QUESTION: All energy says spike low on monthly global market watch. Now we had a correction from 52 to $39 so that qualifies but we also had a rally from 39 to 47 so does it still qualify? If Socrates uses the last data point 47 it would not be a spike low but if it accesses […]
QUESTION: You’ve just mentioned there remains a chance for gold to perform a slingshot move downward and then up in January. Does it still appear the Dow will slingshot (make a new low) also even though it has recently broken to new highs? S ANSWER: We achieved the slingshot in the S&P and the NASDAQ, and I have previously […]
QUESTION: What do I need to read to understand the basics about your models, and being able to use this? I’m very interested in using your models to guide me better in my investing. ANSWER: Start with the “Models & Methodologies.” We do provide a lot of study material under MODELS.
The Global Market Watch (GMW) is only an advisory tool. It is not something to trade on by itself. It is merely a system designed to be an alert. We were articulating this in the verbiage under “Pattern Recognition,” but it led to more confusion since it can be opposite of other models simply because it is purely pattern based. […]
QUESTION: Marty; I have been reading your blog on gold and get all your reports. One things that I have notices was this 1206 number. Back in 2013, it was important back then. Here it showed up again in 2015. This seems to be an amazing number. Can you explain why. ANSWER: This is yet […]
The biggest problem with analysis is that we are all human. Anyone who expects someone to forecast the economy or markets based upon their personal view is just out of their mind. Nobody can be consistent for we are all human and make mistakes. The only possible way forward is to achieve a quantified model that correlates everything to […]
COMMENT: Marty, your video on the Euro was amazing. What I have learned more from your site in 6 months than I did in college for 4 years. Why don’t you do a text book? REPLY: I have been asked to do a course at one of the top 10 universities in the world. The […]
We are in one of the most dangerous periods in many markets from metals and stocks to currencies and bonds. Many people end up buying highs and selling lows because they trade emotionally. They assume if something rallies one day that the trend has changed. If you want to survive your own trading decisions, you […]
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Above is an instructional video on Benchmark Cycles and how they differ from normal cyclical calculations. For future reference, this video can be found under our “Models” section.
