Textbook : Wave-1 Non-extended Wave-2 can retrace as much as 99% of wave-1. If it does, and wave-1 is a polywave or higher, the 2-wave will subdivide into an a-b-c affair in which the c-wave will fail (the 2-wave may subdivide whether the 1st wave does or not). If you are witnessing the first wave-1 develop after a prolonged advance or decline, there are no specific price level requirements for the termination of wave-1. Ifit is wave-1 of a larger 3rd or 5th wave, then wave-1 should approach (and preferably exceed) the termination point of the last Impulse wave of one larger degree. The 3rd wave must be longer than wave-1. If the pattern is above Complexity level 1, the third or fifth wave will be the subdivided segment, not wave-1. This is not to imply wave-1 will not subdivide, it just means it will not be the subdivided wave of the group. In other words, wave-3 or 5 will be more subdivided.
Textbook : Wave-2 If wave-1 turns out to be (or is believed to be) the longest wave in the sequence, the second wave cannot retrace much more than 38.2% of the first wave. If the first wave is not the longest wave, the lowest point of wave-2 can retrace as much as 99% of wave-1. If wave-1 is a polywave or higher, the 2-wave must subdivide into a polywave or higher pattern. If the 2-wave subdivides and wave-a (in wave-2) retraces more than 61.8% of wave-1, the entire correction will inevitably turn out to be a Double Failure or a C-Failure, with the C-failure occurring at a point 61.8% or less of wave-1.
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