This can make the largest crude oil price moves in the shortest amount of time, traders will place buy orders in this oil trading setup.

For this type of move it is best to keep buying - no need for technical analysis just keep buying.

This oil trend will last for months on end even up to 2 years, for this time just keep buying & as long as those weekly and monthly oil trend lines are holding just keep buying & buying.

When oil moves in this way, the highest point that is reached often marks the end of a move with oil prices not returning to the ultimate highs again for a long time. When this point is reached and the most steepest oil trend line is broken it is best to consider that as a oil trend reversal and it is best to take time off the crude oil market and enjoy your profits for a while before calculating your next move.

The same can also happen for a down oil trend when there is panic selling and crude oil price is also driven vertical. This especially happens during recession.

The steeper a oil trend line angle, the less reliable it becomes. When the most steep is broken its best to exit this trade. The example explained below is for crude oil that has formed a parabolic setup. Another example is oil that formed on the weekly/monthly chart during the period shortly after the steepest line in the crude oil chart was broken.

As a trader if you come across a parabolic oil trend in an upward just keep buying and buying some more you will make a lot of profits, there will be no added technical analysis required just the lines. The only thing to remember is to exit once the steepest line is over because the reversal on this crude oil trading setup is very fast you need to also be very fast. Just make sure you exit at the correct spot just like in the above examples.

For example, the above parabolic movement is of crude oil chart, the traders had managed to drive the crude oil price of oil from $70 to $150 over a period of a couple of months at the top of the crude oil market those who call themselves analysts were so bullish they predicted the crude oil price of crude oil would hit a high of $200, what these analysts did not know this concept a.k.a Vacuum buying, in technical analysis market trading as long as the oil trend lines held the direction of the market was upward, but even after the first steepest line was broken the analysts kept insisting the crude oil price would hit $200, guess what, after the most steep line was broken it did not even take two weeks to take the crude oil price of oil, back to $50 at one time it was even $35. That is parabolic technical analysis, now you know.

Good examples of this crude oil trading setup on charts is the weekly and monthly crude oil price charts for Oil Trading and Crude Oil Trading, these charts can be found on MT4 crude oil trading platform depending on your broker.