The bounce from this low was driven by a wave B, the second wave of a three-wave cycle from the Oct. 3, 2018 high of $86.74. This wave is expected to be deeply or totally reversed by the current wave C which started at $75.60.
A projection analysis suggests that the wave C is capable of travelling into a range of $38.79-$52.85, formed by its 100% and 61.8% projection levels.
The preceding bigger cycle from $27.10 adopted a corrective wave mode as well. This characteristic suggests that the uptrend from $49.93 could hardly extend above $75.60. The cycle took 698 trading days to complete. The current cycle lasted less than 200 days, which looks too short to complete.
The bounce from the June 5 low of $59.45 may extend into a resistance zone of $66.91-$70.23 before the downtrend resumes. The range is formed by the 23.6% and the 14.6% projection levels of the wave C and pointed by a falling trendline.
A further gain above $72.66, the 23.6% retracement of the uptrend from $27.10 to $86.74 could signal an extension of the uptrend towards $86.74.
The rise from $49.93 on the weekly chart looks like a pullback towards a rising trendline. The pullback was overdone. A retracement analysis on the uptrend from $49.93 to $75.60 reveals a support at $59.74, the 61.8% level, which caused the second pullback.
This second pullback is expected to be much shorter and weaker than the first one, probably to end around $69.54, which is near $70.23 (first chart). Strategically, a break below $59.74 could confirm the continuation of the wave C towards $49.93.
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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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