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Impulse

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Impulse in Elliott Wave Theory: In market structure context, a sharp and sustained price move in one direction. This aligns with Elliott Wave impulse waves (1, 3, or 5) that drive price forcefully along the trend.

What Impulse Means

In market structure context, a sharp and sustained price move in one direction. This aligns with Elliott Wave impulse waves (1, 3, or 5) that drive price forcefully along the trend.

Where You'll See It

Impulse appears regularly in Artavest's weekly wave-count analysis across 108 US stocks and ETFs. It's part of the market family of Elliott Wave concepts and shows up most often when analysts are describing the market's broader structure, breadth, or regime in wave-stage terms.

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