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314A Elliott Wave report

iShares Gold ETF

Week ending 7 Aug 2026 Close JPY 321.10 82 weekly observations
Current structure A/B/C reset may be completing
43/100 setup score 63/100 data quality
The setup score is a rules-based composite, not a probability or price forecast.
Investment view

What the current structure is saying

Based on weekly closing prices
Setup lifecycle

Triggered

The lifecycle separates an interesting setup from price confirmation, an active thesis, maturity and invalidation.

Now

A/B/C reset may be completing is the highest-ranked admissible primary count; cycle status is mixed.

Next

A weekly close through 361.40, supported by an FLD cross and improving relative strength.

Wrong

The underlying directional structure fails beyond 321.10; a forming endpoint can extend before that happens.

Risk

The active endpoint can move until its reversal is confirmed; earnings, gaps and volatility can jump through technical levels.

The picture behind the setup

Weekly wave structure and decision levels

Filled markers are confirmed pivots; the outlined marker is still forming. Decision lines show where the primary interpretation confirms or fails.

Close 30-week trend Fair Value Confirm Directional failure
Scenario comparison

How the valid counts compete

A/B/C reset may be completing33%
Possible bearish Wave 3 declining33%
Possible bearish Wave 3 declining33%
Relative evidence among displayed counts—not forecast probabilities.
Pre-emptive downside check

Contained

12/100
Wave maturity0/25
Trend extension0/20
Range position0/15
Cycle rollover0/15
Multi-cycle risk6/15
Count instability6/10
Event proximity0/10

This is a pre-emptive vulnerability checklist, not a probability of decline. It rises when mature wave structure, overextension, cycle rollover, count instability and event risk cluster before price breaks down.

Current read

The closing-price swing map is classified as a/b/c reset may be completing. Price is 6.9% below its 30-week trend. 1 of 7 available confirmation measures are constructive.

1 constructive · 1 neutral · 5 weak

What would confirm it

Evidence to look for next

  • A weekly close through 361.40, the nearest confirmed swing high.
  • Cycle pressure and the 20/40-week rhythms continuing to rise together.
  • Relative strength and market activity remaining above neutral.
What would challenge it

Bullish structure weakens below

No confirmed opposing pivot is available. Use the trend and Fair Value references below.

4-week return 1.5%
13-week return -8.6%
26-week return -11.1%
52-week return 35.3%
From 52-week high -20.9%
26-week volatility 21.1%
Wave structure

Price, trend and the active swing

The chart uses a 6.3% closing-price reversal threshold. Filled markers are confirmed pivots; the outlined final marker is still forming.

Primary admissible count

A/B/C reset may be completing

33% evidence weight

Counts must pass hard Elliott geometry rules. Fibonacci relationships, alternation and cycle evidence rank admissible interpretations; evidence weights compare scenarios and are not forecast probabilities.

Confirm 361.40 Invalidate 321.10 Count stability Low · 36/100
PassWave B protects the correction originOrigin 364.40; Wave B 361.40.
PassWave C progresses beyond Wave AA length 26.60; C length 40.30.
GuidelineWave C is proportionate to Wave AWave C is 1.52× Wave A.
Strategic degreeNo valid count

Strategic degree uses a 10.0% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Primary degreeA/B/C reset may be completing

Primary degree uses a 6.3% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Tactical degreePossible bearish Wave 3 declining

Tactical degree uses a 4.4% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Active swing -11.2%

16 weeks · Forming

Nearest confirmed support -

No lower pivot in the current window

Nearest confirmed resistance 361.40

Pivot from 2026-04-17

30-week trend 345.02

Price is -6.9% from trend

Fair Value reference 284.60

Price is 12.8% from Fair Value

52-week range position 51%

232.10 low · 405.90 high

Cycle timing

Are the main rhythms moving together?

Nominal cycles are starting bands, not fixed clocks. Each period adapts to the strongest nearby repeat in detrended weekly prices; projected turns are future intervals and require price confirmation.

Pressure phaseTroughing

Current medium-term pressure direction

Multi-cycle alignmentMixed

62/100 constructive · 38/100 risk

Nearest trough window3 weeks

Timing estimate, not a dated forecast

Nearest crest window11 weeks

Timing estimate, not a dated forecast

Cycle pressure

Above zero is positive pressure; direction matters more than the absolute number.

Multi-cycle rhythm

The thick line is the blended reading; thinner lines show 20, 40 and 80-week components.

Nominal / estimated10w / 8w
Current phaseRising
Period evidence27/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough6w
Future trough interval0–4w
Nominal / estimated20w / 15w
Current phaseTroughing
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough6w
Future trough interval2–16w
Nominal / estimated40w / 40w
Current phaseFalling
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough37w
Future trough interval0–13w
Nominal / estimated80w / 80w
Current phaseNeutral
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough1w
Future trough interval60–98w
Confirmation

Does price behaviour support the wave count?

Each measure answers a different question. Agreement across several measures is more useful than one strong reading in isolation.

71% confirmation alignment
Trend

Price remains below its 30-week trend.

6.9% below trend
Cycle pressure

The medium-term pressure curve is turning higher.

Troughing
Cycle alignment

Cycle lengths are not moving in one clear direction.

Mixed
Relative strength

Underperforming its benchmark

-16.7
Market activity

Participation is weak

-15.3
Market dynamics

Price and volume behaviour is weak

-1.2
30-week momentum

Medium-term momentum is negative

-3.7
Combined reading Defensive

1 constructive, 5 weak and 1 neutral measures.

This is a count of rules-based evidence, not a recommendation.

Market activity

Whether participation is supporting the move.

Relative strength

Performance against the market benchmark.

30-week momentum

The pace of the medium-term price move.

Market dynamics

A separate scale prevents this lower-range measure being hidden by relative strength.

Risk and participation

How much movement sits behind the pattern?

Wave structure is easier to judge when drawdown, volatility and participation are visible beside it.

52-week low232.10
52-week high405.90
Annualised volatility21.1%

Based on the latest 26 weekly returns

Average weekly range2.9%

Average high-to-low range over 13 weeks

Current drawdown-16.6%

From the highest close in the stored record

Latest volume100%

Of its trailing 20-week average

Drawdown history

Distance below the highest prior weekly close.

Realised volatility

Annualised variability of the latest 26 weekly returns.

Relative volume

Weekly volume as a percentage of its 20-week average.

Market, peer and event context

Is the structure isolated—or supported by its environment?

Peer breadth tests whether the sector is moving with this security. Event and options context tests whether a catalyst could overwhelm otherwise valid technical structure.

Sector breadth

67% constructive

16 of 24 analysed peers have a bullish rule-valid primary count.

25% have improving cycle stacks Breadth shows whether peers share the structure. Cohort outcomes use non-overlapping, point-in-time trend and momentum states from the same sector and report benchmark excess return when matching benchmark bars exist; they are context, not a backtest of the Elliott count.
Event collision

No near collision identified

No stored event or positioning warning currently conflicts with the count.

Event and positioning context tests whether a scheduled catalyst or the options-implied move could overwhelm the technical structure.
Peer-state horizonIndependent samplesPositiveMedianMedian excess vs ^N22510th–90th percentile
4 weeks46761%1.4%-0.1%-9.3% to 8.1%
13 weeks18059%2.6%0.2%-18.2% to 13.1%
26 weeks11668%5.3%0.9%-23.5% to 26.4%
Historical context

What followed similar readings in this security?

Matches compare trend, cycle direction, momentum, relative strength and market dynamics using only information available at each historical week.

0 similar weekly states
Not enough comparable history yet

Historical context appears only when at least eight completed outcomes are available for one of the measured horizons.

At least 90 weekly observations are required.

Evidence quality63/100

This measures usable history, indicator coverage and confirmed swing points. It does not measure the chance of the scenario succeeding.

Weekly history
32/100
Indicator coverage
92/100
Confirmed structure
50/100
Model ewc-2.1.0 · as of 2026-08-07 · only the final active pivot is provisional; confirmed pivots are retained.
How the count is built

Rules, references and limitations

  • Swing points use weekly closes and a 6.3% adaptive reversal threshold.
  • The final swing is provisional until the reversal threshold is met.
  • Candidate counts must pass the Wave 2 origin, Wave 3 progression/length and Wave 4 overlap rules when those waves are present.
  • Fibonacci proportions and alternation rank valid candidates but never rescue a hard-rule failure.
  • Primary and alternate evidence weights compare admissible counts; they are not probabilities.
  • Nominal Hurst periods adapt to observed weekly rhythm. Future windows include measured timing uncertainty and require FLD or price confirmation.
Audit trail

Recent swing points

The exact points used to construct the visible wave map.

DateStatusTypePriceMoveDuration
2026-03-20 Confirmed High 364.40 - 0 weeks
2026-03-27 Confirmed Low 337.80 -7.3% 1 weeks
2026-04-17 Confirmed High 361.40 7.0% 3 weeks
2026-08-07 Forming Low 321.10 -11.2% 16 weeks

Evidence context