
The Basics of the Wave Principle
This course is one of the best ways to kick off your Elliott wave education, or to refresh your knowledge of the basics.
- Level: Beginner
- Format: On-Demand Course | 1 hour 30 minutes | Captions: English, Arabic
- Your Instructor: Wayne Gorman
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Learn the rules and guidelines that make Elliott Wave such a powerful tool
In this course, Senior Tutorial Instructor Wayne Gorman walks you carefully through the rules and guidelines, wave structures and personalities, Fibonacci relationships and more. Wayne’s easy-to-follow instruction makes this course an ideal starting point if you’re learning Elliott for the first time or need a refresher on the basic tenets.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- How the Wave Principle can be used to predict market direction and turning points
- Characteristics of motive and corrective waves
- How to count waves correctly and avoid common counting mistakes
- The three rules of the Wave Principle and how to apply them
- Wave guidelines that help you anticipate wave distance, form and termination points
- Wave personalities — the connection between wave position and mass psychology
- Fibonacci relationships and how to use them to anticipate price movement
- Fibonacci multiples, retracements and time relationships
Meet Your Instructor

Wayne Gorman, CEWA-M, is a 40-year veteran risk manager and trader. He started out at Citibank, where he managed trading positions in money markets and derivatives. He traded full-time with his own capital for almost five years before. In 2013, Wayne co-authored the Amazon best-selling book Visual Guide to Elliott Wave Trading, published by Bloomberg Press. Wayne is also the author of multiple EWI trading tutorials.
On-Demand Course
1 hour | Beginner