Wave B
Wave B in Elliott Wave Theory: The second wave of a corrective sequence. Wave B moves against the corrective trend direction, often trapping traders who mistake it for a trend resumption. In expanded flats, Wave B exceeds the start of Wave A. Wave B always subdivides into three waves.
What Wave B Means
The second wave of a corrective sequence. Wave B moves against the corrective trend direction, often trapping traders who mistake it for a trend resumption. In expanded flats, Wave B exceeds the start of Wave A. Wave B always subdivides into three waves.
Where You'll See It
Wave B 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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