The resistance and the support are identified as the 50 percent and the 38.2 percent projection levels of a wave C from $3.67-1/4. A correction triggered by the resistance may consist of three waves. The third wave labeled c could travel to $3.81.
A break above $3.85 will not be confirmed until corn rises above the Dec. 7 high of $3.85-3/4, while a break below $3.81 may cause a loss to $3.76.
It must be noted that compared to the wave A, the wave C looks too short to complete. The wave C is capable of traveling into a range of $3.89-1/4 to $4.03 eventually. However, it is almost an mission impossible to figure out how this wave C is constructed.
On the daily chart, corn faces a resistance at $3.86, the 38.2 percent retracement of the downtrend from $4.37 to $3.54-3/4. Corn failed to overcome this barrier twice.
A break above it could open the way to $3.96.
* Wang Tao is a Reuters market analyst for commodities and energy technicals. The views expressed are his own.
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