The end game for the bull market dating back to the Oct 2011 low continues to play out. The preferred view on this site is that the ES/SPX is in the 5th Major wave of the 5 waves constituting Primary Wave III off those 2011 lows. There are more bullish possibilities but they would necessitate more extension in the current wave count. Somehow that doesn't seem all that probable, but this bull has continued to stampede without a whole lot of let up for the last 32+ months so it's definitely possible.
But assuming that Major W5 is in fact in progress, there are two alternates that carry a slightly different internal count but have managed to converge at this point. They both have the ES/SPX in Intermediate W4 of Major W5. The difference between the two is the amount of distance yet possible in terms of time and price before a Primary Wave III top is reached. Alternate #1 would limit that potential more than Alternate #2. This is because Alternate #1 envisions an ending diagonal which portends an ever narrower trading range out to the point of eventual termination. On the other hand, Alternate #2 has a standard 5 wave structure in progress for Major W5, with Inter W3 of that structure potentially finished and longer than Inter W1, which would allow Inter W5 of the move to travel as far as it wants and not violate EW rules. It should also be noted that in Alt #2 the rally currently labeled Inter W3 could well be just Minor W1 of Inter W3, which would push the top of Major W5 even higher and more forward in time.
Alternate #1
Alternate #1
proposes an ending diagonal for Major W5 starting from the
1732.00 low of Feb 5. Intermediate W1, W2 &; W3 are done with Inter
W4
in progress from the high of 1854.75 on Jun 9. There's some nice symmetry within Inter W3 which has the "c" leg almost exactly equal to the "a" leg. A possible target for
Inter W4 is at 1879.00 which marks the .50 retrace of Inter W3 and is
right in an area that has provided support/resistance over recent
months.
Alternate #2
Alternate
#2 has Major W4 bottoming at the 1803.25 low of Apr 13 with
Intermediate W1, W2 & W3 of Major W5 complete and Inter W4 in
progress. Of note is the fact that Inter W3 would have equaled Inter W1
at 1954.25, so its high print of 1954.75 is two ticks beyond that and
thus makes it longer than Inter W1. This allows the coming Inter W5 to
be of any length and still have Major W5 adhere to EW rules. In this
count Inter W2 was a simple zig-zag so Inter W4 needs to alternate in
form with a flat, triangle or some type of complex formation. A
possible target low for Inter W4 is at 1918.00 which is the .382 retrace
of Inter W3 and is right in the area of prior 4th wave lows of lower
degree.
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