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Wave E

QUICK DEFINITION

Wave E in Elliott Wave Theory: The fifth and final wave of a triangle pattern. Wave E often falls short of the trendline drawn from waves A and C, creating a 'throw-under.' The completion of Wave E signals an imminent breakout in the direction of the larger trend.

What Wave E Means

The fifth and final wave of a triangle pattern. Wave E often falls short of the trendline drawn from waves A and C, creating a 'throw-under.' The completion of Wave E signals an imminent breakout in the direction of the larger trend.

Where You'll See It

Wave E 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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