LINC

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation

NASDAQ · Common stock

21.65

−0.72 (−3.22%)

Close, Oct 20, 2026

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Structural summary

What is the structure, what changed, and what would invalidate it

Viridia Intelligence

Context across dimensions, not a rating

StructureExpanding rangeIntermediate-degree swings on the daily chart.

WaveUnresolvedZigzag, wave C up (Pattern Confidence 57); the weekly count points the other way.

FibonacciNo zoneNo confluence zone near price.

MomentumWeak3 months −45.9% (behind SPY by 48.8 points); 6 months −46.1%.

RegimeDowntrend−12.2% vs the 50-day average, −39.9% vs the 200-day.

RiskNormal20-day volatility 35% vs 55% over the year; 1-year drawdown −61.3%; beta 0.76.

LINC setup historyNot replayed yet; the track record fills in most-traded securities first.

Current structure

Price, swings and the preferred count on the chart

LINC · 1DLoading bars…

SourceMassive, end of dayUpdated—MethodDaily bars, split-adjusted

Candidate interpretations

Every count shown passes every hard rule

Candidate interpretations

Ranked by Pattern Confidence

Counts ending at the latest intermediate swing low, 21.08 on Sep 29, 2026. 84 labelings tested, 61 broke a hard rule, 12+ remain.

Hard-rule evidence: why 61 labelings were eliminated

39Wave 2 always retraces less than 100% of wave 1
10Contracting triangle: C ends short of A's end, D short of B's end, and E short of C's end
6Wave 4 always retraces less than 100% of wave 3
4Wave B ends short of the start of wave A (a zigzag is a sharp correction)
1Wave B retraces at least 90% of wave A
1Wave 4 does not enter the price territory of wave 1

Method Every chain of 3–6 alternating pivots ending at the latest confirmed pivot is tested as each pattern; only counts with zero hard-rule failures are kept, then ranked by Pattern Confidence. Rules: rulebook.Engine pivots-1.0.0+rules-1.0.0+candidates-1.0.0+fib-1.0.1+rank-1.1.0+setup-1.0.1, bars to Oct 20, 2026

Fibonacci map

Confluence zones above and below the closeClose 21.65

No price band within 35% of the close has two or more independent Fibonacci relationships.

Method Targets come from the Fibonacci relationships the sources describe for the wave in progress, Elliott trend channels, the prior fourth wave of lesser degree, and 38.2–78.6% retracements of the latest swing. A zone is where two or more independent relationships fall within max(¼ ATR, 0.4%) of each other; strength counts them, weighting primary ratios and higher degrees. It is not a probability.

Evidence

The setup the preferred count implies, and how that kind of setup has done

Setup

Intermediate degree · from the preferred count

The intermediate-degree scenario was held back

Its levels didn't pass Viridia's checks: invalidation over 25% away; invalidation over 8 ATR away; target over 100% or 25 ATR away. It's listed for review instead of shown.

NoteResearch scenario generated from Viridia's structural model. Not a recommendation.MethodA setup restates the preferred count as a trade: the entry (the close, or the level where the correction in progress most often ends), the stop where the count is wrong (a rule level, or the end of a finished pattern), and the count's own Fibonacci target. Reward:risk is measured from the middle of the entry range. A setup needs reward:risk of at least 1 : 1. It is research output from the wave count, not a recommendation or a forecast.

Engine details

Analysis engine: pivots-1.0.0+rules-1.0.0+candidates-1.0.0+fib-1.0.1+rank-1.1.0+setup-1.0.1
Bars analysed to: Oct 20, 2026
Price history: Automatic, updated nightly
Daily bars: 516 since Sep 30, 2024
Avg volume, 50 days: 833.7K
Dollar volume, 20 days: $14.5M
SEC CIK: 0001286613
Provider symbols: nasdaqtrader: LINC · massive: LINC
Listing changes: None since Sep 24, 2026

SourcePrices: Massive (end of day, split-adjusted). Listings: Nasdaq Trader, SECUpdatedOct 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDTMethodSecurity master, daily snapshot diff

MethodStructure: the intermediate-degree swing structure (higher highs and lows, lower highs and lows, expanding or contracting). Wave: the preferred daily wave count's expected direction (constructive up, defensive down), unresolved when the alternate is within 5 points. Fibonacci: the nearest confluence zone of Fibonacci relationships and the distance to it (inside, or within 3%, counts as at a zone). Regime: price against its 50- and 200-day averages. Momentum: 3-month return and its lead over SPY (strong when both are positive and the lead is over 5 points; weak when both are negative). Risk: 20-day volatility against the 1-year level (elevated above 1.25×), and the 1-year drawdown and beta to SPY.

Structure at a glance

Daily chart, as of Oct 20, 2026

Since the count's last pivot (21.08, Sep 29, 2026) price has moved +2.7%, the way the count expects.12 of 12 rule-valid counts expect the current move to be up.Weekly count: impulse wave 4 ↓, opposite direction

Close call.The top two counts are within 1 points. Treat the structure as unresolved until one is invalidated.

Preferred count

Zigzag up · wave C ↑

Price is in wave C of a three-wave zigzag correction up.

A-B from 14.10, Mar 13, 2025

Pattern Confidence57Low

2 of 3 checks met

Key levels, preferred count

Invalidation−34.9% from close

14.10

Price below this level breaks the count.

Target, wave C+192.5% from close

63.32

Wave C = 100% of wave A

Nearest confluence zone

None

No zone within 35% of price.

Alternate count

Flat down · complete, next move up ↑

A three-wave flat correction down looks complete, so the larger trend would normally resume up.

A-B-C from 53.50, May 13, 2026

Pattern Confidence56Low

3 of 5 checks met

Why this count is preferred · 2 met, 1 not met

Met

Wave B retraces 38.2% to 85.4% of wave A
Wave B retraces under 90% of wave A (deeper B waves fit a flat better)

Not met

The count starts at the price extreme of the prior swing (a new trend begins where the old one ended)

MethodPattern Confidence = (guidelines met + 2) ÷ (guidelines measured + 4), from the rulebook's guidelines, Fibonacci tendencies and wave-personality checks (wave 3 speed and volume, wave 5 volume, alternation in time, a start at the prior extreme), alternate waves in Fibonacci ratio, and the rarity of running flats. The alternate is the best-ranked count that tells a different story. It ranks the rule-valid counts against each other; it is not a probability of any outcome.

What changed

Structural events, most recent first

Oct 12, 2026New leading countNew leading count: Zigzag wC ↑ (confidence 57).
Oct 12, 2026Structure changedIntermediate structure changed from higher highs and lows to expanding.
Oct 12, 2026Count droppedFlat wC ↓ is no longer among the leading counts; now Zigzag wC ↑.
Oct 12, 2026Daily/weekly alignmentDaily (up) and weekly (down) counts no longer agree.
Oct 12, 2026Swing confirmedA new intermediate swing low was confirmed.

Last swing high

56.34

Jul 8, 2026

Last swing low

21.08

Sep 29, 2026

Elliott Wave

Wave counts are built on these swings and each one passes every rule in the rulebook. They are ranked by how many guidelines they satisfy; the preferred and alternate counts are summarized above the chart.

MethodPrice versus its 50- and 200-day averages: above both with the 50 above the 200 is an uptrend, below both with the 50 below the 200 is a downtrend, anything else is mixed. Swings: adaptive ZigZag on daily bars, pivots-1.0.0+rules-1.0.0+candidates-1.0.0+fib-1.0.1+rank-1.1.0+setup-1.0.1.