SINGAPORE: U.S. oil may break a support at $58.59 and fall to the next support at $57.81 per barrel, as it failed to break a resistance at $59.55.
The resistance is identified as the 76.4 percent projection level of an upward wave c from $54.52. The failure to overcome this barrier, along with the bearish divergence on the hourly MACD, suggests a completion of the wave c. A break above $59.55 could lead to a gain to $61.10.
On the daily chart, a retracement analysis on the downtrend from $76.90 to $42.36 reveals a similar resistance at $59.63, the 50 percent level, which works together with the resistance at $59.55 to stop the uptrend.
The current uptrend is shaped into a rising wedge, the two trendlines of which are converging to a point. Given that oil is unlikely to break $59.63, the wedge has a strong bearish indication that a deep correction is due.
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** Wang Tao is a Reuters market analyst for commodities and energy technicals. The views expressed are his own.
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