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Why This Wave is Usually a Market Downturn's Most Wicked

InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory May 19, 2020 - 05:08 PM GMT

By: EWI

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The progression of mass emotions in financial markets "tends to follow a similar path each time around"

The Wave Principle's basic pattern includes five waves in the direction of the larger trend, followed by three corrective waves.

In a bull market, the pattern is five up, followed by three down. In a bear market, the pattern unfolds in reverse: the five waves trend downward and the correction trends upward.


Each of these waves sports its own characteristics.

As the Wall Street classic book, Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behavior, by Frost & Prechter, says:

The personality of each wave in the Elliott sequence is an integral part of the reflection of the mass psychology it embodies. The progression of mass emotions from pessimism to optimism and back again tends to follow a similar path each time around.

For example, strong price advances on high volume typically happen during wave 3 in a bull market. Of course, in a bear market, the strong price action is downward.

Returning to Elliott Wave Principle:

Third waves usually generate the greatest volume and price movement and are most often the extended wave in a series.

Let's review an instance of a third wave in a downturn from recent financial history.

Here's a chart and commentary from Elliott Wave International's Aug. 21, 2015 U.S. Short Term Update:

This week's sharp decline is clearly a third wave. It sports a steep slope with strong downside breadth and volume.

During the next trading session (August 24, 2015), the Dow fell nearly 1,100 points at the open.

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As the Wall Street classic book, Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behavior, by Frost & Prechter says:

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This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline Why This Wave is Usually a Market Downturn's Most Wicked. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the world.


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