More upwards movement was expected. The target remains the same.
Summary: The mid term target is at 2,132. This may be met in 10 or 18 days time.
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Bull Wave Count
I will favor neither the bull or bear wave count. Both are viable and both expect this current upwards impulse may again be complete.
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Upwards movement from the low at 666.79 subdivides as an incomplete 5-3-5. For the bull wave count this is seen as primary waves 1-2-3.
Within intermediate wave (5) minor wave 2 is an expanded flat and minor wave 4 is a zigzag. Minor wave 3 is 14.29 points longer than 1.618 the length of minor wave 1.
At intermediate degree there is also a very close relationship between intermediate waves (3) and (1): intermediate wave (3) is just 0.76 points less than 2.618 the length of intermediate wave (1).
The aqua blue trend lines are traditional technical analysis trend lines. These lines are long held, repeatedly tested, and shallow enough to be highly technically significant. When the lower of these double trend lines is breached by a close of 3% or more of market value that should indicate a trend change. It does not indicate what degree the trend change should be though. For the main bull wave count it looks like minute wave ii may have ended just short of the lower aqua blue trend line, if this wave count is correct this would give it a typical look. For the alternate bull wave count (the second hourly chart below) I would expect this lower trend line to be breached by more than 3% of market value at the close.
There is still triple technical divergence between MACD and price at the weekly chart level.
At 2,132 minute wave iii would reach 0.618 the length of minute wave i. Minute wave i lasted seven weeks, 36 days. This is two days longer than a Fibonacci 34. Minute wave iii may be either 13 or 21 days in total if it is to be 0.382 or 0.618 the duration of minute wave i. This would see it continue for a further 10 or 18 trading days.
At 2,191 primary wave 3 would reach 1.618 the length of primary wave 1. This would expect that minor wave 5 is either an ending contracting diagonal (minute wave i would be seen as a zigzag, which is possible) or within minor wave 5 minute wave iii will be shorter than minute wave i, and minute wave v will be shorter still. Both these scenarios are possible. Or the target is wrong.
Subminuette wave i within minuette wave iii may have completed at the end of Friday’s session. We may see some downwards movement on Monday for subminuette wave ii. This could be over during the session, as it is a low degree second wave, or it could take longer and produce a red candlestick or doji for Monday. I think it is most likely that it will be over during Monday’s session, and Monday should produce a green candlestick or a green doji.
When subminuette wave ii is a completed three wave structure on the hourly chart then I will expect a third wave of a third wave of a third wave up to begin, which would be subminuette wave iii within minuette wave (iii) within minute wave iii. This movement should show a clear strong increase in upwards momentum.
The target remains the same. At 2,097 minuette wave (iii) would reach 2.618 the length of minuette wave i.
Subminuette wave ii may not move beyond the start of subminuette wave i below 1,992.91. Because this is a second wave correction within a third wave one and two degrees higher I will expect it to be more brief and shallow than second waves normally are. I would expect it to end about the 0.236 or 0.382 Fibonacci ratio of subminuette wave i.
A channel drawn using Elliott’s first technique fits subminuette wave i perfectly. At the end of Friday’s session the channel is almost breached now by a small red candlestick (almost because this final hourly candlestick is still completing at the time of writing). This is an early indication that subminuette wave i is over and subminuette wave ii has begun.
Bear Wave Count
This bear wave count differs from the bull wave count at the monthly chart level and at super cycle wave degree. To see the historic picture go here.
The subdivisions within primary waves A-B-C are seen in absolutely exactly the same way as primary waves 1-2-3 for the bull wave count. Thus targets and invalidation points for the mid term are exactly the same. The structure on the hourly chart is also the same. These wave counts do not diverge, and they probably will not for months yet.
At cycle degree wave b is over the maximum common length of 138% the length of cycle wave a, at 164% the length of cycle wave a. At 2,393 cycle wave b would be twice the length of cycle wave a and at that point this bear wave count should be discarded.
While we have no confirmation of this wave count we should assume the trend remains the same, upwards. This wave count requires confirmation before I have confidence in it.
This analysis is published about 05:29 p.m. EST.