• Oil price jumps higher for a fourth consecutive day on Monday.
• Traders are pencilling in a bullish outlook, with demand in Asia to pick up. 
• The US Dollar Index trades at a pivotal level after being glued to it since last week. 

Oil price jumps higher for a fourth straight day in a row on Monday. Oil traders are sending Crude prices higher with the assumption that the monthly report from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will still bear a bullish undertone. Certainly, seeing recent price increases from Saudi Arabia towards Asia and Russia set to commit to its production quota by firmly reducing its production over August and September. Volatility is bound to pick up with the report from the International Energy Administration (IEA) on Wednesday, which is often a bit more dovish than the OPEC one. 

The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the performance of the US Dollar against six major currencies, is still having issues and trades near the pivotal level it was residing around in the aftermath of the rough Monday ride in markets last week. It looks like the DXY will orbit around this level until the first catalyst, which will probably be the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) print for July scheduled for Wednesday. Should that report reveal a pickup in inflation, market repricing would favor a stronger US Dollar.