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One would think that oil would have had a great week since many are predicting a smaller scale replay of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf early next week. While oil did finish the week up nearly a dollar, the action in crude can hardly be considered healthy. As shown in the intraday chart below, in four of the five trading days last week, crude oil gapped higher in the morning but failed to hold its early gains every time.

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