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Pattern

Leading Diagonal

QUICK DEFINITION

Leading Diagonal in Elliott Wave Theory: A wedge-shaped motive pattern appearing only in the Wave 1 or Wave A position. It consists of five overlapping waves (either 5-3-5-3-5 or 3-3-3-3-3). Leading diagonals signal the beginning of a new trend and are relatively rare.

What Leading Diagonal Means

A wedge-shaped motive pattern appearing only in the Wave 1 or Wave A position. It consists of five overlapping waves (either 5-3-5-3-5 or 3-3-3-3-3). Leading diagonals signal the beginning of a new trend and are relatively rare.

Where You'll See It

Leading Diagonal appears regularly in Artavest's weekly wave-count analysis across 108 US stocks and ETFs. It's part of the pattern family of Elliott Wave concepts and shows up most often when analysts are identifying a specific wave pattern (diagonal, ending diagonal, leading diagonal, triangle subtype, etc.).

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