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Elliott Wave Principle

The theory developed by Ralph Nelson Elliott in the 1930s that financial markets move in recognizable patterns reflecting the natural rhythm of crowd psychology. Markets advance in five waves and correct in three waves at all degrees of trend.

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Impulse Wave
A five-wave motive pattern (1-2-3-4-5) that moves in the direction of the trend ...
Corrective Wave
A three-wave structure that moves against the trend of the next larger degree. C...
Fractal
The self-similar nature of Elliott Wave patterns. Each wave contains smaller ver...
Fibonacci Retracement
Price levels derived from the Fibonacci sequence where corrective waves are like...
DrawdownAll TermsEnding Diagonal