UPDATE #1: QUICK ANALYSIS: USDJPY: Scenario #2: ABC 5-3-5 ZigZag

Last week, i posted this chart about a bullish Scenario #2 for this pair I thought was a possibility. The recent price action has NOT invalidated this scenario and here I have updated it to reflect the latest changes. Here is the chart from last week's post so you can better see the changes I made:
THE PATTERNS
With the recent decline in prices, I had to redraw the C point of the POTENTIAL bearish butterfly (purple) but it did not invalidate the pattern. In fact, with the establishment of this new C point that is right on the lower uptrending TL, it strengthens the possibility that prices may very well ascend along its' CD leg. The POTENTIAL bearish bat pattern is still valid and did not need any adjustments.

THE WAVE COUNTS
I've also updated the wave counts for this scenario to take into account the recent drop. I have now changed the recent drop to be an abc pattern with the leg a to be the small expanding triangle. This abc wave is the wave B (yellow highlighted) of the larger Wave (C). Wave (C) itself is a ABC 5-3-5 Zigzag with wave A (highlighted) being a 5=wave move and wave B being a 3-wave move. That means that wave C of wave (C) MUST be a 5-wave move. So in following that logic, the recent reverse from the end of wave B I've labeled as wave 1 of 5 of the wave (C).

MY TRADE PLAN
Under this scenario, I will wait until I have seen the wave 2 of the 5-wave wave (C) to be established before I look for a LONG position to take advantage of a possible wave 3. I will NOT take any LONG position until I see the wave 2 because when I see that, it will further strengthen the plausibility of this scenario. Furthermore, I'll need to see that the wave 2 retrace of the wave 1 DOES NOT break under the low of that wave 1 and therefore also break the lower TL before I can more safely say that my wave count is correct. If it happens that th retrace of wave 1 DOES break below, then of course this scenario is in serious doubt and I will need to re-analyze it again before taking any action.

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