The Nymex crude oil futures market has lost altitude recently and prices are now trending lower on the daily bar chart after hitting a 2.5-month low this week. Now, the past of least resistance for oil prices is sideways-to-lower on the daily chart. Multiple daily closes below the key $100.00-a-barrel level in Nymex crude would be another clue that prices are headed still lower. Stay tuned! —Jim Wyckoff