$ES: What if this is the Final Wave 5 up Shaped as the Ending Diagonal?

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  • January 25, 2024
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We still do not have clarity if the January 2024 rally is a corrective wave -b- up or teh second leg up in a subwave ( c ) of wave ( iii ) up.

Let’s start from the first scenario where this rally is a subwave -b- up of the wave ( b ) of ( iii ):

ES-mini Daily chart

Under the Running Flat scenario bulls can keep pushing it up to 4,947, a negative -138.2% ext of the July – October 2022 decline. Then we should get a quick and sharp drop in the subwave -c- down to the Green Box.

But we can be dealing with the wave 5 up shaping as the Ending Diagonal.

Quite often, the final wave 5 is shaped as an Ending Diagonal, a five wave up move with a clean (a)-(b)-(c) subdivision of each wave. A hallmark of that structure is deep corrective waves that often test the lower trendline that forms the lower edge of the upward sloped price channel.

Here ES tests a minor resistance of a 100% ext of the subwave (a) of wave ( iii ) up.

In a normal five wave up structure 100% ext of the subwave (a) of wave ( iii ) up is where a micro wave -iii- of (c) of ( iii ) often tops out.

ES-mini Daily chart

However, if we really deal with the Ending Diagonal, then we can get the top of the wave ( iii ) right here at that 100% ext = 4,913.

Under the Ending Diagonal pattern a wave ( iv ) down can come as very deep pullback that goes all the way down to the top of the wave ( i ) up:

ES-mini Daily chart

So, in any of those case, I would expect at least a minor pullback in a micro wave -iv- down back to 4,750.

The Daily Resistance is 4,905.

The Daily Support for Es is 4,874.

To turn the trend down bears need to close a day under the Daily Support.

Watch my last three videos and learn How I use the Daily Support and Resistance to identify the trend direction and a phase of the trend move.

Video 1. Introduction to the Cycle Trader Indicator.

What are Daily Support and Daily Resistance levels.

Video 2. Trending Move Up.

I explain how a trend up starts, how it enters into an accelerated mode and how it ends and transitions into a distribution mode. The cycle trader indicator does that work for you. it allows you to identify what phase of a rally we are in just at a glance using its framework, the Daily Support and Resistance levels.

Video 3. Trending Move Down.

I explain how a trend down starts, how it enters into an accelerated mode and how it ends and transitions into a accumulation mode. The cycle trader indicator does that work for you. it allows you to identify what phase of a trending move down we are in just at a glance using its framework, the Daily Support and Resistance levels.

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