3:30 p.m. New York time

Half an hour before the closing bell. The S&P 500 futures have continued their upward movement during the session, reaching a peak of 7089.

Elliott Wave Theory. No change from this morning. Wave D{-5} continues its stair-step advance, with overlapping price action and no clear impulsive subdivision. The structure remains consistent with a corrective rise within the larger 4{-4} pattern.

Decision Points. Here’s the list.

Below 6950: Would suggest that wave D{-5} has ended and that wave E{-5} to the downside is underway.

Above 7089: Keeps wave D{-5} advancing, with no indication yet of completion.

Below 7050: First sign that upward momentum is weakening.

9:35 a.m. New York time

What’s happening now. The S&P 500 E-mini futures continued rising overnight, reaching a peak of 7078.50 before easing slightly into the 7060s–7070s range. The 8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims release has not produced a visible market response.

What does it mean? Elliott Wave Theory: Wave D{-5} continues to rise. It began on March 30 from 6353.25 and remains a subwave of wave 4{-4}, a larger corrective pattern that started on October 29, 2025 at 6953.75.

Wave D{-5} continues its stair-step advance. The internal structure remains indistinct at one lower degree, but the upward progression continues without evidence of completion.” The advance is overlapping and corrective in appearance, suggesting that any finer labeling would be speculative rather than analytical. In this case, the larger-degree structure provides the more reliable guide.

Decision Points. The key question remains how far wave D{-5} can extend within the larger corrective structure.

• Above 7078.50: Confirms continuation of wave D{-5}, with room for further upside typical of an expanding triangle leg.
• Sustained trade below 7040–7050: Would be the first sign that upward momentum is weakening and that wave D{-5} may be approaching completion.
• Break below 6950: Would strongly suggest that wave D{-5} has ended and that wave E{-5} to the downside is underway.

Until a reversal signal develops, the structure favors continued upward drift within wave D{-5}, with the understanding that this remains a corrective move inside a larger pattern.

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 3:30 p.m., 4-hour bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• D{-5} Micro, 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 16, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

License

Based on work at www.timbovee.com

3:30 p.m. New York time

Half an hour before the closing bell. The S&P 500 futures have moved above 7043, the last major turning point, and into the 7050s.

Elliott Wave Theory. The last turning point marked the beginning of wave A{-6}. That wave ended on March 30 at 6353.25, and wave B{-6} began. It is that rising wave B{-6} that has now moved above the beginning of wave A{-6}, and that breaks a rule of Elliott Wave Theory.

Waves A{-6} and B{-6} had been labeled as subwaves of wave C{-5}, which in turn is a subwave of corrective wave 4{-4}, taking the form of an expanding triangle.

It is a firm rule of Elliott Wave Theory that in an expanding triangle, a rising B wave cannot move above the start of the previous A wave. If it does, then the chart’s wave labeling is wrong. The map no longer matches the terrain, and it is the map that must change. Always.

I have changed the labels to eliminate the error. What had been wave A{-6} becomes declining wave C{-5}, one degree higher. And the present wave B{-6} becomes wave D{-5}, the next-to-last subwave of wave 4{-4}.

The observation of Robert Prechter, who helped revive the popularity of Elliott Wave Theory in 1978 at a time when that remarkable tool had nearly been forgotten, says it well: “No subwave has been observed to subdivide into a triangle.” The triangle form is reserved for the parent wave, not its subwaves.

Decision Points. The next question is whether rising wave D{-5} is nearing completion or still has room to run. Continued strength above 7043 would keep the present interpretation intact and point toward additional upside within wave D{-5}. A reversal downward from the current area would suggest that wave D{-5} is ending and that declining wave E{-5}, the final subwave of wave 4{-4}, may be beginning. The higher this rise goes before turning, the more room there would be for that final decline.

New labels chart (current version).

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 3:30 P.m., 4-hour bars with volume]

9:35 a.m. New York time

What’s happening now. The S&P 500 E-mini futures declined overnight to 6991.75 and then rose to the 7010s — at one point spiking to 7018 and immediately withdrawing. The price rose sharply as the opening bell still echoed, reaching 7024.25 and then falling back.

What does it mean? Elliott Wave Theory analysis sees wave B{-6} as continuing, although the wave appears to be in its end game and losing the energy needed to sustain the rise. It may regain that energy and push higher, or it may fail and turn down. At this stage, the structure remains incomplete, and the outcome uncertain.

Decision Points. A sustained move above 7018 would indicate that wave B{-6} is extending and could open the way toward the 7025–7040 resistance zone. Failure in the 7010–7020 area, followed by a lower high, would be an early indication that the wave is topping. A break below 6990 would signal increasing downside pressure, and a move below 6950 would provide stronger evidence that a downward wave C{-6} is underway.

Former labels chart (now outdated).

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 9:35 a.m., 4-hour bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• D{-5} Micro, 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 15, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

License

Based on work at www.timbovee.com

3:30 p.m. New York time

Half an hour before the opening bell. The S&P 500 E-mini futures have continued their rise, extending beyond prior expectations and pressing toward levels that raise questions about the current wave labeling.

What does it mean? The issue centers on how an expanding triangle behaves under Elliott Wave Theory, and how far its internal waves can stretch.

At the top level, an expanding triangle consists of five legs—A, B, C, D, and E. Each successive leg moves beyond the prior extreme in the same direction, creating the widening shape that defines the pattern. In that sense, “overruns” are not only allowed but required at the level of the triangle itself.

Each of those legs is also a corrective structure, typically composed of three subwaves. Within corrective patterns—particularly flats and more complex corrections—B waves can retrace all of wave A and, in some cases, move beyond its starting point.

The interaction between those two ideas is not explicitly set out in the standard Elliott Wave literature, including Elliott Wave Principle. The interpretation used here is a logical extension of those principles rather than a formal rule.

The practical question is whether the internal movement still preserves the overall geometry of the triangle. If the price action stretches in a way that distorts the recognizable A–B–C–D–E structure, then the labeling is no longer consistent with the chart.

In practical terms, the chart—not the rulebook—has the final say. If price movement materially exceeds what the current labeling can reasonably accommodate, then the map no longer matches the terrain, and the count must be revised.

Decision Points. The advance is now approaching a level where the current wave labeling is being tested. A continued rise that materially exceeds the start of wave A{-6} would weaken the case for the present interpretation and suggest that the count requires revision. On the downside, a break below the most recent intraday support—roughly the 6920 area—would be the first indication that the upward phase has lost momentum and that a transition toward a declining phase may be underway. Until one of those conditions is met, the working assumption remains that the current structure is still unfolding.

9:35 a.m. New York time

What’s happening now. The S&P 500 E-mini futures resumed their rise overnight, reaching a new high within the advance that began on March 30. The overnight low was 6920.25, and the new high is 6949.50.

What does it mean? The new high confirms that wave B{-6} continues under Elliott Wave Theory analysis. The structure remains corrective and somewhat uneven, which is typical for B waves, but the upward progression is intact.

Decision Points. The immediate question is whether this advance is nearing completion or has further room to run. A sustained move above 6950 would strengthen the case for continued upside within wave B{-6}. Conversely, a break below the overnight low at 6920.25 would be the first indication that the upward phase may be ending and that a transition toward wave C{-6} could be underway. Until one of those levels is clearly broken, the working assumption remains that wave B{-6} is still in progress.

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 3:30 p.m., 4-hour bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• C{-5} Micro, 1/27/2026, 7043 (down}
• B{-6} (none), 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 14, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

License

Based on work at www.timbovee.com

3:30 p.m. New York time

Half an hour before the closing bell. The S&P 500 futures continued to rise during the session, reaching into the 6890s and eclipsing Friday’s peak.

Elliott Wave Theory. Wave B{-6} continues to rise, and the new high confirms it. All B waves within corrections consist of three subwaves. The present B wave remains somewhat messy in its internal structure, and confidence in the tentative {-7}-degree labels is low. For now, the larger structure takes precedence over the finer detail. As the standard guidance among Elliott Wave analysts puts it: Time will tell.

Decision Points. The immediate test lies at the former resistance level near 6888, now acting as support. A sustained hold above that level would reinforce the view that wave B{-6} is extending and could carry higher in the near term. Conversely, a move back below 6888 would weaken the breakout and raise the possibility that the advance is complete, opening the door to the next downward phase of the correction. Until that level is clearly resolved, the market remains in a transition between extension and reversal.

9:35 a.m. New York time

What’s happening now. The S&P 500 E-mini futures opened with a significant downward gap. They closed on Friday at 6863.75, and when trading resumed Monday evening, fell in the first five minutes to an overnight low of 6770. They then retraced a portion of the decline, returning to the 6830s and 6840s as the opening bell sounded.

The move comes against a backdrop of failed U.S.-Iran negotiations and an announced U.S. plan to impose a blockade affecting Iranian oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

What does it mean? Elliott Wave Theory analysis interprets the fall and subsequent rise as a rapid repricing of risk rather than a confirmed shift in trend. The rebound has not moved beyond the previous peak within wave B{-6}, the rise that began on March 30. It remains a counter-trend subwave within the larger downward corrective wave C{-5}, itself part of the broader wave 4{-4} correction.

After confirmation that no agreement had been reached, oil prices rose by 9% to $104 per barrel before easing back to $101. The decline and partial recovery in S&P 500 futures coincided with these fluctuations in oil prices.

Decision Points. The immediate test lies between the overnight low at 6770 and the retracement zone in the 6820s–6830s. A sustained move above that upper band would suggest the counter-trend rally within B{-6} is extending, delaying confirmation of the larger C{-5} decline. Conversely, a break back below 6770 would strengthen the case that wave C{-5} is underway, with lower levels likely to follow. Until one of those boundaries gives way, the market remains in a repricing range rather than a confirmed directional move.

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 3:30 p.m., 20-minute bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• C{-5} Micro, 1/27/2026, 7043 (down}
• B{-6} (none), 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 13, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

License

Based on work at www.timbovee.com

3:30 p.m. New York time

Half an hour before the closing bell. The S&P 500 E-mini futures rose after the opening bell to a session high of 6888, then reversed sharply. The decline has now carried below the overnight low, reaching the mid-6850s.

Elliott Wave Theory’s principal analysis has been that rising wave B{-6} was continuing. This morning’s decline introduces the first meaningful challenge to that view, as the move lower is both impulsive in character and breaks prior short-term support.

At this stage, the decline can be interpreted in two ways. It may mark the beginning of declining wave C{-6}, which would be expected to unfold with sustained downside momentum. Alternatively, it may represent a deeper pullback within the still-active B{-6} rally.

The distinction has not yet been resolved. A single break of support, while significant, is not sufficient on its own to confirm a trend change. Confirmation would require a failed bounce followed by a lower high and continued downside movement.

Decision Points. A recovery back above the 6875–6888 zone would favor the view that rising wave B{-6} remains in force. Conversely, a bounce that stalls below that zone and turns lower would strengthen the case that declining wave C{-6} is underway.

Until one of these conditions is met, the chart remains in transition and the analysis unchanged.

9:35 a.m. New York time

What’s happening now. The S&P 500 E-mini futures rose from 6874 to 6888 in the five minutes that began with the release of the Consumer Price Index and immediately fell back to the 6870s where it had begun. The CPI reported that prices in general rose 0.9% in March, compared to 0.3% in February. Energy prices rose by 10.9%, and gasoline prices by 21.2%.

What does it mean? The rise was cut short and so was any decline, which tells Elliott Wave Theory that rising wave B{-6} continues, but without a lot of directional energy.

Decision Points. The immediate resistance zone remains the CPI spike high at 6888; a sustained move above that level would support further extension of wave B{-6}. On the downside, support lies in the 6840–6850 range, which has contained the post-release pullback; a break below that zone would signal that the upward correction is weakening. A decline through 6780 would shift the balance toward the start of declining wave C{-6}.

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 3:30 p.m., 115-minute bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• C{-5} Micro, 1/27/2026, 7043 (down}
• B{-6} (none), 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 10, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

License

Based on work at www.timbovee.com

3:30 p.m. New York time

Half an hour before the closing bell. The S&P 500 futures continued rising during the session, reaching 6876, before pulling back into the mid-6840s.

Elliott Wave Theory. Rising wave B{-6} continues.

Decision Points. The advance remains intact while price holds above the session structure. A sustained move above 6876 would indicate continuation of the upward trend. A break below the late-session consolidation range would begin to weaken the current structure and raise the likelihood that wave C{-6} has begun.

9:35 a.m. New York time

What’s happening now. The S&P 500 E-mini futures continued sideways overnight with a shallow downward drift. The market showed no meaningful response to the PCE inflation report with February data, reinforcing that current price action is being driven by forward expectations rather than backward-looking data.

What does it mean? Elliott Wave Theory’s principal analysis holds that rising wave B{-6} continues. The alternative analysis treats yesterday’s high at 6847.25 as the end of wave B{-6} and the beginning of declining wave C{-6}.

Neither view has been confirmed. For now, I am retaining the B{-6}-continues analysis unless and until the chart provides clear evidence that wave C{-6} is underway.

Rising wave B{-6} is a subwave within declining wave C{-5}, which in turn is a subwave within corrective wave 4{-4}. That larger correction, which began on October 29, 2025, appears to be taking the form of an expanding triangle. The 4-hour futures chart below shows wave 4{-4} in its entirety from that starting point.

Decision Points. A move above 6847.25 keeps rising wave B{-6} intact and suggests further upside within the corrective structure. A sustained move below the recent support zone near 6780 strengthens the case that wave C{-6} is underway. Until one of these levels is clearly broken, the analysis remains in a zone of ambiguity.

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 3:30 p.m., 4-hour bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• C{-5} Micro, 1/27/2026, 7043 (down}
• B{-6} (none), 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 9, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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3:30 p.m. New York time

Half an hour before the closing bell. The S&P 500 futures peak for the day remains at 6847.25. From that point, the price fell to 6780, then rose slightly and returned to the decline.

Elliott Wave Theory. Rising wave B{-6} continues, although it appears to have encountered resistance near that level, and an argument can be made that today’s high marks the end of wave B{-6} and the beginning of wave C{-6}. Neither scenario has been verified, and I am retaining the B-wave continues until the chart provides evidence to the contrary. A decline below 6760 would provide the first indication that the upward structure is failing.

9:35 a.m. New York time

What’s happening now. The S&P 500 E-mini futures began to rise during the Tuesday’s session, picking up the pace after the closing bell, fell sharply early overnight, to 6652.25, and immediately resumed the rapid rise, reaching 6811.50. From that point the direction turned sideways, and the price remained in the 6840s and 6830s, dropping a bit lower as the opening bell approached.

The rise coincided in part with President Trump’s announcement a cease fire in the war, agreed to by both Iran and the United States.

What does it mean? When Elliott Wave Theory is applied, the rise is clearly part of rising wave B{-6}, which began from 6353.25 on March 30. The wave is a subwave of declining wave C{-5}, which in turn is a subwave of a downward correction, wave 4{-4}, which began on October 29, 2025 from 6953.75 and is taking the form of an expanding triangle.

Wave B{-6} appears to be in its final subwave, C{-7}. When it is complete, declining wave C{-6} will begin.

Wave 4{-4}, as a triangle, will have five subwaves, A through E.

Decision Points. The key question is whether rising wave B{-6} has completed its final subwave, C{-7}. The current rally has reached the mid-6800s, placing it within the expected resistance zone for B{-6}, roughly 6620–6680 and extending higher as momentum carried beyond the initial target. A continued hold above 6800, followed by a push to new recovery highs, would argue that C{-7} is still extending and that B{-6} is not yet complete. Conversely, a decisive break below 6760 would be the first signal that upward momentum has failed. A further decline below 6652.25, the overnight low, would strongly suggest that B{-6} has ended and that declining wave C{-6} is underway. Until that lower boundary is broken, the upward structure of B{-6} remains intact, but the risk of reversal is elevated given the maturity of the move.

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 3:30 pm., 4-hour bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• C{-5} Micro, 1/27/2026, 7043 (down}
• B{-6} (none), 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 8, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Based on work at www.timbovee.com

3:30 p.m. New York time

Half an hour before the closing bell. The S&P 500 futures continue to trade between the overnight high, 6667, and the session low, 6572.75 — a range-bound session with no directional progress.

Elliott Wave Theory. Rising wave B{-6} continues. The analysis from this morning remains unchanged.

9:35 a.m. New York time

What’s happening now. The S&P 500 E-mini futures continued to fluctuate in a net sideways range, reaching a high overnight of 6667 and a low of 6502, with the price largely staying within a narrower band between the 6610s and 6630s.

What does it mean? Elliott Wave Theory continues to identify rising wave B{-6} as underway, despite the lack of directional progress. Within this framework, price action reflects collective sentiment, which so far this week has been characterized by watchful waiting. The Consumer Price Index for March will be published on Thursday, and President Trump has said that military escalation will occur tonight if Iran does not agree to a ceasefire.

It is a time of uncertainty, in the markets and in the world.

Wave B{-6}, although rising, is part of larger declining structures: Wave C{-5} and its parent, corrective wave 4{-4}.

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 3:30 p.m., 105-minute bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• C{-5} Micro, 1/27/2026, 7043 (down}
• B{-6} (none), 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 7, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Based on work at www.timbovee.com

3:30 p.m. New York time

Half an hour before the closing bell. The S&P 500 futures have spent the session fluctuating within a narrow range, roughly from the 6630s down into the 6620s. Price action has been choppy and overlapping, with no sustained directional push.

Elliott Wave Theory. Rising wave B{-6} continues, but the advance has stalled into sideways movement. The session’s price action is best interpreted as a continuation of an internal consolidation rather than a completed reversal. The structure remains consistent with a developing corrective pattern within B{-6}, rather than the start of a new downward impulse.

There is no evidence at this stage of a decisive break either higher or lower. Instead, the market remains beneath the April 1 high at 6663.75.

Decision Points. The April 1 high at 6663.75 remains the immediate upside barrier. A sustained move above that level would confirm continuation of wave B{-6} and open the path toward the upper end of the 6620–6680 resistance zone, with the potential for a modest extension.

On the downside, the 6620–6630 area continues to serve as the near-term pivot. Holding above that zone supports the view that the market is consolidating within B{-6}. A break below 6600 would weaken that interpretation and suggest that the rally is losing structure.

The overnight low at 6567 remains the key near-term support. A move below that level would indicate that the current upward leg has likely completed and that a deeper correction is underway. The broader wave structure remains intact as long as price holds above 6353.25, the low of wave A{-6}.

9:35 a.m. New York time

What’s happening now. The S&P 500 E-mini futures resumed trading last night with a small opening gap to the downside. The price reached an overnight low of 6567 within the first 15 minutes, then turned higher, rising to a peak of 6651.25. It has since pulled back slightly in a shallow, orderly correction.

What does it mean? Elliott Wave Theory analysis interprets the rise as evidence that wave B{-6} continues to advance. So far, the rally remains below its prior high of 6663.75, set on April 1.

Wave B{-6} is a subwave within falling wave C{-5}, itself part of a larger corrective wave, 4{-4}. That correction continues to take the form of an expanding triangle.

The current pullback appears corrective rather than impulsive, suggesting that the rising structure of B{-6} remains intact for now.

Decision Points. The April 1 high at 6663.75 remains the immediate ceiling. A sustained move above that level would confirm continuation of wave B{-6}, with the next likely target in or slightly above the 6620–6680 resistance zone.

On the downside, the 6620–6630 area serves as a near-term pivot. Holding above that zone supports the view that the present pullback is a shallow internal correction. A break below 6600 would weaken the rising structure and suggest that the rally is losing momentum.

The overnight low at 6567 is the key near-term support. A move below that level would indicate that the current upward leg has likely completed and that a deeper correction is underway. The larger structure remains intact as long as price holds above 6353.25, the low of wave A{-6}.

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 3:30 p.m., 105-minute bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• C{-5} Micro, 1/27/2026, 7043 (down}
• B{-6} (none), 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 6, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Based on work at www.timbovee.com

12:05 p.m. New York time

What’s happening now. Despite the market holiday, and contrary to the usual last-day-of-the week practice, the S&P 500 E-mini futures continued trading until 9:10 Friday morning. The price declined overnight until the Employment Situation Report was released at 8:30 a.m. New York time, when it shot up 28 points to 6639, and immediately pulled back to 6598.75.

What does it mean? Elliott Wave Theory analysis: Rising wave B{-6} continues.

[S&P 500 E-mini futures at 12:05 p.m., 105-minute bars with volume]

Waves Now Underway

These are the waves currently in progress under my principal analysis. Each line on the list shows the wave number, with the subscript in curly brackets, the traditional degree name, the starting date, the starting price of the S&P 500 E-mini futures, and the direction of the wave.

• S&P 500 Index:
• 5{+3} Supercycle, 7/8/1932, 4.40 (up)
• 5{+2} Cycle, 12/9/1974, 60.96 (up)
• 5{+1} Primary, 3/6/2009, 666.79 (up)
• 5{0} Intermediate, 2/11/2016, 1810.10 (up)
• 3{-1} Minor, 3/23/2020, 2191.36 (up)
• 1{-2} Minute, 7/31/2025, 6468.50 (down)
• S&P 500 E-mini futures
• 5{-3} Minuette 8/1/2025, 6239.50 (up}
• 4{-4} Subminutte 10/29/2025, 6953.75 (down}
• C{-5} Micro, 1/27/2026, 7043 (down}
• B{-6} (none), 3/30/2026, 6353.25 (up}

Reading the chart. Price movements — waves – – in Elliott Wave Theory analysis are labeled with numbers within trending waves and letters with corrective waves. The subscripts — numbers in curly brackets — designate the wave’s degree, which, in Elliott Wave analysis, means the relative position of a wave within the larger and smaller structures that make up the chart. R.N. Elliott, who in the 1930s developed the form of analysis that bears his name, viewed the chart as a complex structure of smaller waves nested within larger waves, which in turn are nested within still larger waves. In mathematics it’s called a fractal structure, where at every scale the pattern is similar to the others.

Learning and other resources. Elliott Wave analysis provides context, not prophecy. As the 20th century semanticist Alfred Korzybski put it in his book Science and Sanity (1933), “The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.” And I would add, in the ever-changing markets, we can judge that similarity of structure only after the fact.

See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott Wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, April 3, 2026

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

License

Based on work at www.timbovee.com