Serious near-term technical damage was inflicted in crude oil futures with the big losses Tuesday, to strongly suggest that market has topped out and that crude prices will now trade sideways at best for an extended period. More importantly, the breakdown in crude oil futures sends a strong message to the big, speculative “fund” futures traders that the bull moves in other commodities have also run their course for now, and it may now be time for those funds to initiate bigger short positions in commodity futures markets. Crude oil is arguably the leader of the raw commodity sector and when that market suffers, traders tend to at least shy away from other commodity futures markets, if not outright sell them. Stay tuned!– Jim