Except for certain cases of channel overlap. In other words the above doesn't always hold true for channels.Quote from romanus:
... p2 is not suppose to be inside the prev traverse.
Quote from ehorn:
Here is another for anyone interested.
P.S. Extra credit for labeling "faster" fractals and the "type" of day (W/M/Trending)![]()

Quote from PTVtrader:
For me, correctly identifying the traverse pt 3 is the key to understanding the repeatable sequence that follows. If you are confident in where you have identified your pt 3, then you should understand why those time periods have very different contexts.
Quote from PTVtrader:
If you are confident in where you have identified your pt 3...
Quote from palinuro:
Yes, but the bar labeled pt3 on your chart doesn't actually touch the RTL, which was formed by the (unlabeled) p3 on the 1:50 bar.
You could draw in a new (3rd) steeper traverse, from 2:05 p1 to 2:40 p3 - which would also end the 'problem' of the down traverse p2 being inside the up traverse.
- palinuro

Quote from PTVtrader:
Identifying traverse level pt 3's has become a "focus" for me over the last couple of days...as I presently understand the method, the 1:50 bar is a tape level pt 3. I'm not sure if there is a rule about whether a traverse pt 3 can reside within a tape pt 3 or not.Where's Romanus???![]()
Quote from palinuro:
A big focus for me too, also the action getting there. It doesn't seem to me to divide into 3 distinct fractals, since tapes have pauses, traverses can widen into channels, and in any case channels exist within other channels.
Anyway, here's my take on the last two moves friday - I'd quit trading (friday afternoons are dull, right?), so this was after the close. But based on this, I don't see what differentiates the signals in those two areas, until some point within the last bar, which continues up in one case and reverses down in the other.
- palinuro