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XLUS Elliott Wave report

Invesco Utilities S&P US Select Sector UCITS ETF

Week ending 7 Aug 2026 Close USD 632.00 276 weekly observations
Current structure A/B/C reset may be completing
65/100 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

Watching

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 falling stack.

Next

A weekly close through 677.00, supported by an FLD cross and improving relative strength.

Wrong

The underlying directional structure fails beyond 632.00; 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 completing35%
Possible bearish Wave 3 declining25%
Possible Wave 4 trough41%
Relative evidence among displayed counts—not forecast probabilities.
Pre-emptive downside check

Contained

29/100
Wave maturity0/25
Trend extension0/20
Range position0/15
Cycle rollover11/15
Multi-cycle risk15/15
Count instability3/10
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 3.9% below its 30-week trend. 2 of 7 available confirmation measures are constructive.

2 constructive · 0 neutral · 5 weak

What would confirm it

Evidence to look for next

  • A weekly close through 677.00, 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

USD 613.20

Confirmed on 2026-01-23. Treat this as a structure reference, not an automatic trading level.

4-week return -4.3%
13-week return -3.7%
26-week return 1.6%
52-week return 2.5%
From 52-week high -8.5%
26-week volatility 17.1%
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

A/B/C reset may be completing

35% 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 677.00 Invalidate 632.00 Count stability Moderate · 68/100
PassWave B protects the correction originOrigin 687.80; Wave B 677.00.
PassWave C progresses beyond Wave AA length 44.90; C length 45.00.
GuidelineWave C is proportionate to Wave AWave C is 1.00× Wave A.
Strategic degreePossible Wave 4 trough

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

Primary degreeA/B/C reset may be completing

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

Tactical degreeA/B/C reset may be completing

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

Active swing -6.6%

2 weeks · Forming

Nearest confirmed support 613.20

Pivot from 2026-01-23

Nearest confirmed resistance 677.00

Pivot from 2026-07-24

30-week trend 657.75

Price is -3.9% from trend

Fair Value reference 549.95

Price is 14.9% from Fair Value

52-week range position 42%

590.00 low · 691.00 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 phaseFalling

Current medium-term pressure direction

Multi-cycle alignmentFalling Stack

0/100 constructive · 100/100 risk

Nearest trough window13 weeks

Timing estimate, not a dated forecast

Nearest crest window18 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 phaseFalling
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough4w
Future trough interval1–7w
Nominal / estimated20w / 20w
Current phaseFalling
Period evidence20/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough7w
Future trough interval10–16w
Nominal / estimated40w / 30w
Current phaseFalling
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough7w
Future trough interval17–29w
Nominal / estimated80w / 60w
Current phaseCresting
Period evidence0/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough26w
Future trough interval0–70w
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.

3.9% below trend
Cycle pressure

The medium-term pressure curve is not rising.

Falling
Cycle alignment

Several cycle lengths are weakening together.

Falling Stack
Relative strength

Underperforming its benchmark

-11.5
Market activity

Participation is supportive

+7.5
Market dynamics

Price and volume behaviour is weak

-0.1
30-week momentum

Medium-term momentum is positive

+2.9
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 low590.00
52-week high691.00
Annualised volatility17.1%

Based on the latest 26 weekly returns

Average weekly range1.6%

Average high-to-low range over 13 weeks

Current drawdown-8.1%

From the highest close in the stored record

Latest volume212%

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

54% constructive

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

33% 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 ^SSMI10th–90th percentile
4 weeks16053%0.9%1.1%-11.4% to 9.8%
13 weeks8867%6.0%4.8%-21.6% to 20.9%
26 weeks7067%12.3%10.2%-29.1% to 54.3%
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.

48 similar weekly states

Median forward return

Median outcome after each matching historical week.

4w
3.0%
13w
4.0%
26w
7.2%
HorizonMatchesPositiveMedianRange
4 weeks 48 79% 3.0% -10.7% to 13.1%
13 weeks 42 69% 4.0% -10.2% to 17.9%
26 weeks 41 76% 7.2% -3.6% to 25.3%

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 2026-08-07 · 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 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
2024-05-17 Confirmed High 501.00 21.8% 14 weeks
2024-06-28 Confirmed Low 475.40 -5.1% 6 weeks
2024-11-29 Confirmed High 580.20 22.0% 22 weeks
2024-12-20 Confirmed Low 533.70 -8.0% 3 weeks
2025-02-21 Confirmed High 566.80 6.2% 9 weeks
2025-04-11 Confirmed Low 531.30 -6.3% 7 weeks
2025-10-17 Confirmed High 654.60 23.2% 27 weeks
2026-01-23 Confirmed Low 613.20 -6.3% 14 weeks
2026-04-10 Confirmed High 687.80 12.2% 11 weeks
2026-06-05 Confirmed Low 642.90 -6.5% 8 weeks
2026-07-24 Confirmed High 677.00 5.3% 7 weeks
2026-08-07 Forming Low 632.00 -6.6% 2 weeks

Evidence context