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Consolidation

QUICK DEFINITION

Consolidation in Elliott Wave Theory: A period where price moves sideways within a defined range. In Elliott Wave terms, consolidation often corresponds to Wave 4 corrections, triangles, or flat patterns before the final wave.

What Consolidation Means

A period where price moves sideways within a defined range. In Elliott Wave terms, consolidation often corresponds to Wave 4 corrections, triangles, or flat patterns before the final wave.

Where You'll See It

Consolidation appears regularly in Artavest's weekly wave-count analysis across 108 US stocks and ETFs. It's part of the technical family of Elliott Wave concepts and shows up most often when analysts are applying technical analysis tools — RSI, MACD, moving averages — alongside the wave count.

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