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IEMA Elliott Wave report

iShares MSCI EM UCITS ETF USD (Acc)

Week ending 24 Jul 2026 Close EUR 53.98 276 weekly observations
Current structure Five-wave advance mature
90/100 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 advance mature is the highest-ranked admissible primary count; cycle status is falling 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 53.11; 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 advance mature89%
Possible bearish Wave 2 crest5%
Bearish A/B/C rebound may be completing5%
Relative evidence among displayed counts—not forecast probabilities.
Pre-emptive downside check

Elevated vulnerability

57/100
Wave maturity25/25
Trend extension0/20
Range position0/15
Cycle rollover15/15
Multi-cycle risk11/15
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 five-wave advance mature. Price is 5.3% 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 weekly close below 53.11, 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 58.61

Confirmed on 2026-06-19. Treat this as a structure reference, not an automatic trading level.

4-week return -4.9%
13-week return 4.1%
26-week return 13.3%
52-week return 36.5%
From 52-week high -10.2%
26-week volatility 22.3%
Wave structure

Price, trend and the active swing

The chart uses a 5.2% closing-price reversal threshold. Filled markers are confirmed pivots; the outlined final marker is still forming.

Primary admissible count

Five-wave advance mature

89% 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 53.98 Invalidate 53.11 Count stability Low · 36/100
PassWave 2 protects the Wave 1 originOrigin 33.69; Wave 2 45.84.
PassWave 3 exceeds Wave 1Wave 1 50.59; Wave 3 58.61.
PassWave 4 does not overlap Wave 1Wave 1 boundary 50.59; Wave 4 53.11.
PassWave 3 is not the shortest motive waveMotive lengths: 16.90, 12.77, 0.87.
FailWave 5 makes motive progressWave 3 58.61; Wave 5 53.98.
GuidelineWave 2 retracement is proportionateRetraced 28% of Wave 1.
GuidelineWave 3 extension is plausibleWave 3 is 0.76× Wave 1.
GuidelineWave 4 retracement is proportionateRetraced 43% of Wave 3.
GuidelineWaves 2 and 4 show temporal alternationWave 2 lasted 4w; Wave 4 lasted 4w.
Strategic degreeFive-wave advance mature

Strategic degree uses a 8.3% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Primary degreeFive-wave advance mature

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

Tactical degreePossible Wave 4 trough

Tactical degree uses a 3.6% weekly closing-price reversal threshold.

Active swing 1.6%

1 weeks · Forming

Nearest confirmed support 53.11

Pivot from 2026-07-17

Nearest confirmed resistance 58.61

Pivot from 2026-06-19

30-week trend 51.26

Price is 5.3% from trend

Fair Value reference 39.49

Price is 36.7% from Fair Value

52-week range position 71%

39.06 low · 60.09 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 alignmentFalling Stack

25/100 constructive · 75/100 risk

Nearest trough window8 weeks

Timing estimate, not a dated forecast

Nearest crest window10 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 phaseFalling
Period evidence5/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough6w
Future trough interval2–10w
Nominal / estimated20w / 15w
Current phaseFalling
Period evidence29/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Down
Since last trough7w
Future trough interval4–12w
Nominal / estimated40w / 31w
Current phaseCresting
Period evidence28/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough15w
Future trough interval9–23w
Nominal / estimated80w / 100w
Current phaseRising
Period evidence70/100
FLD confirmationCrossed Up
Since last trough55w
Future trough interval34–56w
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.

5.3% above trend
Cycle pressure

The medium-term pressure curve is not rising.

Cresting
Cycle alignment

Several cycle lengths are weakening together.

Falling Stack
Relative strength

Outperforming its benchmark

+2.6
Market activity

Participation is supportive

+38.6
Market dynamics

Price and volume behaviour is supportive

+0.3
30-week momentum

Medium-term momentum is positive

+22.2
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 low39.06
52-week high60.09
Annualised volatility22.3%

Based on the latest 26 weekly returns

Average weekly range3.9%

Average high-to-low range over 13 weeks

Current drawdown-7.9%

From the highest close in the stored record

Latest volume72%

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

35% constructive

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

71% 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 ^AEX10th–90th percentile
4 weeks26050%0.0%-0.4%-13.1% to 9.6%
13 weeks9655%1.5%-0.4%-28.3% to 14.5%
26 weeks5744%0.0%-4.5%-61.9% to 24.0%
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.

94 similar weekly states

Median forward return

Median outcome after each matching historical week.

4w
1.6%
13w
6.1%
26w
9.4%
HorizonMatchesPositiveMedianRange
4 weeks 93 67% 1.6% -10.8% to 13.1%
13 weeks 86 74% 6.1% -9.7% to 26.4%
26 weeks 73 86% 9.4% -12.7% to 33.6%

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 5.2% 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
2025-03-28 Confirmed High 37.54 - 0 weeks
2025-04-11 Confirmed Low 33.69 -10.3% 2 weeks
2026-02-27 Confirmed High 50.59 50.2% 46 weeks
2026-03-27 Confirmed Low 45.84 -9.4% 4 weeks
2026-06-19 Confirmed High 58.61 27.9% 12 weeks
2026-07-17 Confirmed Low 53.11 -9.4% 4 weeks
2026-07-24 Forming High 53.98 1.6% 1 weeks