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Market Still Trading Between the Lines

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by Mike Golembesky - 2 hours ago

Market Testing Previous High

Today we saw the market move higher overnight and continue to grind higher throughout the session. We are currently testing the high that was struck on 7/6, which is making the most immediately bearish path less probable at the moment. With that being said, until we see a break of that level, I will keep this path on the board, as the overall action is still very sloppy and the alternate counts I am watching are still far from ideal from an Elliott Wave perspective. If we are going to see an imminent top, this would need to start turning down sooner rather than later and do so in five waves.
by Mike Golembesky - 4 days ago

The Pattern Is Suggestive That There Is Still Some Unfinished Business to the Downside

We saw the market gap lower overnight, only to whipsaw around most of the day. We are currently trading up significantly off of the lows. However, the move up off of the lows is so far only three waves in nature and is still sitting well inside of the retracement zone that could still swing this lower in the coming days. In fact, the pattern to the downside still looks incomplete in nature, which has me leaning toward lower levels still to come in the days ahead before we see any sort of breakout to new highs.
by Mike Golembesky - 5 days ago

Everyone Hates Diagonals - Market Analysis for Jul 7th, 2026

Today the market opened flat but held under the key resistance zone that I had been watching over the past several days, keeping the wave 2 of the larger wave (c) down topping count in play. We began to move lower in the late morning session, but the move stalled out and developed a three-wave move down off of the highs. So while holding resistance is keeping the wave 2 count in play, the fact that we have a three-wave start is certainly less than ideal for the most immediately bearish path.
by Mike Golembesky - 6 days ago

Market Closing In on Upper Resistance

Today the market continued its grind higher on what remains sloppy action as we approach the upper end of the resistance zone, still keeping the potential wave 2 alive. If we continue to push higher and break resistance, it will make it more likely that we are following the yellow count over the 7646 level before seeing even a local top.Overall, there really is not much change to the counts as they have been laid out over the past several days. With today's push back over last week's high, we have invalidated the potential 1-2 i-ii setup to the downside and are now closing in on the larger upper resistance zone at the 7614 level for the larger wave 2.
by Mike Golembesky - 1 week ago

Market Tests Resistance and Holds For Now

Today we saw the market open lower only to push higher in the afternoon session, testing the 76.4% retrace level of the move down off of the 6/15 high. So far that level has held almost to the penny and turned down, but we still do not have any indication that we have put in any sort of top just yet. This leaves us pretty much where we were yesterday, and if this is going to push higher per the yellow count, we will need to see a break over resistance. If we are going to move lower, we will need to see a break of support below.Currently, the 76.4% retrace level comes in at the 7579 level just overhead.
by Mike Golembesky - 1 week ago

U.S.Dollar Consolidates After Breakout Week

After breaking out higher last week, we saw the DXY consoildate this week in what I am counting as part of a fourth wave.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 weeks ago

It's Déjà Vu All Over Again

Today the market moved higher overnight, only to drop sharply in the early morning session. Since then, we have been range-bound between the overnight high and the morning low. While the action was certainly volatile this morning, the overall count has actually not changed at all, and today's action has put us right back where we were at yesterday's close. I am still viewing the same three counts that I laid out yesterday as viable, and until we see a break of the support or resistance levels discussed yesterday, they will all remain in play.WHITE COUNTI am still watching this count; however, with today's action, I am viewing it as slightly less probable than the red count.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 weeks ago

Pressure Remains Down as We Approach the Next Downside Pivot

After moving higher in the morning session, we saw the market move lower in the afternoon session and break the low that was struck yesterday. This is keeping the pressure down in the equity markets, and as long as we continue to move higher in a corrective fashion, this pressure should continue to build to the downside. With that being said, there are still two viable bearish paths that I am viewing as likely. How the market moves through the Fibonacci levels in the days ahead will help differentiate which path we are following if we are indeed heading lower.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 weeks ago

Market at First Key Inflection Point to the Downside

Today, the market moved sharply lower, opening the door for the larger wave (b) top to be in place at the 6/15 high. With that said, we still only have three waves down off that high so far and are currently sitting at several key Fibonacci support levels that will need to break to the downside to keep that path in play. If we are unable to break those levels and instead turn back higher, then it would open the door to a few different paths that could still ultimately take this market higher.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 weeks ago

Market Continues To Push Lower, But Structure Is Far From Clean

Today we saw the market continue to push lower after moving lower yesterday as well. Unfortunately, the structure of the move to the downside is far from clear, and if we have indeed topped in all of wave (b), the initial move down has likely taken the form of a leading diagonal. While this can certainly qualify as an initial five-wave move to the downside, this structure is not the most reliable of patterns.The move up off today's low is, however, taking the form of three waves, which provides us with a bit of support for the idea that we still have further downside action ahead of us before making any new highs.
by Mike Golembesky - 3 weeks ago

Ugly Action as Market Sees More Whipsaw

Today, the market opened up slightly, followed by a small dip in the morning session, only to push sharply higher in the afternoon. We are currently trading at the highs of the day and have broken the most immediately bearish path that we had laid out yesterday. This is making the more indirect path lower, as laid out in the yellow count, more likely.With that being said, I still cannot rule out a more immediate drop from around current levels. However, under that case, I think it would be more likely that any direct move lower would take the form of an Ending Diagonal to the downside.
by Mike Golembesky - 1 month ago

Market Down Today, But Still Remains Over Support For Now

Today the market traded lower as we moved into the lower end of the resistance zone for the move up off of the May 19th low. That move lower is still only a three-wave structure and is trading well above even the upper smaller-degree support levels. So until we see a break of that support zone and/or see a full five-wave move down off the highs, we still do not have any indication that we have put in even a local top just yet.
by Mike Golembesky - 1 month ago

Market Still Over Support

Over the long weekend, the market continued to push higher in a very sloppy pattern but managed to push to new highs. This is making the green count the more likely path at this point in time. With that said, I am still leaving the white count on the table for the time being. However, from a practical standpoint, it does not make too much of a difference other than how much higher this can extend.
by Mike Golembesky - 1 month ago

Five Up For The U.S. Dollar?

This week, the DXY continued to push higher and gave us what can be counted as five up off of the 97.46 low. With that move, I am now leaning toward a bottom being in place for the wave 2, which has been laid out in white on the charts.
by Mike Golembesky - 1 month ago

Market Sitting Under Resistance For Now

The market has seen very sloppy wave action over the past several days and has yet to give us confirmation that we have indeed put in a top in either the wave 1 or larger wave (5). We are trading up today after moving lower overnight but are still trading under the key resistance zone that is keeping the b wave retracement count on the board. We now simply need to wait and see if the market is going to be able to hold this resistance level and turn back lower under the support/pivot zone, or if the market is going to break through that level and give us yet another high.
by Mike Golembesky - 1 month ago

Market Moves Lower But Still Over Downside Pivots

Today, we saw the market move lower; however, we have yet to clear the downside pivots, keeping us in a bit of suspense as we move into the middle of the week. There are a few different ways to count the downside action, none of which are terribly reliable, so for now my main focus is going to be on the larger price pivot/support levels below.As shown on the ES chart, the first pivot level that I am watching comes in at the 7352-7328 zone below. We will need to break this zone, followed by a break of the 7289 level, to start a more accelerated move lower as part of a wave iii of c down.
by Mike Golembesky - 1 month ago

Have We Finally Put In A Local Top?

Last week, we saw the market finally move lower after a very extended move higher over the past month, opening the door for at least a local top to be in place. Today, we saw further downside follow-through, further opening the door for at least a local top to be in place at last week's high. While we still have some downside pivots that will need to break to further confirm that we have indeed put in a top, the action today, which has been corrective to the upside, is very much supportive of this case.
by Mike Golembesky - 1 month ago

Market Finds Support, Have We Begun The Fifth Wave Up?

Today, the market moved lower right into the upper end of the support zone that we laid out for the potential green wave (iv) and has moved up sharply off of that low. This is leaving the door open for a local bottom to have been found as part of the larger Ending Diagonal wave structure that has been laid out per the green count. With that being said, we still have some key resistance levels overhead that will need to break before we have confirmation that we are indeed heading to new highs.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 months ago

Paramaters Are Set But No Signal Of A Top Just Yet

Today, we saw the market continue to grind higher in what still counts as an Ending Diagonal off of the April 23rd low. From a wave count perspective, very little has changed from last week and until we can actually see a break of some key support/pivot levels below, we do not have any signal that the market has put in even a local top just yet.The first key pivot level that I am watching below to give us an initial indication that we have put in a local top comes in at the 7388 level.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 months ago

Market Pulls Back But Still Over Support For Now

After grinding higher over the past several sessions and hitting the upper end of our Ending Diagonal target, we saw the market move lower today. We are, however, still trading over some key support levels below that we would need to see broken to confirm that we have indeed completed the Ending Diagonal pattern off the 4/23 low, or whether this still has some unfinished business to the upside before that ultimate top is found. With today's pullback, the parameters are fairly straightforward at this point in time, so it's simply a matter of seeing how the market reacts over the next several sessions to know which path we are going to follow.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 months ago

Market Continues To Stretch Higher

Today, we saw the market take the more direct path to the upper end of the Ending Diagonal topping zone that we had laid out over the past several days. We are now pushing the upper limit of where I would expect to see the Ending Diagonal, in its current form, put in a top. If this is going to reverse, it really should begin to do so sooner rather than later.Unfortunately, I do not have a highly reliable alternate count that would suggest a strong continued move higher. So, if we do continue to extend higher, I think it likely would take the form of a larger diagonal off the 4/23 low.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 months ago

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by Mike Golembesky - 2 months ago

Market Grinding Lower, but Still Holding Key Support

The market continued to drift lower today, but the character of the decline remains overlapping and relatively slow in velocity. This type of price action continues to suggest we are dealing with a corrective pullback rather than the start of a larger impulsive Wave (c) to the downside.The primary question at this stage is not direction, but depth, how far this corrective move will carry before the market attempts to resume higher.As long as we remain above even the upper support pivots, we simply do not yet have enough information to resolve that question. The parameters outlined in yesterday’s update remain largely intact.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 months ago

Market Forms a Local Top, but Key Support Still Holding

Today, the market appears to have put in a local top, trading lower throughout the regular session. So far, the downside structure looks corrective, which provides an early signal that at least a short-term top may be in place. There is also the potential that a larger Wave 1 top has formed. With that said, price remains well above the initial downside pivot that would need to break to confirm a more meaningful top, with even larger support levels below. While this pullback offers an early warning that the rally from the early April lows may be entering a corrective phase, further downside confirmation is still needed.I am watching 7079 as the first key downside pivot.
by Mike Golembesky - 2 months ago

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