Founder's Trading Journal by 0 Comment 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). 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. 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 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
Related Posts Founder's Trading Journal Accounts Founder's Trading Journal Pigs Get Fat – Hogs Get Slaughtered Founder's Trading Journal Reducing Positions Founder's Trading Journal Mixed Signals / Taking Profits Founder's Trading Journal Sell When You Can – Not When You Must! Founder's Trading Journal Onward. Upward, or Look out Below… Founder's Trading Journal New All Time Highs and Then? Founder's Trading Journal Sputtering Near the Channel Top… Founder's Trading Journal The CP Lie Inflation Report is Out – Sell the News? Founder's Trading Journal Raising Stops to Lock in Profits
Leave a ReplyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name* Email*