Corrective
Wave A
QUICK DEFINITION
Wave A in Elliott Wave Theory: The first wave of a corrective sequence (A-B-C). Wave A establishes the corrective trend direction. It can subdivide into either five waves (in a zigzag) or three waves (in a flat).
What Wave A Means
The first wave of a corrective sequence (A-B-C). Wave A establishes the corrective trend direction. It can subdivide into either five waves (in a zigzag) or three waves (in a flat).
Where You'll See It
Wave A appears regularly in Artavest's weekly wave-count analysis across 108 US stocks and ETFs. It's part of the corrective family of Elliott Wave concepts and shows up most often when analysts are decoding a 3-wave correction inside a larger impulse — A-B-C, zigzag, flat, or triangle.
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