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LME aluminium three-month target at $1,505/T

SINGAPORE: LME aluminium will fall to $1,505 per tonne, as it is riding on a powerful wave "C". The wave "C" is the sec
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The wave "C" is the second downward leg of an "A-B-C" corrective wave cycle that started at the 2008 high of $3,380, and it could be mirroring the sharp wave "A" drop from $3,380 to the 2009 low of $1,279.

A Fibonacci projection analysis of the wave "C" target points to $1,505, the 61.8 percent level, based on the length of the wave "A" and the peak of the wave "B" at $2,803.

The metal needs to clear a support at $1,828, the wave "b" trough, before rushing towards $1,505.

The fall from $2,803 has not been linear enough to characterize the wave "C", signaling the following move could speed up, and the support at $1,828 may not trigger any decent rebound.

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Copyright Reuters, 2011