Tullow Oil
A trading opportunity for you?
Will Tullow break support, or will it rise again back to 273p highs?
- Tullow has a support zone around 211p since April, having bounced 5 times
- Now trading 215.8p (at time of writing).
- Shares -21.1% from 2018 highs; +30.2% from 2018 lows; +4.2% year-to-date.
- 17 Sept: Tullow Oil getting back to exploration, says Canaccord; upgrades to Buy
- Source: Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, DJ Newswires
Trading Tullow – An Example
Let’s say you like the Tullow chart and you think the price is heading back towards 273p again. You decide to buy exposure to £10,000 worth of Tullow using a CFD, at the current price of 215.8p. To do this, you need £2,000.
Let’s assume Tullow rises back to 273p (+26.5%). Your profit would be £2650, from your initial investment of £2,000.
Conversely, let’s assume you open the above position, and place a stop-loss at 6% from the current price. Tullow falls 6% and hits your stop-loss. Your loss would be £600.
This is provided for information purposes only. It should not be taken as a recommendation.

