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Wave Equality

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Wave Equality in Elliott Wave Theory: A guideline stating that two of the three impulse waves (1, 3, 5) tend to be equal in price magnitude. When Wave 3 extends, waves 1 and 5 tend toward equality. Useful for projecting the length of Wave 5.

What Wave Equality Means

A guideline stating that two of the three impulse waves (1, 3, 5) tend to be equal in price magnitude. When Wave 3 extends, waves 1 and 5 tend toward equality. Useful for projecting the length of Wave 5.

Where You'll See It

Wave Equality appears regularly in Artavest's weekly wave-count analysis across 108 US stocks and ETFs. It's part of the rule family of Elliott Wave concepts and shows up most often when analysts are checking whether a candidate wave count satisfies the absolute rules — a violation kills the count immediately.

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