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DXS3 Elliott Wave report

Xtrackers S&P 500 Inverse Daily Swap UCITS ETF

Week ending 24 Jul 2026 Close EUR 5.00 276 weekly observations
Current structure Five-wave decline mature
81/100 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

Mature / manage risk

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

Now

Five-wave decline mature is the highest-ranked admissible primary count; cycle status is rising stack.

Next

Watch for a confirmed weekly reversal, cycle rollover, or deterioration in relative strength and participation; a mature count is a risk-management state, not a fresh bullish trigger.

Wrong

The underlying directional structure fails beyond 5.02; 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

Five-wave decline mature92%
Possible Wave 2 trough4%
A/B/C reset may be completing4%
Relative evidence among displayed counts—not forecast probabilities.
Pre-emptive downside check

Watch

30/100
Wave maturity25/25
Trend extension0/20
Range position0/15
Cycle rollover0/15
Multi-cycle risk0/15
Count instability5/10
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 five-wave decline mature. Price is 1.5% below its 30-week trend. 2 of 7 available confirmation measures are constructive.

2 constructive · 0 neutral · 5 weak

What would confirm the risk

Evidence of deterioration

  • A weekly close below 4.75, 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

EUR 5.02

Confirmed on 2026-06-26. Treat this as a structure reference, not an automatic trading level.

4-week return -0.4%
13-week return -0.2%
26-week return -1.6%
52-week return -6.6%
From 52-week high -16.7%
26-week volatility 15.7%
Wave structure

Price, trend and the active swing

The chart uses a 5.0% closing-price reversal threshold. Filled markers are confirmed pivots; the outlined final marker is still forming.

Primary admissible count

Five-wave decline mature

92% 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 5.00 Invalidate 5.02 Count stability Moderate · 52/100
PassWave 2 protects the Wave 1 originOrigin 6.01; Wave 2 5.66.
PassWave 3 exceeds Wave 1Wave 1 5.04; Wave 3 4.75.
PassWave 4 does not overlap Wave 1Wave 1 boundary 5.04; Wave 4 5.02.
PassWave 3 is not the shortest motive waveMotive lengths: 0.97, 0.90, 0.02.
FailWave 5 makes motive progressWave 3 4.75; Wave 5 5.00.
GuidelineWave 2 retracement is proportionateRetraced 64% of Wave 1.
GuidelineWave 3 extension is plausibleWave 3 is 0.93× Wave 1.
GuidelineWave 4 retracement is proportionateRetraced 30% of Wave 3.
GuidelineWaves 2 and 4 show temporal alternationWave 2 lasted 8w; Wave 4 lasted 4w.
Strategic degreePossible bearish Wave 4 crest

Strategic degree uses a 8.0% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Primary degreeFive-wave decline mature

Primary degree uses a 5.0% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Tactical degreePossible Wave 2 trough

Tactical degree uses a 3.5% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Active swing -0.4%

4 weeks · Forming

Nearest confirmed support 4.75

Pivot from 2026-05-29

Nearest confirmed resistance 5.02

Pivot from 2026-06-26

30-week trend 5.08

Price is -1.5% from trend

Fair Value reference 6.12

Price is -18.3% from Fair Value

52-week range position 20%

4.75 low · 6.01 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 alignmentRising Stack

100/100 constructive · 0/100 risk

Nearest trough window14 weeks

Timing estimate, not a dated forecast

Nearest crest window19 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 / 12w
Current phaseRising
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough8w
Future trough interval2–6w
Nominal / estimated20w / 22w
Current phaseTroughing
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough8w
Future trough interval8–20w
Nominal / estimated40w / 50w
Current phaseTroughing
Period evidence27/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough5w
Future trough interval31–59w
Nominal / estimated80w / 100w
Current phaseTroughing
Period evidence20/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough40w
Future trough interval43–77w
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.

1.5% below trend
Cycle pressure

The medium-term pressure curve is turning higher.

Troughing
Cycle alignment

Several cycle lengths are improving together.

Rising Stack
Relative strength

Underperforming its benchmark

-6.6
Market activity

Participation is weak

-18.8
Market dynamics

Price and volume behaviour is weak

-0.2
30-week momentum

Medium-term momentum is negative

-1.4
Combined reading Defensive

2 constructive, 5 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 low4.75
52-week high6.01
Annualised volatility15.7%

Based on the latest 26 weekly returns

Average weekly range2.1%

Average high-to-low range over 13 weeks

Current drawdown-48.1%

From the highest close in the stored record

Latest volume65%

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

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 ^GDAXI10th–90th percentile
4 weeks19967%1.6%-0.6%-3.9% to 8.1%
13 weeks8873%3.0%-2.1%-3.0% to 13.3%
26 weeks5374%4.0%-1.6%-6.1% to 22.8%
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.

136 similar weekly states

Median forward return

Median outcome after each matching historical week.

4w
-0.8%
13w
-2.7%
26w
-5.3%
HorizonMatchesPositiveMedianRange
4 weeks 135 43% -0.8% -9.9% to 14.6%
13 weeks 128 24% -2.7% -15.4% to 17.5%
26 weeks 121 22% -5.3% -16.6% to 12.9%

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 5.0% 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
2024-08-02 Confirmed High 6.59 6.1% 3 weeks
2024-09-27 Confirmed Low 6.02 -8.6% 8 weeks
2025-01-10 Confirmed High 6.63 10.0% 15 weeks
2025-01-24 Confirmed Low 6.15 -7.2% 2 weeks
2025-04-04 Confirmed High 6.99 13.7% 10 weeks
2025-10-03 Confirmed Low 5.13 -26.6% 26 weeks
2025-10-24 Confirmed High 6.01 17.0% 3 weeks
2026-01-30 Confirmed Low 5.04 -16.1% 14 weeks
2026-03-27 Confirmed High 5.66 12.3% 8 weeks
2026-05-29 Confirmed Low 4.75 -16.0% 9 weeks
2026-06-26 Confirmed High 5.02 5.7% 4 weeks
2026-07-24 Forming Low 5.00 -0.4% 4 weeks