{"id":434835,"date":"2026-07-28T01:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/crude-oil-futures-settled-at-82-61-434835\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T01:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:45:25","slug":"crude-oil-futures-settled-at-82-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/crude-oil-futures-settled-at-82-61-434835\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude oil futures settled at $82.61"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">WTI crude oil futures settled at $82.61, down $6.70 (-7.50%) on the day. It was the largest one-day decline since April 17, when prices tumbled 9.86%, as easing geopolitical tensions sparked heavy selling across the energy market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">\n<p>From a technical perspective, the bearish tone strengthened as the price broke below several key support levels. WTI fell beneath its 100-hour moving average at $87.42, its 200-hour moving average at $84.08, and the 38.2% retracement of the July rally at $83.42. Those breaks shift the near-term bias more firmly in favor of the sellers.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, the 200-hour moving average at $84.08 is the key level to watch. A move back above that level, especially with sustained momentum, would suggest the selling pressure is easing and shift the outlook toward a more neutral bias. As long as the price remains below it, sellers remain in control.<\/p>\n<p>On the downside, the next technical target is the 50% retracement of the July advance at $80.30. A break below that level would increase the downside momentum and open the door toward the next major support zone between $77.93 and $79.18.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTI crude oil futures settled at $82.61, down $6.70 (-7.50%) on the day. It was the largest one-day decline since April 17, when prices tumbled 9.86%, as easing geopolitical tensions sparked heavy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}