In stocks, the most natural count is an impulse wave decline from the nominal high or the early or late July highs. Today's sell-off could be the 5th wave since the early July high (blue), at the risk of rushing the counts (red).



[1220pm, 118pm, 3pm] SPX squiggles -
Potential EDT, busted, turns out to be an LD


see the 2nd chart below
[8am] ES count update -
two potential triangles, one bullish, one bearish

[8/7/11 730pm] ES count update -
A small-degree v of (v) may or may not show up based on this count.