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CBRS Elliott Wave report

First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity UCITS ETF Class A USD Accumulation

Week ending 24 Jul 2026 Close EUR 48.33 276 weekly observations
Current structure Cycle rollover risk
43/100 setup score 100/100 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

Observing

Now

No rule-valid primary Elliott count is dominant.

Next

Wait for a valid swing structure or a confirmed cycle turn.

Wrong

No active thesis to invalidate.

Risk

Forcing a wave count where the geometry does not support one.

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

No wave count currently passes enough hard rules to dominate.

Relative evidence among displayed counts—not forecast probabilities.
Pre-emptive downside check

Watch

48/100
Wave maturity0/25
Trend extension20/20
Range position4/15
Cycle rollover15/15
Multi-cycle risk4/15
Count instability0/10
Event proximity5/10

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 cycle rollover risk. Price is 22.9% above its 30-week trend. 6 of 7 available confirmation measures are constructive.

6 constructive · 0 neutral · 1 weak

What would confirm the risk

Evidence of deterioration

  • A weekly close below 31.66, the nearest confirmed swing low.
  • Cycle pressure rolling from cresting into falling.
  • Relative strength and market activity losing neutral.
What would challenge it

Bearish structure weakens above

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

4-week return 4.9%
13-week return 39.3%
26-week return 30.1%
52-week return 20.8%
From 52-week high -7.6%
26-week volatility 34.1%
Wave structure

Price, trend and the active swing

The chart uses a 6.8% closing-price reversal threshold. Filled markers are confirmed pivots; the outlined final marker is still forming.

Primary admissible count

No rule-valid count

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.

Strategic degreeNo valid count

Strategic degree uses a 10.9% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Primary degreeNo valid count

Primary degree uses a 6.8% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Tactical degreeNo valid count

Tactical degree uses a 4.7% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Active swing 52.7%

15 weeks · Forming

Nearest confirmed support 31.66

Pivot from 2026-04-10

Nearest confirmed resistance -

Price is above prior confirmed highs

30-week trend 39.31

Price is 22.9% from trend

Fair Value reference 36.06

Price is 34.0% from Fair Value

52-week range position 81%

31.17 low · 52.31 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 phaseCresting

Current medium-term pressure direction

Multi-cycle alignmentRising Stack

75/100 constructive · 25/100 risk

Nearest trough window11 weeks

Timing estimate, not a dated forecast

Nearest crest window7 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 phaseCresting
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough4w
Future trough interval2–6w
Nominal / estimated20w / 25w
Current phaseRising
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough14w
Future trough interval3–19w
Nominal / estimated40w / 44w
Current phaseRising
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough14w
Future trough interval19–41w
Nominal / estimated80w / 75w
Current phaseRising
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough11w
Future trough interval49–79w
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.

86% confirmation alignment
Trend

Price is holding above its 30-week trend.

22.9% above trend
Cycle pressure

The medium-term pressure curve is not rising.

Cresting
Cycle alignment

Several cycle lengths are improving together.

Rising Stack
Relative strength

Outperforming its benchmark

+18.7
Market activity

Participation is supportive

+96.9
Market dynamics

Price and volume behaviour is supportive

+1.4
30-week momentum

Medium-term momentum is positive

+26.8
Combined reading Constructive

6 constructive, 1 weak and 0 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 low31.17
52-week high52.31
Annualised volatility34.1%

Based on the latest 26 weekly returns

Average weekly range5.1%

Average high-to-low range over 13 weeks

Current drawdown-3.8%

From the highest close in the stored record

Latest volume70%

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

50% constructive

11 of 22 analysed peers have a bullish rule-valid primary count.

14% 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

Catalyst visible

Earnings: 2026-08-12 · about 3w away

Options: Volatility · 51/100 conviction · ±6.1% expected move

Earnings are due in about 3 weeks.

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 ^GDAXI10th–90th percentile
4 weeks49055%0.5%-0.1%-3.8% to 4.9%
13 weeks17560%1.4%0.2%-5.5% to 9.0%
26 weeks9166%2.4%-1.0%-8.1% to 16.0%
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.

68 similar weekly states

Median forward return

Median outcome after each matching historical week.

4w
1.6%
13w
3.6%
26w
1.7%
HorizonMatchesPositiveMedianRange
4 weeks 67 61% 1.6% -15.2% to 12.7%
13 weeks 62 60% 3.6% -17.8% to 26.3%
26 weeks 62 68% 1.7% -13.2% to 32.9%

Overlapping historical matches are descriptive context, not independent observations or a forecast.

Evidence quality100/100

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

Weekly history
100/100
Indicator coverage
100/100
Confirmed structure
100/100
Model ewc-2.1.0 · as of 2026-07-24 · 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 6.8% 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
2023-05-05 Confirmed Low 23.12 -9.7% 9 weeks
2024-02-09 Confirmed High 35.24 52.5% 40 weeks
2024-05-31 Confirmed Low 30.97 -12.1% 16 weeks
2024-07-05 Confirmed High 33.77 9.0% 5 weeks
2024-08-02 Confirmed Low 30.97 -8.3% 4 weeks
2025-02-14 Confirmed High 44.07 42.3% 28 weeks
2025-04-04 Confirmed Low 33.22 -24.6% 7 weeks
2025-10-31 Confirmed High 41.10 23.7% 30 weeks
2026-02-27 Confirmed Low 31.95 -22.3% 17 weeks
2026-03-13 Confirmed High 34.65 8.4% 2 weeks
2026-04-10 Confirmed Low 31.66 -8.6% 4 weeks
2026-07-24 Forming High 48.33 52.7% 15 weeks