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Impulse

Wave 5

QUICK DEFINITION

Wave 5 in Elliott Wave Theory: The final impulse wave in the motive sequence. Wave 5 completes the trend and is often equal in length to Wave 1 or reaches 61.8% of the net distance from Wave 1 through Wave 3. It typically shows momentum divergence and lower volume than Wave 3.

What Wave 5 Means

The final impulse wave in the motive sequence. Wave 5 completes the trend and is often equal in length to Wave 1 or reaches 61.8% of the net distance from Wave 1 through Wave 3. It typically shows momentum divergence and lower volume than Wave 3.

Where You'll See It

Wave 5 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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