Measured Move

Measured Move turns leg symmetry into levels that can be planned around. Whenever three alternating confirmed swings form a trending leg and a proportional correction, the build projects the measured move: the A-B distance carried forward from C, drawn as a dotted expected leg into a shaded target zone rather than a single line, since symmetry between legs is approximate. The target label carries the projected price and the reward-to-risk of entering at C with the stop at A; a finished second leg prints its size as a percentage of the projection.

How to Trade the Measured Move?

• Target zone: the dashed box around the projection is the objective region; its border turns solid the moment price tags it.
• RR label: the ratio pre-computes the trade the structure implies — target distance over stop distance from C — so marginal setups can be skipped before entry.
• Second leg %: a finished leg well short of the projection flags fading momentum; one beyond it, a trend running hotter than symmetry.
• Void mark: a correction retracing the entire first leg voids the construction, muting its zone and marking an ✕.

Measured Move Settings

• Swing Length (default 10): bars each side confirming the anchoring swings.
• Min Retracement % (default 33.3) and Max Retracement % (default 66.7): the proportional-correction window.
• Projection Method (default Points): C + (B − A), or Percentage for the ratio form C × (B / A), preferred on log-scale charts.
• Projection Multiple (default 1.0): the share of the leg projected — 0.618 or 1.272 give fractions or extensions.
• Target Zone Width % (default 10): zone height as a percentage of the projected distance.
• Style: Show Legs, Show Swing & Target Labels and Show Second Leg % (all on), Shown Patterns (default 20).

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the measured move relate to the ABCD pattern?

They share the one-to-one leg logic, but the ABCD is its harmonic formalization — C must land in a set retracement window and completion must match tracked ratios within tolerance. This build is the general projection: any proportional correction qualifies, and the multiple is yours to set.

When should I use Percentage projection?

On log-scale charts and in large moves, where point symmetry breaks down — the same point distance means something different after price has doubled. The ratio form projects the leg's percentage change from C instead.

Is the target a prediction?

A reference. Second legs stop short of symmetry or run past it all the time — hence the zone instead of a line, and the second-leg percentage recording what actually happened rather than assuming completion.