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CBOT corn may consolidate in $3.79-1/4 to $3.85-3/4 range

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The range is formed by the 23.6 percent and the 7 percent retracements on the uptrend from $3.50-1/4 to $3.88-1/2.

The correction from $3.88-1/2 was triggered by a resistance at $3.89-3/4, the 50 percent retracement on the downtrend from $4.29-1/2 to $3.50-1/4. It looks too shallow to be complete.

However, it is not very clear in which way this correction would extend, as it could last a longer time or develop towards a lower level at $3.73-3/4.

On the daily chart, a bearish engulfing pattern and a shooting star formed on Aug. 1 and Aug 2, both bearish reversal patterns. Together, they strongly indicate a fall towards $3.68-3/4.

Only a break above $3.89-3/4 could confirm the extension of the uptrend towards $3.99.

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