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Pullback

QUICK DEFINITION

Pullback in Elliott Wave Theory: A temporary price decline within an ongoing uptrend. In Elliott Wave context, pullbacks correspond to corrective waves (Wave 2, Wave 4, or Wave B) within a larger impulse structure.

What Pullback Means

A temporary price decline within an ongoing uptrend. In Elliott Wave context, pullbacks correspond to corrective waves (Wave 2, Wave 4, or Wave B) within a larger impulse structure.

Where You'll See It

Pullback 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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