PRDO

Perdoceo Education Corporation

NASDAQ · Common stock

33.37

−0.38 (−1.13%)

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

StructureContracting rangeIntermediate-degree swings on the daily chart.

WaveConstructiveZigzag complete, next move up (Pattern Confidence 70); the weekly count agrees.

FibonacciZone belowNearest confluence 32.03–32.33 (3 relationships), −3.6% from the close.

MomentumStrong3 months +13.5% (ahead of SPY by 10.6 points); 6 months −6.4%.

RegimeMixed+2.4% vs the 50-day average, +0.1% vs the 200-day.

RiskNormal20-day volatility 27% vs 35% over the year; 1-year drawdown −26.0%; beta 0.03.

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

Current structure

Price, swings and the preferred count on the chart

PRDO · 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, 29.41 on Sep 29, 2026. 50 labelings tested, 36 broke a hard rule, 12+ remain.

Hard-rule evidence: why 36 labelings were eliminated

18Wave 2 always retraces less than 100% of wave 1
9Wave 3 always travels beyond the end of wave 1
4Contracting triangle: C ends short of A's end, D short of B's end, and E short of C's end
2Contracting diagonal: wave 3 is shorter than wave 1, wave 5 shorter than wave 3, and wave 4 shorter than wave 2
2Wave 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 33.37

33.37close

Bar length is the zone's strength (a weighted count of relationships, not a probability). Select a zone to see what forms it.

32.03 – 32.33−3.6% from the close

3 relationships · strength 1.9 · Minor degree

32.33RetracementMove after the correction retraces 100% of A–C · Minor · Viridia · secondary ratio
32.31RetracementMove after the correction retraces 61.8% of A–C · Minor · Viridia
32.03Swing50% retracement of the rise 2026-09-29 → 2026-10-13 · Minor · Basics · secondary ratio

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

No scenario at intermediate degree right now

The target is closer than the stop (reward:risk 0.42 : 1): most of the count's expected move has already happened, so it isn't a setup. Viridia shows nothing rather than a guess.

Setups at other degrees:

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: 630.9K
Dollar volume, 20 days: $20.5M
SEC CIK: 0001046568
Provider symbols: nasdaqtrader: PRDO · massive: PRDO
Listing changes: None since Sep 24, 2026

SourcePrices: Massive (end of day, split-adjusted). Listings: Nasdaq Trader, SECUpdatedOct 22, 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 (29.41, Sep 29, 2026) price has moved +13.5%, the way the count expects.12 of 12 rule-valid counts expect the current move to be up.Weekly count: zigzag wave C ↑, same direction

Preferred count

Zigzag down · complete, next move up ↑

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

A-B-C from 38.50, Mar 26, 2026

Pattern Confidence70High

5 of 6 checks met

Key levels, preferred count

Reassess−11.9% from close

29.41

The pattern ended here. A move below it means its last wave is still going, so the pattern isn't complete.

Target, next move+5.0% from close

35.03

Move after the correction retraces 61.8% of A–C

Nearest confluence zone−3.6% from close

32.03–32.33

3 Fibonacci relationships meet here.

Alternate count

Ending diagonal up · wave 3 ↑

Price is in wave 3 of a five-wave advance (ending diagonal).

1-2 from 28.96, Jul 22, 2026

Pattern Confidence60Medium

1 of 1 checks met

Why this count is preferred · 5 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)
Wave C equals 61.8%, 100% or 123.6% of wave A
Alternate waves are related by a Fibonacci ratio within 5% (wave 5 to wave 1, C to A, or triangle legs at 61.8%), the more reliable kind of relationship
The count starts at the price extreme of the prior swing (a new trend begins where the old one ended)

Not met

Wave C travels beyond the end of wave A (a failure is a truncation)

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 20, 2026New Fib zoneA new Fibonacci confluence zone formed near 32.18.
Oct 15, 2026New Fib zoneA new Fibonacci confluence zone formed near 35.26.
Oct 9, 2026Trend changedTrend moved from downtrend to mixed.
Oct 8, 2026New Fib zoneA new Fibonacci confluence zone formed near 34.
Oct 2, 2026New leading countNew leading count: Zigzag complete ↑ (confidence 70).
Oct 2, 2026Structure changedIntermediate structure changed from lower highs and lows to contracting.
Oct 2, 2026Count droppedZigzag wC ↓ is no longer among the leading counts; now Zigzag complete ↑.
Oct 2, 2026Daily/weekly alignmentDaily and weekly counts now both point up.
Oct 2, 2026Swing confirmedA new intermediate swing low was confirmed.
Oct 2, 2026New Fib zoneA new Fibonacci confluence zone formed near 33.06.
Oct 1, 2026New Fib zoneA new Fibonacci confluence zone formed near 32.66.

Last swing high

35.05

Aug 7, 2026

Last swing low

29.41

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.