The uptrend from $1.2040 looks incomplete. It seems to have adopted an impulsive wave mode. A small triangle is contracting to a point. It is a bullish continuation pattern.
It is too early to confirm a reversal of the uptrend, simply based on the drop from the Dec. 18 high of $52.48. Resistance is at $51.83, a break above which could lead to a gain to $52.15.
The resistance is identified as the 176.4% projection level of an upward wave 3 from $4.20-1/2. This wave is expected to travel into a range of $4.45-1/2 to $4.47-3/4.
The third wave labelled c is expected to travel into a range of $5.99-1/4 to $6.02-1/4. A break above $6.11 could lead to a gain into $6.14-3/4 to $6.18 range.
The most active soybean futures on the Chicago Board Of Trade were up 0.9pc at $12.12 a bushel at 1154 GMT, after earlier rising to a 6-1/2 year high of $12.16-1/4.
"We are at the crucial time," said Mark Schultz, chief market analyst at Northstar Commodity. "They better start getting the moisture."
Chicago Board of Trade January soybean futures settled up 17-1/2 cents at $12.01-1/4 a bushel. CBOT March corn futures gained 5-1/4 cents to $4.32-1/2.
But around April this year, the country's corn prices began to rise. Between May and September, the ministry held several reserve auctions, which were cleaned out almost every time despite the high costs.
US soy processors crushed 181.018 million bushels of soybeans in November, their third-largest monthly crush on record, the National Oilseed Processors Association said.MARKET NEWS
Soybeans and corn edged lower as weather forecasts pointing to heavier rain next week in central Brazil easing concerns about persisting dryness in crop belts.
Prices for the top exporter's 5% broken parboiled variety rose to $378-$383 per tonne, their highest since the week of Sept. 24, from $375-$381 last week.