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In a running flat (a 3-3-5 correction), wave B terminates well BEYOND the origin of wave A and wave C fails to reach the end of wave A. A second analyst argues the same price path is better read as an expanded flat that simply 'ran out of room.'
What is the single most decisive feature that distinguishes a running flat from an expanded flat here?
- In a running flat wave C falls short of wave A's end (net price progress in the trend direction), whereas in an expanded flat wave C exceeds wave A's end against the larger trend.
- In a running flat wave B exceeds wave A's start while wave C also exceeds wave A's end, so both subwaves over-travel; in an expanded flat only wave B over-travels beyond A
- In a running flat wave B fails to exceed the starting point of wave A at all, which is the defining structural contrast with the expanded flat's over-traveling wave B, the key diagnostic
- In a running flat wave C and wave A end up equal in overall length, while in an expanded flat wave C instead measures exactly 1.618 times wave A, so the ratio alone decides it
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