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BTCI Elliott Wave report

NEOS BITCOIN HIGH INCOME ETF

Week ending 24 Jul 2026 Close USD 28.39 93 weekly observations
Current structure Possible bearish Wave 4 crest
75/100 setup score 76/100 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

Watching

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

Now

Possible bearish Wave 4 crest is the highest-ranked admissible primary count; cycle status is rising stack.

Next

A weekly close through 27.51, supported by an FLD cross and improving relative strength.

Wrong

The underlying directional structure fails beyond 35.69; 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

Possible bearish Wave 4 crest47%
Possible bearish Wave 2 crest5%
Possible bearish Wave 4 crest47%
Relative evidence among displayed counts—not forecast probabilities.
Pre-emptive downside check

Contained

10/100
Wave maturity0/25
Trend extension0/20
Range position0/15
Cycle rollover0/15
Multi-cycle risk4/15
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 possible bearish wave 4 crest. Price is 12.3% 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 27.51, 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

USD 35.69

Confirmed on 2026-05-08. Treat this as a structure reference, not an automatic trading level.

4-week return 6.5%
13-week return -17.5%
26-week return -28.1%
52-week return -42.0%
From 52-week high -45.7%
26-week volatility 39.5%
Wave structure

Price, trend and the active swing

The chart uses a 7.5% closing-price reversal threshold. Filled markers are confirmed pivots; the outlined final marker is still forming.

Primary admissible count

Possible bearish Wave 4 crest

47% 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 27.51 Invalidate 35.69 Count stability Low · 36/100
PassWave 2 protects the Wave 1 originOrigin 41.47; Wave 2 35.69.
PassWave 3 exceeds Wave 1Wave 1 29.55; Wave 3 27.51.
PassWave 4 does not overlap Wave 1Wave 1 boundary 29.55; Wave 4 28.39.
GuidelineWave 2 retracement is proportionateRetraced 52% of Wave 1.
GuidelineWave 3 extension is plausibleWave 3 is 0.69× Wave 1.
GuidelineWave 4 retracement is proportionateRetraced 11% of Wave 3.
GuidelineWaves 2 and 4 show temporal alternationWave 2 lasted 10w; Wave 4 lasted 7w.
Strategic degreePossible bearish Wave 4 crest

Strategic degree uses a 12.0% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Primary degreePossible bearish Wave 4 crest

Primary degree uses a 7.5% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Tactical degreePossible bearish Wave 2 crest

Tactical degree uses a 5.2% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Active swing 3.2%

7 weeks · Forming

Nearest confirmed support 27.51

Pivot from 2026-06-05

Nearest confirmed resistance 35.69

Pivot from 2026-05-08

30-week trend 32.39

Price is -12.3% from trend

Fair Value reference 38.94

Price is -27.1% from Fair Value

52-week range position 9%

25.94 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 phaseTroughing

Current medium-term pressure direction

Multi-cycle alignmentRising Stack

75/100 constructive · 25/100 risk

Nearest trough window12 weeks

Timing estimate, not a dated forecast

Nearest crest window5 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 phaseTroughing
Period evidence8/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough3w
Future trough interval4–14w
Nominal / estimated20w / 15w
Current phaseTroughing
Period evidence12/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough3w
Future trough interval9–15w
Nominal / estimated40w / 36w
Current phaseTroughing
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough17w
Future trough interval10–28w
Nominal / estimated80w / 80w
Current phaseFalling
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough-
Future trough interval-
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.

12.3% 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

-31.0
Market activity

Participation is weak

-48.4
Market dynamics

Price and volume behaviour is weak

-0.7
30-week momentum

Medium-term momentum is negative

-26.3
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 low25.94
52-week high52.31
Annualised volatility39.5%

Based on the latest 26 weekly returns

Average weekly range6.7%

Average high-to-low range over 13 weeks

Current drawdown-44.7%

From the highest close in the stored record

Latest volume74%

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

Options: Mixed · 24/100 conviction · ±5.9% expected move

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 weeks21954%0.4%-0.7%-6.7% to 9.0%
13 weeks9156%1.0%-1.4%-11.1% to 20.0%
26 weeks5452%0.4%-7.7%-11.2% to 18.3%
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.

26 similar weekly states

Median forward return

Median outcome after each matching historical week.

4w
0.2%
13w
-10.6%
26w
-29.6%
HorizonMatchesPositiveMedianRange
4 weeks 25 52% 0.2% -25.3% to 15.3%
13 weeks 19 21% -10.6% -22.5% to 14.4%
26 weeks 6 0% -29.6% -31.7% to -26.5%

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

Evidence quality76/100

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

Weekly history
36/100
Indicator coverage
96/100
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 7.5% 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
2025-02-21 Confirmed High 40.25 - 0 weeks
2025-02-28 Confirmed Low 35.72 -11.3% 1 weeks
2025-10-03 Confirmed High 51.34 43.7% 31 weeks
2025-11-21 Confirmed Low 36.83 -28.3% 7 weeks
2026-01-16 Confirmed High 41.47 12.6% 8 weeks
2026-02-27 Confirmed Low 29.55 -28.8% 6 weeks
2026-05-08 Confirmed High 35.69 20.8% 10 weeks
2026-06-05 Confirmed Low 27.51 -22.9% 4 weeks
2026-07-24 Forming High 28.39 3.2% 7 weeks