short 1 @ 44.00
stop @ 44.20
update: took 15 ticks, seeing what the dow is doing today first
stop @ 44.20
update: took 15 ticks, seeing what the dow is doing today first
Quote from InvestVision:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Oil-markets-grow-volatile-apf-14465882.html
1) crude inventories:
The government report also said that crude inventories rose by 700,000 barrels, or 0.2 percent, to 351.3 million barrels. Analysts expected crude stocks would grow by 2.25 million barrels, according to a survey by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos.
2) Gasoline inventories :
slipped by 3.4 million barrels, or 1.6 percent, to 215.3 million barrels, which is 7.6 percent below year-ago levels.
3) gas demand ( gas used by people ):
the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report that gasoline demand was up 1.7 percent for the week ended Feb. 20, compared with the same period last year to an average of 9 million barrels per day.
Oil rose above $44 a barrel on Thursday after the United Arab Emirates announced deeper cuts in crude supply to Asia for April in a possible signal that OPEC will cut output further at its next meeting in March.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, the main oil supplier in the UAE, said it will sell customers less of its flagship Murban crude oil and three other main grades in April than in March.
The move came as a surprise to traders, who had expected the UAE to keep April supply curbs largely unchanged.
U.S. crude for April delivery was up $1.80 at $44.30 a barrel by 1457 GMT, after hitting an intra-day high of $44.39. London Brent crude gained $1.40 to $45.69.
Edward Meir, analyst at MF Global in New York, said the market was expecting further cuts in production by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries:
"Crude oil prices could work slightly higher from here, (likely in fits and starts), as we approach the OPEC meeting, and as participants begin to discount another likely cut."
"However, even if OPEC was to go ahead with its cut, we have our doubts that prices will move substantially above the $50 mark; that seems to be a fair price for oil right now given the poor macro backdrop," Meir said.

