Corey Rosenbloom charts the textbook Elliott Wave pattern which has been playing out since October 2007.
Full Scale Elliott Wave Count on the SP500
Courtesy of Corey Rosenbloom at Afraid to Trade.com
With more people focusing in on Elliott Wave as the current decline from 2007 conforms to an ideal Elliott Pattern, let’s take a look at a potential count that begins in October 2007 and is broken-down in respective subdivisions all the way to March 2009.
S&P 500 Daily Elliott Wave Structure:
(You’ll need to click to view the full picture)
I won’t go into much detail so as to let the proposed wave labeling speak for itself.
I’m relatively new to Elliott Wave and am stunned at how the Wave Structure has played out almost perfectly to the rules and guidelines developed by Ralph Elliott in the 1930s.
Impulse Waves subdivide into 5 Waves (in the larger trend) and Corrective Waves (labeled “ABC”) subdivide into 3 Waves.
The 3rd is never the shortest, but is oftentimes the longest wave (this plays out on almost all subdivisions).
What’s amazing me is that if you look closely, the October near-vertical downward plunge is located in the Wave Structure exactly where you would expect it to be, confirming the count: Sub-Wave 3 of Fractal Wave (3) of Major Wave 3 down. To me, that’s chilling.
It’s also known as the “Point of Recognition” where people begin to “catch on” that we’re in a bear market and they generally stop buying pullbacks. Until then, it was feasible to some investors that things weren’t so bad… though October officially changed that all.
Now, it seems everyone’s a bear and people – even on TV – are saying we’re going to be headed down for a long time and there’s no bottom in sight…
But if you look at the Wave Structure, we need a Wave (4) up and then a Wave (5) down to finish off Circled (Major) Wave 5 before launching upwards into some sort of upwards ABC Correction.
For now, take a moment to study over the Price Wave Structure that began in October 2007 and try to internalize it – to me, it appears a textbook example in real life of the Elliott Wave Principle.
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