Reference guide for sub-wave forms within zigzags (A, B, C waves), flats (A, B, C waves), and triangles (A, B, C, D, E waves). Includes sub-wave frequencies for each position.
Description
This reference summarizes the wave forms that appear as sub-waves within zigzag, flat, and triangle corrective patterns, based on observed frequency (◎ = most common, ○ = frequent, △ = occasional).
Key Points
- Zigzag A and C: Impulse ◎, Diagonal ○ (actionary waves — motive forms)
- Zigzag B: Zigzag ◎, Double Zigzag ◎, Triangle ◎, Flat ○, Double Three ○, Triple Zigzag △, Triple Three △
- Flat A: Zigzag ◎, Flat ◎, Double Zigzag ◎, Double Three △, Triple Zigzag △, Triple Three △ (no triangle in flat A)
- Flat B: Zigzag ◎, Flat ◎, Double Zigzag ◎, Triangle △, Double Three △, Triple Zigzag △, Triple Three △
- Flat C: Impulse ◎, Diagonal ◎ (actionary wave — motive form only)
- Triangle A: Zigzag ◎, Double Zigzag ◎, Flat ○, Triple Zigzag △, Double Three △, Triple Three △ (no triangle in A)
- Triangle B–E: Zigzag ◎, Double Zigzag ◎, Triangle △, Flat △, Double Three △, Triple Zigzag △, Triple Three △ (all corrective forms possible, including nested triangle)
- 3-3-3-3-3 Diagonal: all sub-waves are zigzags or compound zigzags; 2nd and 4th waves may occasionally be flat (but not expanded flat); triangle does not appear
- 5-3-5-3-5 Diagonal: actionary waves (1, 3, 5) are impulses (wave 5 may be diagonal); corrective waves (2, 4) are zigzags or compound zigzags (rarely flat); extremely rare pattern
