Elliott waves: check a falling impulse without reversing the rules
Translate upward examples into downward price relationships using an invented sequence.
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Elliott wave diagrams often show an upward impulse. A downward impulse needs the same structural discipline, with price-direction comparisons reversed appropriately. Memorising only phrases such as higher high can obscure the actual relationship being checked.
Write the proposed sequence
Use the invented endpoints 200 → 170 → 185 → 140 → 160 → 130 for waves 1 through 5 of a falling candidate. The sequence alternates downward actionary movements and upward retracements. These endpoints alone do not establish the required internal subdivisions.
Measure absolute movement lengths
The downward lengths are 30 for wave 1, 45 for wave 3 and 30 for wave 5. Wave 3 is not the shortest of these three. The second-wave endpoint at 185 remains below the origin at 200, so that particular origin check passes for the falling candidate.
Check ordinary-impulse overlap in the right direction
Wave 1 spans the price territory from 170 to 200. The proposed fourth-wave high is 160, below that territory. This endpoint comparison passes the ordinary non-overlap check, provided the actual fourth-wave path also stays outside wave 1 territory. Inspect the intervening prices rather than checking only the final close.
Finish the structural review
Record the price checks that passed and inspect the internal wave patterns at the required level. A mirrored numerical example teaches directional comparisons; it is not a completed market count. Keep the candidate unresolved if the necessary subdivisions cannot be verified.
In this falling example, is a fourth-wave high at 160 inside wave 1 territory from 170 to 200?
No. It is below that territory. The full path and the other structural requirements still need inspection.