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Trading commodity currency

Brent crude oil price, ruble denominated, has deviated significantly for the 4th time from its 200-day moving average (MA). Last three times it returned back to the MA. Will it happen once again now?

The share of fuel&energy goods in Russian export is 65% which is quite a lot, according to Federal Customs service of Russia. This explains the high dependence of the Russian ruble from the global markets oil price. The cheaper oil makes ruble lose its value against the US dollar, as a result, the Brent chart in rubles gravitates toward its average line. The chart depicting the percentage change of the ruble exchange rate and the oil illustrates that the instruments move oppositely directed. The oil has fallen in price much more than the ruble since early 2015, as the ruble devaluation mainly took place in 2014.

On the daily chart Brent_RUB:D1 has verged the support line of the neutral trend. All indicators give the sell signals. The hypothesis that the trend can turn to the bullish and head towards its 200-day moving average is based upon the interconnection of the ruble rate and the global oil prices. Thus, we can consider the possibility of buying this personal composite instrument (PCI) at market near the trend line. The initial risk limit is possible below the year low at 2970. Having opened the delayed order, the stop shall be moved following the Bollinger bands and Parabolic signals to the next fractal low. Thus, we are changing the probable profit/loss ratio to the breakeven point. The most risk-averse traders may switch to the 4-hour chart after the trade and place there a stop-loss moving it in the direction of the trade.

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