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Impulse

Wave 1

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Wave 1 in Elliott Wave Theory: The first impulse wave in a five-wave sequence. Wave 1 is often the hardest to identify in real-time because it emerges from the end of a prior correction. It subdivides into five smaller waves and establishes the new trend direction.

What Wave 1 Means

The first impulse wave in a five-wave sequence. Wave 1 is often the hardest to identify in real-time because it emerges from the end of a prior correction. It subdivides into five smaller waves and establishes the new trend direction.

Where You'll See It

Wave 1 appears regularly in Artavest's weekly wave-count analysis across 108 US stocks and ETFs. It's part of the impulse family of Elliott Wave concepts and shows up most often when analysts are labelling the 5-wave impulse structure that drives the larger trend.

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