The Point & Figure "count" above is so obvious that I am sure I may have been the last person to have done this analysis, but I also presume that a price target as audacious as 1640 has inhibited its wide publication.
Doing a count and price target on a P&F chart is relatively simple once you learn the rules. First, count the number of columns spanning the consolidation-breakout area, shown in a horizontal blue bar above. There are 21. Then, multiply that count by the box size and the reversal size: 21 x 10 x 3 = 630. Add this to the July 2010 low of 1010 on the S&P yields the target of 1640.
The consolidation phase, which began in February 2011 and has yet to be resolved to the up or downside, will also allow a count and a target. An upside breakout on the next column of Xs would yield a 1490 target, 8 x 10 x 3 + 1250. The target on a downside breakout would be 1160. To repeat, these targets are tentative since the pattern has yet to complete.
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