See on the daily bar chart for March Nymex crude oil futures that prices are in an accelerating uptrend and have just hit another seven-year high. The bulls are in strong command. There are no solid, early chart clues that a market top is close at hand. Energy traders are now believing more and more that crude oil prices will challenge and even surpass major psychological resistance at $100 a barrel in the not-too-distant future. Stay tuned—Jim Wyckoff