December cotton futures on the New York Board of Trade have recently formed a descending triangle pattern on the daily bar chart. These triangles are usually bearish. Prices are in a two-week-old downtrend from the August high of 57.75 cents a pound. A bearish downside “breakout” from the descending triangle pattern on the daily chart would occur on a solid price move below technical support at the base of the triangle pattern, located at 54.00 cents in December futures.
See, too, on the daily chart that the shorter-term moving averages I follow (9- and 18-day) have recently produced a bearish crossover signal, whereby the 9-day crossed below the 18-day moving average.
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The cotton bulls can argue that Tuesday’s price action was encouraging, as prices probed down to the solid support level of 54.00 cents, and then rebounded sharply. It will take a close above strong near-term technical resistance at 56.00 cents in December cotton to provide the bulls with fresh upside technical momentum to suggest a fresh uptrend can get under way.
A close in December cotton futures below solid support at 54.00 cents would be significantly bearish to suggest a retest of the July low of 51.20 cents, or below. Major psychological support in nearby cotton futures is located at 50.00 cents a pound.
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