These supports are identified respectively as the 38.2 percent and the 23.6 percent projection levels of a wave C, the third part of a corrective cycle from $8.80-1/2.
This wave could have completed around a resistance at $9.38-1/2. The completion is indicated by the deep drop from the Feb. 1 high of $9.31-1/4.
On the daily chart, the contract failed to break a strong resistance zone of 9.21-3/4 to $9.27-3/4, which is formed by the Jan. 7 high, and the 38.2 percent retracement on the downtrend from $10.54-1/2 to $8.39-3/4. The failure could have caused a drop towards $8.90-1/4.
A break above $9.27-3/4 could open the way towards $9.47.
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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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