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Corrective

Wave X

QUICK DEFINITION

Wave X in Elliott Wave Theory: A connecting corrective wave that joins two simple corrections in a complex pattern. Wave X is typically a brief, shallow correction (often a zigzag). In W-X-Y patterns, Wave X connects the first correction (W) to the second (Y).

What Wave X Means

A connecting corrective wave that joins two simple corrections in a complex pattern. Wave X is typically a brief, shallow correction (often a zigzag). In W-X-Y patterns, Wave X connects the first correction (W) to the second (Y).

Where You'll See It

Wave X 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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