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  Indus: 28,990 -170.36 -0.6%  
  Trans: 11,060 -83.58 -0.8%  
  Utils: 932 +3.37 +0.4%  
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YTD
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 +1.5%  
 +6.0%  
 +3.8%  
 +2.0%  
  Targets    Overview: 01/14/2020  
  Up arrow29,500 or 28,300 by 02/01/2020
  Up arrow11,500 or 10,700 by 02/01/2020
  Up arrow1,025 or 900 by 02/01/2020
  Up arrow9,600 or 8,900 by 02/01/2020
  Up arrow3,350 or 3,200 by 02/01/2020
As of 01/24/2020
  Indus: 28,990 -170.36 -0.6%  
  Trans: 11,060 -83.58 -0.8%  
  Utils: 932 +3.37 +0.4%  
  Nasdaq: 9,315 -87.57 -0.9%  
  S&P 500: 3,295 -30.07 -0.9%  
YTD
 +1.6%  
 +1.5%  
 +6.0%  
 +3.8%  
 +2.0%  
  Targets    Overview: 01/14/2020  
  Up arrow29,500 or 28,300 by 02/01/2020
  Up arrow11,500 or 10,700 by 02/01/2020
  Up arrow1,025 or 900 by 02/01/2020
  Up arrow9,600 or 8,900 by 02/01/2020
  Up arrow3,350 or 3,200 by 02/01/2020

Written by and copyright © 2005-2020 by Thomas N. Bulkowski. All rights reserved. Disclaimer: You alone are responsible for your investment decisions. See Privacy/Disclaimer for more information. Some pattern names are the registered trademarks of their respective owners.

This page describes the unknown extension pattern of the Elliott wave principle, how price moves not in a straight line but in a series of rises and retracements.

 

The unknown extension in a bull market. The figure to the right shows what an unknown extension looks like in a bull market. An extension is an unusually long impulse wave with exaggerated subwaves, according to Frost and Prechter.

In an unknown extension, all of the subwaves appear similar in shape and duration such that none of the waves can be identified.

The four subwave extension joins the existing five to total nine waves (waves one through five plus a four wave extension).

 

 

 

The unknown extension in a bear market. The chart shown on the right is the same as the prior one, but the wave occurs in a bear market. All of the subwaves appear similar in shape and duration making identification of waves one, three, and five difficult.

 

 

Extension Rules

The wave unknown extension has rules that govern its shape. They are listed here.

  • Nine subwaves compose the wave.
  • Each subwave appears similar to the others making identification of waves one, three, or five difficult.

-- Thomas Bulkowski

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