XLE: Will Energy ETF Fill the Gap?
What a difference a month makes! At this time in April, crude oil was in negative territory as the market literally paid you to take barrels away. Now it's rebounded sharply as the economy reopens. On top of that, Memorial Day weekend is coming. Even if coronavirus hurts some travel demand, summer driving season is still around the corner.
That brings us back to the energy sector, which is has spent the last three weeks consolidating. The SPDR Energy ETF held roughly $36 last week. That area marked the highs on March 10 and April 9. In other words, old resistance has become new support.
The next chart feature to watch is XLE’s bearish gap from March 9. If it starts to fill that space, buyers may look for a continued push toward at least $42. That price zone also marks the 50 percent retracement of its decline in 2020.
Overall the move in energy is based on seasonality and a lot of economic drivers. Charts alone may not capture its potential to rebound because the market could also face a macro sentiment shift toward beaten-down cyclicals and away from growth stocks – at least for a few weeks.
If that’s the case, energy could be the top beneficiary – along with small caps, financials and industrials. Within energy, traders with the time may want to take a wider view toward refineries and oil-field service providers.
That brings us back to the energy sector, which is has spent the last three weeks consolidating. The SPDR Energy ETF held roughly $36 last week. That area marked the highs on March 10 and April 9. In other words, old resistance has become new support.
The next chart feature to watch is XLE’s bearish gap from March 9. If it starts to fill that space, buyers may look for a continued push toward at least $42. That price zone also marks the 50 percent retracement of its decline in 2020.
Overall the move in energy is based on seasonality and a lot of economic drivers. Charts alone may not capture its potential to rebound because the market could also face a macro sentiment shift toward beaten-down cyclicals and away from growth stocks – at least for a few weeks.
If that’s the case, energy could be the top beneficiary – along with small caps, financials and industrials. Within energy, traders with the time may want to take a wider view toward refineries and oil-field service providers.
