Copper Bears Need to Defend Critical Resistance. COPPER FUTURES (CONTINUOUS: CURRENT CONTRACT IN FRONT) COMEX:HG1! bottomcatcher Copper stalls at triple resistance cluster (1). Since the March lows, Copper has put in an impressive performance, surpassing the February highs without so much as a pullback. Now testing a triple resistance cluster, copper bears desperately need to defend this critical zone to keep the broad negative outlook intact, which began back in mid-2018. Above resistance and ascending trendline at (1) opens the door to overhead resistance at low 28600s as a first target to watch out for, whilst sending a bullish message to the broader market.