The Nymex crude oil futures market remains in a solid price uptrend on the daily chart and recently hit a 2.5-year high. The crude oil bull remain technically very strong and there are no early clues to suggest a market top is close at hand. Thus, the path of least resistance will remain sideways to higher in the near term. Any early clues of a potential trend change in crude oil and other markets will be in my daily market update reports. Stay tuned!– Jim