Five absolute rules governing the sub-waves of double three and triple three combinations. Violations invalidate the count.
Description
Double three and triple three combinations must satisfy five absolute rules. These are rules (not guidelines) — any violation means the count is not a valid combination.
Checklist
- ✅ Rule 1: Actionary waves (W, Y, Z) are each a simple (single) corrective pattern — zigzag, flat, or triangle. They cannot themselves be compound corrections (no double zigzag, double three, etc.)
- ✅ Rule 2: Only one of the actionary waves (W, Y, or Z) may be a zigzag
- ✅ Rule 3: A triangle may only appear as the final actionary wave (Y in a double three; Z in a triple three) — never as W or as an X wave
- ❌ Rule 4: Expanding triangles do not appear as actionary waves (W, Y, Z)
- ❌ Rule 5: X waves (reactive) may be any corrective form, but in a triple three, the first X wave cannot be a triangle
Key Points
- Quiz answers (Figure 2-84): A ✗ (Y forms triangle below W’s price zone — not sideways), B ✗ (W is a triangle — Rule 3 violation), C ✗ (Y is a diagonal — actionary waves cannot be motive waves), D ✓ (W’s c-wave being a diagonal is acceptable)
- W, Y, Z cannot be motive waves (impulse or diagonal) — combinations consist entirely of corrective waves
- If sub-waves of what you labeled as Y are numbered 1-2-3-4-5 as a diagonal, the count is clearly wrong
