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Technicals indicate Albemarle shorts may get squeezed hard

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** Albemarle's stock fell to $112.00 last week, struck a 3-year low

** This as ALB and other lithium producers dropped as battery metal prices slid

** The 76.4% Fibonacci retracement of ALB $48.89-$334.54 rally was pierced

** Gap from the November 6, 2020 weekly close was also filled last week

** ALB then rallied, however, and notched weekly gain of about 9%

** Price rallied back above the Fibo & a weekly bullish engulfing candle formed

** Weekly relative strength index (RSI) diverged on last week's low and is rising today

** Tests of $170/$180 resistance, falling channel top ~$190 cannot be ruled out

** Stock last up 1.4% at $129.15 on Mon

** Short interest in ALB has nearly tripled in 2023 and stood at roughly 8% of co's public float as of Oct 31, LSEG data showed

(Christopher Romano is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)

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