Is the NASDAQ 100 Now on Track for $16660?
Dr. Arnout ter Schure | Oct 16, 2023 03:07PM ET
Those who read my articles regularly know that over the past month, we have been tracking an Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) impulse move (grey W-i, ii, iii, iv, and v in the orange box in Figure 1 below) lower from the September 4 high. Back then, we found
“…the index was most likely working on a five-wave move lower to ideally $14435-14500 as long as it stayed below $15600.”
We followed up on that prognostication two weeks ago, see here, when we found
“…So far, so good, as the index bottomed out last week at $14432 and has staged a rally since into today’s [October 2] high. … The index should have completed the grey W-iv and ideally be at the start of the grey W-v. … The green (arrows) W-c = W-a extension targets $14238, and the grey W-v target zone is now $14245-485.”
Figure 1. NASDAQ100 daily resolution chart with technical indicators and detailed EWP count.
We can now determine that if the index stays above the October 6 low, with a first warning for the Bulls below the $14800-900 zone, it should ideally be on its way to $16660. That price level is where red W-v equals the length of red W-i (the December 2022->January 2023 rally), a typical relationship for a 5th wave. Although we prefer W-v to comprise a standard, non-overlapping impulse higher, as those are relatively easy to forecast, track, and trade, we also know the markets don’t owe us anything the W-v can morph into an aberrant, i.e., overlapping, ending diagonal. Lastly, a break above $15615 will seal the deal for the Bulls.
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Thus, while the index did not bottom precisely where we would have liked it to, as we say in the Elliott Wave Community, “never bank on the last 5th waves”, we have precise price levels below which we know our assessment is wrong. Until then, we prefer to look higher.
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