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by Koos van der Merwe
In all my years of studying Elliott wave charts, I have come across the following wave count variation a number of times.
Position: Buy
Koos van der Merwe
Has been a technical analyst since 1969, and has worked as a futures and options trader with First Financial Futures in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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ELLIOTT WAVE
An Elliott Wave Variation
03/17/11 08:34:39 AMby Koos van der Merwe
In all my years of studying Elliott wave charts, I have come across the following wave count variation a number of times.
Position: Buy
| After writing the previous article about the Standard & Poor's 500, I thought I would have a look at a bar chart rather than a candlestick chart. When I did this, the a-b pattern within a wave 3 hit me. This is a pattern I often saw when I was a chartist in South Africa, a pattern I have rarely seen in the US market. The pattern is not found in "The Elliott Wave Principle" by Robert Prechter. I did mention this pattern when I wrote an article about Elliott wave theory for STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine. |
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| FIGURE 1: S&P 500 BAR CHART |
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| In Figure 1, note that the a-b correction is close to the middle of wave III. Note also that the current correction is testing the support line drawn from the low of wave II. Once again, note that the relative strength index (RSI) is close to giving a buy signal. The beauty of this Elliott wave count is that wave III is greater than wave I, which is the way it must be. This does mean we can now expect a wave V up? A wave V should be equal to wave I, which means that wave V should top out at 1389 (1128 - 1011 = 117 + 1272 = 1389). Finally, note that the chart follows the first rule of Elliott wave, namely the chart must look right. This one definitely does. |
Has been a technical analyst since 1969, and has worked as a futures and options trader with First Financial Futures in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Date: 03/23/11Rank: 5Comment: Good call.
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