The support is identified as the 23.6pc projection level of a downward wave -c- from $63.81.

This wave is capable of travelling into the range of $57.30-$59.79.

The fall from the April 23 high of $66.60 followed the reversal of the uptrend from the Dec. 24, 2018 low of $42.36.

A retracement analysis on the uptrend reveals that the fall has been basically controlled by the 7pc, the 14.6pc and the 23.6pc levels.

Following its two failures to break above $63.06, oil is likely to fall towards $60.88.

On the daily chart, oil failed to break a resistance at $64.18, the 7pc projection level of a presumed wave C from $66.60.

This calculation is based on the assumption that the fall from $66.60 is the continuation of the downtrend from the Oct. 3, 2018 high of $76.90.

This fall looks like a ripple before the primary tide arrives.

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Wang Tao is a Reuters market analyst for commodities and energy technicals.

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