{"id":18360,"date":"2021-04-23T07:30:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T11:30:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-04-23T07:30:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T11:30:53","slug":"prepare-to-be-gouged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/prepare-to-be-gouged\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare To Be Gouged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial Day weekend is just seven weeks away. And you know what that means&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices are going higher.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s the annual gouging of the American consumer. It happens just about every year &ndash; starting in late April and going into Memorial Day. Oil prices rise. Gas prices rise. And, we empty our pockets in order to fill up our tanks.<\/p>\n<p>This year, though, the gouging is likely to be more severe than normal&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ve all been cooped up for the past 13 months. We&rsquo;re anxious to get away. And, whether that getaway is by plane, train, or car we&rsquo;re going to be using more oil.<\/p>\n<p>And, if the chart is any indication, the price of oil looks ready to make a big move higher. Take a look&hellip;<\/p>\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px; line-height:24px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; max-width: 700px; width: 100%; margin: 0px auto;\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jeffclarktrader.com\/JMU\/images\/202104\/2021042321-mm-01_hdw234.png\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px; line-height:24px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.jeffclarktrader.com\/JMU\/images\/202104\/2021042321-mm-01_hdw234.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Click here to expand image)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The price of oil has been pulling back a bit over the past month &ndash; dropping from a high of just over $65 per barrel to the current price near $61. That action has forced all of the various moving average lines to coil together. This chart is building energy for the next big move.<\/p>\n<table bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: 1px solid #D7D7D7; margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 15px;padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 10px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px; line-height:24px;\">\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Free Trading Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you checked out Jeff&#8217;s free trading resources on his website? It contains a selection of special reports, training videos, and a full trading glossary to help kickstart your trading career \u2013 at zero cost to you. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a> to check it out.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The last time we saw similar action in the chart of oil was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/looking-for-redemption-in-this-commodity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">back in October<\/a>. Oil had been chopping back and forth for several weeks. The moving averages were coiling. And, we figured oil was setting up to make a big move higher.<\/p>\n<p>The price of oil is more than 50% higher today than it was in October. And now, we&rsquo;re coiling again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#bearish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bearish<\/a> traders might argue that the price of oil could just as easily break down from this coiling pattern as it could break up from it. And, that&rsquo;s true. But, the seasonal tendency is for oil to rally this time of year.<\/p>\n<p>When you combine that seasonal factor with the tight coil pattern, the odds favor the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#bullish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bulls<\/a> on this trade. So, get ready to be gouged at the pump over the next month.<\/p>\n<p>But, traders who buy oil today probably won&rsquo;t mind.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards and good trading,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casey-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/misc\/jeff-clark-signature.png\" width=\"200\" style=\"max-width:200px; width:100%;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Clark<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. <\/strong>Prices at the pump might be soaring, but thousands of stocks are as well. And I believe now&rsquo;s the season to get in on seeing some large gains&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s why, next week, I&rsquo;ll be hosting a special presentation where I&#8217;ll reveal a &ldquo;new corner&rdquo; of the market that could give you the chance to double your money every two weeks. During my presentation, I&rsquo;ll also reveal the<a href=\"https:\/\/signup.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT533826&#038;eid=MKT537939&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC099058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> unique trading technique I&rsquo;ve developed<\/a> to help everyday folks earn those gains.<\/p>\n<p>So, <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT533826&#038;eid=MKT537939&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC099058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here join me on Wednesday, April 28 at 8 p.m. ET,<\/a> to learn about this new corner \u2013 and get three free tickers to help you get started. You won&rsquo;t want to miss out.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><strong>Reader Mailbag<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>How do you predict the markets will react to this summer&rsquo;s travel boom?<\/p>\n<p>Let us know your thoughts &ndash; and any questions you have &ndash; at <a href=\"mailto:feedback@jeffclarktrader.com\">feedback@jeffclarktrader.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"service":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"publication":[10],"person":[7],"newsletter-type":[],"ticker":[],"class_list":["post-18360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-minute","publication-market-minute","person-jeff-clark"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18360"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=18360"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=18360"},{"taxonomy":"newsletter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-type?post=18360"},{"taxonomy":"ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ticker?post=18360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}