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Tow-Legged, ABCD, Elliott WavesFigure 1.1 has two extreme trends and one extreme trading range. This day began with a strong bear trend down to bar 1, then entered an unusually tight trading range until it broke out to the upside by one tick at bar 2, and then reversed to a downside breakout into an exceptionally strong trend down to bar 3. Two-legged moves are common, but unfortunately the traditional nomenclature is confusing. When one occurs as a pullback in a trend, it is often called an ABC move. When the two legs are the first two legs of a trend, Elliott Wave technicians instead refer to the legs as waves 1 and 3, with the pullback between them as wave 2. Some traders who are looking for a measured move will look for a reversal back up after the second leg reaches about the same size as the first leg. These technicians often call the pattern an AB = CD move. The first leg down begins with point A and ends with point B (bar 1 in Figure 1.1, which is also A in the ABC move), and the second leg begins with point C (bar 2 in Figure 1.1, which is also B in the ABC move) and ends with point D (bar 3 in Figure 1.1, which is also C in the ABC move).
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by RezaBayat
Difference between ABC and WXY Elliott Corrective WavesElliott Wave Principle , developed by Ralph Nelson Elliott, proposes that the seemingly chaotic behaviour of the different financial markets isn’t actually chaotic. In fact the markets moves in predictable, repetitive cycles or waves and can be measured and forecast using Fibonacci numbers. Elliott wave predicts that the prices of the traded financial instrument will evolve in waves: five impulsive waves and three corrective waves. This educational article aims to present only the difference between ABC and WXY corrective waves and will not cover other wave paterns (triangle corrective waves , or any of the impulsive (motive) wave structures) Both ABC and WXY corrective waves are patterns made of 3 waves (swings) corrective structure and this similarity mostly confuses practitioners while labeling. The main difference between the two is in the internal subdivision of the waves (legs) Each pattern has its own rules, where ABC could be - a ZigZag patern that have 5-3-5 internal stracture - a Flat (Regular, Running or Expanded Flat) patern that have 3-3-5 internal stracture while WXY patern is made of 3-3-3 internal stracture. WXY is combination of two corrective patterns , hence often called as a double three or a double correction. Each wave W, X or Y could have almost any corrective structures (double three, triple three, zigzag, flat, triangle (wave W can’t be a triangle structure), or any complex combinations) WXY is also know as 7 swing stracture even it is made of 3-3-3 internal swings, the X-wave is considered as a connector wave because it binds two corrective waves and is counted as 1, W and Y waves are counted as 3 and hence 7 swings WXYXZ is combination of three corrective patterns, hence often called as a triple three, a triple correction or 11 swing, WXY rules applies also for WXYXZ Tips : An elliott wave practitioner in general may assume a trend continuation once an ABC correction is completed. In todays market complex corrections are more common than simple corrections, the markets are in a correction phase nearly %70-%80 of the time. Hence, once an ABC correction is completed a trend continuation failure must be considered in the trading plan and in fact, this failure is the main characteristic of the X-wave, a trend that has failed. Once X wave is completed another corrective structures is to be expected live examples (not financial advice, just experimental analysis) GOLD BTC Below is a link to Elliott Wave Oscillator study, where the "EWO with Signals" indicator helps traders to track the waves (in lower degrees). It provides insight to traders to observe when an existing wave ends and when a new one begins
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by dgtrd
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ABC (D) (E|A)Note: this is not backtesting, just an observation of some pairs in the last week. All of these can be seen as ABC, but I like to chart it as ABCDE and see that E is not coming in the way. I spotted this behaviour on various pairs and time frames, but the last week provides nice summary to be put in one place. They provide nice RR, but require patience :) And of course this is not the every time winning case - you also have to take in account trend on larger time frame and support/resistance levels. Anyway, hope somebody will find this useful and will benefit his/her trading. ABCDa rising AUDCHF: AUDNZD: ABCDa falling USDCAD: Failed ABCDE = ABCDEA USDCHF: Or just ABC with breakout and pullback USDCNH: Disclaimer: this idea is solely for my own purposes, to satisfy the ego, if it will work out ;)
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by rludvik
Practical Exercise - The ABC PatternThe ABC Pattern is derived from the ZigZag concept from Elliott Wave, and the 1-1 concept from Harmonic Patterns. Practical Exercise  1) Identify a corrective move that look like a ABC Pattern, it can be any currency pair, any timeframe. 2) Using Fib expansion, measure the ABC Pattern. 3) Record down where does this ABC Pattern completes. 4) Also, record down where does price move after the completion of the ABC Pattern, and how far it travelled. 5) Post your exercise on the comment section in this thread. 6) Repeat this practice to gather a total of 10 examples.
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by KarYong