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Pattern

Wedge

QUICK DEFINITION

Wedge in Elliott Wave Theory: A converging price pattern that narrows over time. In Elliott Wave context, wedges are classified as diagonal patterns. They signal exhaustion when appearing in Wave 5 or C, and trend initiation when appearing in Wave 1 or A.

What Wedge Means

A converging price pattern that narrows over time. In Elliott Wave context, wedges are classified as diagonal patterns. They signal exhaustion when appearing in Wave 5 or C, and trend initiation when appearing in Wave 1 or A.

Where You'll See It

Wedge appears regularly in Artavest's weekly wave-count analysis across 108 US stocks and ETFs. It's part of the pattern family of Elliott Wave concepts and shows up most often when analysts are identifying a specific wave pattern (diagonal, ending diagonal, leading diagonal, triangle subtype, etc.).

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RELATED TERMS

Diagonal
A motive pattern with overlapping waves that forms a wedge shape. Leading diagon...
Ending Diagonal
A wedge-shaped pattern appearing in the Wave 5 or Wave C position. It consists o...
Leading Diagonal
A wedge-shaped motive pattern appearing only in the Wave 1 or Wave A position. I...
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