Then,as the boat was carried to the top of a great wave, the captain looked across the water.

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The top of each wave was a hill, from which the men could see, for a brief period, a wide area of shining sea.

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At last,from the top of each wave the men in the boat could see land.

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Sometimes, the B wave trades above the top of wave A as an irregular correction.

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One of the rules of Elliott Wave Principle is that wave 4 should not trade below the top of wave 1.

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If wave A is made up of three waves, we should expect wave B to trade back to the top of Wave A as a flat correction.

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