Sunday, 1/21/18 update

The rip your face off rally in the ES/SPX the first two weeks of the month has dictated a revision in the EW count from last August's lows:

NOTE: dotted lines show potential EW structures and are not necessarily accurate price/time forecasts   

Monday, 1/15/18 update

ES/SPX has certainly been parabolic as can be seen on the weekly chart:

It may make more sense to look at the long term picture using a chart on a log scale:

NOTE: dotted lines show potential EW structures and are not necessarily accurate price/time forecasts   

Saturday, 1/6/18 update

The ES/SPX is on a trajectory of which any rocket scientist would be proud. And there's no sign of running out of fuel yet.  Where the top might be is anyone's guess.

ALTERNATE

 NOTE: dotted lines show potential EW structures and are not necessarily accurate price/time forecasts   

Happy New Year!! update 1/1/18

The pattern in the ES over the holiday weeks can be counted in two different ways.  1st possibility is that of a 4th wave triangle leading into a quick thrust of a 5th wave on Friday followed by the 1st leg of a correction:

This would portend more corrective activity over the coming days.

The 2nd possibility is that of a flat style correction with Friday's selling being the "c" - and thus last - wave of that pattern:

This would mean a quick conclusion to the selling (if it's not already done) and another ramp up almost immediately.  This alternate is the higher probability IMO.

From a longer term perspective the preferred count is showing a major top in the near future:

This count has the ES in Intermediate W5 (purple) of Major W5 (blue) of Primary W III, with Primary W III being a bull market that commenced in 2010 and Major W5 being the bull market of the last 2 years - if true, a significant juncture.

However, the parabolic rise of recent months is more typical of a 3rd wave rather than a 5th wave as labeled above.  So the thought is that the pattern from early 2016 thru mid 2017 is a series of nested 1st & 2nd waves with the run up from August thru now being the 3rd of a 3rd of a 3rd of a 3rd wave - i.e. the point of maximum acceleration:

This count has to be given serious consideration - if for no other reason than that there have been no serious signs of topping action as of yet.

 NOTE: dotted lines show potential EW structures and are not necessarily accurate price/time forecasts