Pattern school
What the tape is drawing
Elliott, Wyckoff, Power of 3, and the named setups — same story in four dialects. Open a card. The diagram is the lesson. The cheat is what you do. The kill line is when you are wrong.
Elliott wavesMarkets breathe in fives and give it back in threes. Wave 2 is the trap. Wave 3 is the meat.
WyckoffSize builds a cause in a range, then spends it. Phase C is the last lie — that lie is the entry.
Power of 3Accumulate in a box. Raid one side (the Judas swing). Expand the other way. The raid is the setup, not the breakout.
Named patternsA sketch until the neckline, rim, or wedge floor does the confirming close. Until then, it is not a trade.
Elliott waves
Impulse 1–2–3–4–5
1 is disbelief. 2 feels like death. 3 is the meat. 4 is boredom. 5 is the last invitation.
Five swings that do not overlap. Wave 2 holds the origin of Wave 1. Wave 4 stays above Wave 1 territory. Volume usually expands in 3.
The cheat
If the Wave 2 low holds, Wave 3 is the expansion. Do not fade a 3. Add on shallow holds.
It dies if
A close through the Wave 1 origin kills the count. Then it is a C-wave wash, not a springboard.
Markets breathe in fives and give it back in threes. Wave 2 is the trap. Wave 3 is the meat.