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AFIF Elliott Wave report

Anfield Universal Fixed Income ETF

Week ending 24 Jul 2026 Close USD 9.37 276 weekly observations
Current structure Hurst crest risk
50/100 setup score 83/100 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

Contained

15/100
Wave maturity0/25
Trend extension0/20
Range position0/15
Cycle rollover0/15
Multi-cycle risk15/15
Count instability0/10
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 hurst crest risk. Price is 0.5% above its 30-week trend. 5 of 7 available confirmation measures are constructive.

5 constructive · 0 neutral · 2 weak

What would confirm the risk

Evidence of deterioration

  • A confirmed weekly reversal toward or through the 30-week trend.
  • 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 -0.2%
13-week return 0.4%
26-week return 0.9%
52-week return 4.0%
From 52-week high -4.7%
26-week volatility 2.3%
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

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 8.0% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Primary degreeNo valid count

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

Tactical degreeNo valid count

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

Active swing 19.9%

275 weeks · Forming

Nearest confirmed support -

No lower pivot in the current window

Nearest confirmed resistance -

Price is above prior confirmed highs

30-week trend 9.32

Price is 0.5% from trend

Fair Value reference 8.69

Price is 7.8% from Fair Value

52-week range position 45%

8.99 low · 9.82 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 phaseRising

Current medium-term pressure direction

Multi-cycle alignmentFalling Stack

0/100 constructive · 100/100 risk

Nearest trough window15 weeks

Timing estimate, not a dated forecast

Nearest crest window23 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 / 10w
Current phaseFalling
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough2w
Future trough interval6–10w
Nominal / estimated20w / 24w
Current phaseCresting
Period evidence20/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough5w
Future trough interval9–29w
Nominal / estimated40w / 30w
Current phaseCresting
Period evidence3/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough15w
Future trough interval7–23w
Nominal / estimated80w / 60w
Current phaseCresting
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough61w
Future trough interval46–72w
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 is holding above its 30-week trend.

0.5% above trend
Cycle pressure

The medium-term pressure curve is turning higher.

Rising
Cycle alignment

Several cycle lengths are weakening together.

Falling Stack
Relative strength

Underperforming its benchmark

-6.3
Market activity

Participation is supportive

+29.9
Market dynamics

Price and volume behaviour is supportive

+0.9
30-week momentum

Medium-term momentum is positive

+1.3
Combined reading Constructive

5 constructive, 2 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 low8.99
52-week high9.82
Annualised volatility2.3%

Based on the latest 26 weekly returns

Average weekly range1.8%

Average high-to-low range over 13 weeks

Current drawdown-0.6%

From the highest close in the stored record

Latest volume554%

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

47% constructive

8 of 17 analysed peers have a bullish rule-valid primary count.

41% 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 SPY10th–90th percentile
4 weeks48065%0.7%-0.5%-4.9% to 6.1%
13 weeks16770%1.9%-1.0%-6.3% to 12.5%
26 weeks9068%3.2%-2.6%-11.2% to 16.2%
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.

169 similar weekly states

Median forward return

Median outcome after each matching historical week.

4w
0.5%
13w
1.5%
26w
3.4%
HorizonMatchesPositiveMedianRange
4 weeks 168 85% 0.5% -1.5% to 1.9%
13 weeks 159 99% 1.5% -0.5% to 4.8%
26 weeks 150 100% 3.4% 0.9% to 6.6%

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

Evidence quality83/100

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
17/100
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
2021-04-16 Confirmed Low 7.81 - 0 weeks
2026-07-24 Forming High 9.37 19.9% 275 weeks