October Nymex crude oil futures prices at mid-week hit a nearly six-month low and the bears have the near-term technical advantage. The path of least resistance for crude oil prices is sideways to lower. If crude oil continues to slide then most other raw commodity markets will likely do the same. Crude oil is the leader of the raw commodity sector and is a key “outside market” that many other markets, and traders, track very closely on a daily basis. You should, too.—Stay tuned. Jim Wyckoff