Summary
This email provides a full calendar of monthly Gann dates for 2023, including the four seasonal turning points and their midpoints. Phil Anderson explains how these dates function as recurring stress and decision-forcing moments in both markets and daily life, and expresses greater optimism for their tradability in 2023 compared to 2022.
Key Claims
- Monthly Gann dates recur throughout the year at roughly consistent intervals and can be mapped in advance — confidence: high
- Markets have a tendency to move into and out of these dates, making them useful as potential turning point signals — confidence: high
- The four seasonal dates for 2023 are March 21, June 22, September 23, and December 22; midpoints are February 3, May 5, August 7, and November 6 — confidence: high
- If a Gann date falls on a weekend coinciding with a full moon, the emotional intensity of the period may be amplified — confidence: medium
- A useful practice on seasonal dates is to observe financial headlines and trade opposite to the prevailing emotion — confidence: medium
- The 2022 seasonal dates were acknowledged to be less tradable than usual; 2023 is expected to be better — confidence: medium
- On Gann dates, trains run late, traffic is heavier, and people are often forced to make decisions they have been deferring — confidence: low (observational/anecdotal)
Mex Pete References
None.
Stock Picks / Signals
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Predictions / Forecasts
- Phil Anderson predicts the 2023 Gann seasonal dates will be more tradable than those of 2022.
- A Dow Jones chart from 2022 (sourced from Optuma) is referenced as an illustrative example of how markets moved around the 2022 seasonal dates, though no specific directional forecast for 2023 is made.
Notable Quotes
“A good practice to develop is to watch the financial headlines on these seasonal dates and do the opposite of the emotion headlined. It’s remarkable how little this has changed over the years.”
“Do note how markets everywhere have a tendency to move into and out of these dates.”