USD, Oil & Gold: Key Wave Counts

USD, Oil & Gold: Key Wave Counts

Oct 26, 2025

US Dollar:

The Captain’s weekly US dollar chart.

Analysis:

The USDX was higher this past week reaching a high of 98.94, closing at 98.74.

We continue to work on a very large wave B bearish triangle and within that triangle all of wave ^c^ ended at the 114.75 high. We are falling in wave ^d^.

Wave ^d^ cannot fall below the wave ^b^ low of 71.46 for this triangle formation to remain valid. Wave ^d^ needs to consist of at least one abc pattern but can have up to 3 such patterns.

We have made a major revision to the internal wave structure of wave ^d^ and now believe that it will consist of at least 2 three wave patterns as follows:

a = 100.35.

b triangle = 102.78.

c = 98.94.

x = 110.02

a = 96.00

b is now underway.

After our second wave b ends, we expect a drop in our second wave c.       

Active Positions: Short, risking to 104.00!

 

Oil:

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The Captain’s weekly oil chart.

Analysis:

Our internal wave count for wave ii to looks like::

(a) = 92.93.

(b) = 123.18.

(c) diagonal triangle:

-i- = 63.64.

-ii- = 95.03.

-iii- = 55.12.

-iv- = 78.40.

-v- is still underway, with a minimum target of 55.12.

It is looking like wave -v- may also be an ending diagonal triangle formation… and that remains incomplete.

After wave ii ends we expect a very sharp rally higher in wave iii, and we will provide our projected endpoint for its completion after wave ii ends.

There is an outside chance that all of wave -v- and wave ii may have ended at the 55.98 low, with only a break of the 65.98 high confirming that to be the case.

We did have a key weekly reversal higher this past week.

In the long term we are now rallying in wave C that has the following projections:                                                                     

C = A = 153.77.

C = 1.618A = 244.78!

Active Positions: Long crude, with puts as our stop.  Long Suncor!

 

Gold:

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The Captain’s weekly gold chart. 

Analysis:

Gold was initially higher again this past week, reaching another all-time high at 4381.40, but after that high was made we moved sharply lower… reaching a low of 4004.30, closing at 4112.80!

Our current long-term gold count starting from the 35.20 low made back in 1971 (which remains incomplete) is here:

1 = 1920.80.

2 = 1046.20.

3:

i = 2073.40.

ii = 1614.40.

iii:

(i) = 2073.30.

(ii) = 1810.10.

(iii):

-i- = 2790.40.

-ii- = 2539.90.

-iii- = 3500.30.

-iv- = 3280.60.

-v- = 4381.40, to complete all of wave (iii).

We are falling in a multi-month wave (iv) correction that has the following retracement levels:

23.6% = 3774.60.

38.2% = 3399.20.

Within wave (iv) we likely completed wave -a- and the 4004.30 low and if that is the case, we are now moving higher in wave -b-. It is still too early to determine which form wave (iv) will take but based on the formation of wave (ii), we should expect wave (iv) to become either a bullish triangle, flat or irregular type correction…

Where in the latter formation gold will make another all-time high in wave -b-, before it falls again into our suggested retracement zone.

A projection for the end of wave iii is:

iii = 4.236i = 5965.60.

Projections for the end of wave 3 are:

3 = 2.618(1) = 5936.00.

3 = 4.236(1) = 9033.60.

There is still an outside chance that wave -v- and (iii) are going to move substantially higher and in that case, likely only wave *i* of -v- of (iii) may have ended at the 4381.40 high and if that is the case then we would now be falling in a wave *ii* correction that should retrace between 50 to 61.8% of the wave *i* rally, with retracement levels noted in our Daily Post.

We exited all long positions.  We entered these positions in late 2015.  It’s not a top call.  Our profits were so large that we had to book them!

Active Positions: Flat.                                                                            

Thank-you!

Captain Ewave & Crew

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Website: www.captainewave.com

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