How to trade the Elliott wave triangle correction?

Triangles seem very easy to trade but act differently when it comes to trading.

#Elliottwaves have a very important, genuine, consolidated and beautiful pattern that is #triangle correction.

The structure of the triangle is 3,3,3,3,3. It means the triangle has 5 waves in it and each wave is sub-divided into 3 waves which we call (a,b,c,d,e). After 5 waves the triangle should have to burst out in the direction of the main trend. In a special case, when a limiting triangle occurs, it made 9 waves all of 3 sub-waves. i.e. 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3.

An Elliottician thinks that it is easy to judge when the triangle finishes its 5 waves and we can play a move along with the trend. But ain't that easy. Most of the time, two types of problems a trader faces while dealing with the triangle.

A triangle in the Elliott wave which has 3 sub-waves in all 5 waves usually has a zigzag correction in it, but inside that Zigzag, wave B can be expanded flat. It always creates an illusion that the triangle is over whenever an expanded flat is formed, and an expanded flat is made in wave c of the triangle.

A good trader is one who doesn't lose patience and sees the triangle bursting before its actual ending. With this false wave count, sometimes a trader's stop-loss doesn't get hit, but it takes too much time to actually complete the triangle. So, for an option buyer, this false illusion can be a death to the trade as all the premium will decay if he enters too early in the triangle.

As shown in my attached previous analysis of #HDFC, there is no genuine way to know from where the actual triangle starts in the Elliott wave. When the correction starts, the first leg can be a wave A of Zigzag, and the triangle can occur in wave B of Zigzag. The other alternative is the whole move is the triangle which starts from wave A and will end at wave B

Now, the first leg i.e. wave A of Zigzag is also a 3 wave move. So, it is difficult to make sure if the whole move is a triangle or if the triangle is in wave B of Zigzag.


So, the best way to trade a triangle is to be patient first of all, and trade only when the price breaks out from wave D. It will save a lot of your time and money. The technical analysis is all about the Price and Time as well.

Happy Trading!