60-Year S&P 500 Master Cycle Current Accuracy 86%. (Chart courtesy of Fiorente2@Substack.com).
60-Year S&P 500 Master Cycle Current Accuracy 86%. (Chart courtesy of Fiorente2@Substack.com).

Good Morning:

  • I will be in the Trading Room this morning for the first few hours.
  • The market (S&P 500 Futures) will open at the top of the recent trading range.
  • Balance Rules are on the table. And it is a wide, 100-point range from 4100 to 4200, forming a triangle consolidation and marking upper and lower major resistance and support.
  • We expected the consolidation, as the indexes were parabolic at our exit last Thursday (around the 4190 level) and the 60-Year Master Cycle showed a small downturn.
  • The bulls want to reach out to the August high at 4327.50 to complete a full, octave wave from the October 13, 2022 low.
  • Even though we called the October 13th low, I am still amazed that the market has recovered this far. As I mentioned on these pages when I was putting together my outlook for 2023, I could not believe what I was seeing due to the 60-Year Master Cycle forecast.
  •  Well, here we sit with the proof in the pudding. Thus far, the market is following the 60-year cycle forecast with a correlation of 86%. While crowd psychology is the most bearish I have seen in a log time – it didn’t stop us from following the forecast as the stock market climbed the wall of worry.
  • As I have often stated, to be successful in this business I subscribe to the axiom that time is more important than price. We always look back 10, 20, 30, 60, and 100-years for guidance and analogous chart patterns. I also build a compression forecast combining all of the relevant cycles together to create a line forecast. 
  • We also look back 15 and 45-years if the cycle fits. For example, the NASDAQ is following the 45-Year Master Cycle (the NASDAQ hasn’t yet been around for 60-years).
  • But I also mentioned in early January that price would eventually find a fork in the cycle road. We are rapidly approaching that fork.
  • There are two panic cycles in our cycle DNA, 1903 at the 120-year point and 2008 at the 15-year point:
Dow Jones Industrials 120-Year Panic Cycle - 1903 Financial Panic was preceded by 1902 which was similar to 1922. (Chart courtesy of StockCyclesForecast.com).
Dow Jones Industrials 120-Year Panic Cycle - 1903 Financial Panic was preceded by 1902 which was similar to 1922. (Chart courtesy of StockCyclesForecast.com).
  • The 120-year cycle is two 60-year cycles ago. 1902 has analogies to 2022. And sometimes,  the 60-year cycle will invert and follow one of its relatives like 1903. This is a worst case forecast, and I am not expecting it, but I put it on the table lest we become complacent. The 1903 Panic peaked in mid-February of 1903 as could be happening now.
15-Year Cycle (the 2008 Panic). This panic still stings in recent memory.
15-Year Cycle (the 2008 Panic). This panic still stings in recent memory.
  • In the case of the 15-year cycle, the 2008 Panic Cycle started the year in a downtrend, rallied into February, corrected into early March, then put in a slightly higher peak in May before rolling over for another year.
  • Again, I am not expecting a panic similar to 1903 or 2008, but I keep these outcomes in the back of my mind.
  • For quick review, here is the raw Master 60-Year Cycle we have been following for 2023.
Raw (Not Normalized) 60-Year Master Cycle - 1963
Raw (Not Normalized) 60-Year Master Cycle - 1963
Raw (Not Normalized) S&P 500 Index 20-Year Cycle
  • The 60 and 20-year cycles are normally the most important for forecasting, and both of the cycles agree to higher prices after an early March trough.
  • Back to our current market, since breakouts fail about 80% of the time, it is not easy to work these ranges.
  • The 60-Year Master Cycle, if aligned perfectly, would call for a peak on 2/18, with the 20-week cycle correcting into March 3. Correlation has been running about 86% – but it is rare to catch the turns perfectly. We are on alert a few days before and after.
  • For other reasons too numerous to outline this morning, but particularly the 54-month Hurst (Presidential Election Cycle), I am expecting the market to peak in May and roll over again, for a more sideways, range-bound market for 2023.

A.F. Thornton

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