Despite today’s rally in broad market ($SPX) and tech-heavy Nasdaq 100, XOP (Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF) continues to stall out at the 71.53 resistance with the PPO starting to roll over (i.e.- the potential negative divergence to be confirmed on a PPO bearish crossover).

XOP daily Jan 20th

XOP daily Jan 20th

A sell signal & the next objective short entry (following last week’s rally into resistance) on XOP to come on a solid break below the 68.90ish support level with potential swing targets on the 60-minute chart below.

XOP 60m Jan 20th

XOP 60m Jan 20th

Likewise, DRIP (3x bearish/inverse Oil & Gas E&P ETF) still offers an objective short entry based on the fact XOP is overbought at resistance with potential divergences on the daily time frame with the next buy signal to come if/when XOP breaks below that 68.90ish support level mentioned above.

DRIP 60m Dec 20th

DRIP 60m Dec 20th