What is Elliot Wave Theory? The Elliott Wave Principle is a form of technical analysis that is used to analyze market cycles and forecast market trends by identifying the impulses and corrections of market structure. A trader can identify trends by identifying extremes in investor psychology, highs and lows in prices, and much more. The Elliot Waves are as follows: 1: Impulse Wave 2: Correction 3: Impulse Wave 4: Correction 5: Impulse Wave A: Impulse Wave + Complex Correction (Wave A usually drops to the previous fourth wave (Wave 4) B: Correction C: Impulse (Once wave c is over, it is highly likely the next move is a wave that overcomes the entire a-b-c sequence.)
So what comes after the 5th Wave? What kind of psychologic factors could be taking place during this wave? Leave your thoughts below!
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Here are the results of how this pattern played out this week!
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@RICHMONSTOCK, Yeah, Isnt the 3rd supposed to be longer than the second?
cleartradingtv
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@RICHMONSTOCK, Yes - usually the 3rd wave is larger than the 1st.
RICHMONSTOCK
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@cleartradingtv, no that's an elliot rule wave 3 can never be the shortest
SvarogPerun
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@RICHMONSTOCK, exactly and in lot of cases the third wave is 1.618 fib extension of first one
Mayfair_Ventures
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Great post! I use Elliott a lot for the higher time trend moves (monthly & weekly) mostly. Here's a post touching on your last point! 👍
TheBadMrFox
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@Mayfair_Ventures I see 5 waves on smaller time frames all the time. in a weakening market, the drop comes right at the correction , for S&P about 3717 and will dip at LEAST into the 3rd waves ranges
Mayfair_Ventures
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@TheBadMrFox, Yes the 5 waves are usually impulsive and then 3 correctives. It's the Elliott pattern over & over again. The post above, was to do with the mindset and if you click into the link it shows the waves in terms of where the mindset is at. 👍