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From: "Vera"

Delivered-To: astrofin@yahoogroups.com

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 10:20:25 -0700

Dan Ferrera-Square of Nine- First Method

First, I would like to say that it was Gann (not Mr. Ferrera) who said to measure time by the Sun based on

harmonics of the circle. He said to add these time periods as days, weeks and months from extreme highand low levels to determine future turning dates. Mr. Ferrera did not invent this technique, he simply

illustrated the approach as one of the methods in the book to make it more accessible to Gann students.

Secondly, this timing method was not intended to be any kind of trading system by Gann or Mr. Ferrera. It

simply gives you points in time that could result in a change of trend, you still have to know how to trade to

make any use of the methodology for practical benefi t.

Man first learned to record and measure time by the use of the Sun dial, and by dividing the day into 24

hours of 15-degrees in longitude. The reflection of the geometrical angle on the Sundial indicated the

time of day. Since all time is measured by the Sun, we must use the 360 degrees of the circle to measure

time periods for the market, but remember, you must always begin to count time is days, weeks and months

from extreme high and extreme low levels, and not from exact seasonal or calendar time periods. 45 days is1/8th of a year, 90-degrees is 1/4th of a calendar year, or a square. 112 days is 90 + 22. 120 is 1/3rd of

the circle and is a triangle. 135 is 90 + 45, 150 is 90 + 60, 157 is 135 + 22, 165 is 120 +45. 180 is of a

complete circle or opposite to 0, the starting point. Very important for a change in trend. 202 is 180 +

22, 225, a 45-degree angle is 180 + 45. 240, a triangle is 2 times 120. 247 is 225 + 22. 270 is of a

circle and 3 squares of 90. 292 is 270 + 22, 315 is 270 + 45, 337 is 315 + 22 and 360 degrees is the

complete circle. You measure weekly and monthly time periods in the same way as you do the days and

watch all of these important time angles for a change in trend. ----W.D. Gann Master Egg Course.

Using the Technique as described in Mr. Ferreras Book, I used turning points from only the past two years,

i.e. January 2001- to present. I also used a close only chart with a 2%-minimum swing filter to identify the

past turning dates. Following this approach, I have identified the following cluster dates for October 2003

after eliminating non-trading days, i.e. weekends.

October 1st

October 3rd

October 9th

October 13th

October 20th

October 24th

October 27th

* The close of the Month (i.e. the 31st

) also has a group of hits, but the 27th

seems to be the more likely

time.

A picture of the Excel dates and results are on the following page.

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HOW TO DIVIDE THE YEARLY TIME PERIOD

Divide the year by 2 to get 6 months, the opposition point or 180 degree angle, which equals 26 weeks.

Divide the year by 4 to get the 3 months period or 90 days or 90 degrees each, which is of a year or 13

weeks.

Divide the year by 3 to get the 4 months period, the 120 degree angle, which is 1/3 of a year or 17-1/3

weeks.

Divide the year by 8, which gives 1 months, 45 days and equals the 45 degree angle. This is also 6

weeks, which shows why the 7th

week is always so important.

Date 46 61 91 121 137 182 227 242 272 317 333 365

1/2/2001 2 /1 7/20 01 3 /4/2 00 1 4 /3/2 00 1 5 /3/2 00 1 5 /1 9/20 01 7 /3/2 00 1 8 /1 7/20 01 9 /1/2 00 1 1 0/1/20 01 1 1/1 5/20 0 1 12 /1 /2 00 1 1 /2/2 00 2

1/4/2001 2 /1 9/20 01 3 /6/2 00 1 4 /5/2 00 1 5 /5/2 00 1 5 /2 1/20 01 7 /5/2 00 1 8 /1 9/20 01 9 /3/2 00 1 1 0/3/20 01 1 1/1 7/20 0 1 12 /3 /2 00 1 1 /4/2 00 2

1/8/2001 2/23/2001 3/10/2001 4/9/2001 5/9/2001 5/25/2001 7/9/2001 8/23/2001 9/7/2001 10/7/2001 11/21/2001 12/7/2001 1/8/2002

1/30/2001 3/17/2001 4/1/2001 5/1/2001 5/31/2001 6/16/2001 7/31/2001 9/14/2001 9/29/2001 10/29/2001 12/13/2001 12/29/2001 1/30/2002

3/2/2001 4/17/2001 5/2/2001 6/1/2001 7/1/2001 7/17/2001 8/31/2001 10/15/2001 10/30/2001 11/29/2001 1/13/2002 1/29/2002 3/2/2002

3/8/2001 4 /2 3/20 01 5 /8/2 00 1 6 /7/2 00 1 7 /7/2 00 1 7 /2 3/20 01 9 /6/2 00 1 1 0/2 1/2 00 1 1 1/5/20 01 1 2/5/20 01 1 /1 9/20 02 2 /4/2 00 2 3 /8/2 00 2

3/22/2001 5/7/2001 5/22/2001 6/21/2001 7/21/2001 8/6/2001 9/20/2001 11/4/2001 11/19/2001 12/19/2001 2/2/2002 2/18/2002 3/22/2002

3/27/2001 5/12/2001 5/27/2001 6/26/2001 7/26/2001 8/11/2001 9/25/2001 11/9/2001 11/24/2001 12/24/2001 2/7/2002 2/23/2002 3/27/2002

4/4/2001 5 /2 0/20 01 6 /4/2 00 1 7 /4/2 00 1 8 /3/2 00 1 8 /1 9/20 01 1 0/3/20 01 1 1 /1 7/2 00 1 1 2/2/20 01 1 /1/2 00 2 2 /1 5/20 02 3 /3/2 00 2 4 /4/2 00 2

4/19/2001 6/4/2001 6/19/2001 7/19/2001 8/18/2001 9/3/2001 10/18/2001 12/2/2001 12/17/2001 1/16/2002 3/2/2002 3/18/2002 4/19/2002

4/24/2001 6/9/2001 6/24/2001 7/24/2001 8/23/2001 9/8/2001 10/23/2001 12/7/2001 12/22/2001 1/21/2002 3/7/2002 3/23/2002 4/24/2002

5/21/2001 7/6/2001 7/21/2001 8/20/2001 9/19/2001 10/5/2001 11/19/2001 1/3/2002 1/18/2002 2/17/2002 4/3/2002 4/19/2002 5/21/2002

5/30/2001 7/15/2001 7/30/2001 8/29/2001 9/28/2001 10/14/2001 11/28/2001 1/12/2002 1/27/2002 2/26/2002 4/12/2002 4/28/2002 5/30/2002

6/5/2001 7 /2 1/20 01 8 /5/2 00 1 9 /4/2 00 1 1 0/4/20 01 1 0/2 0/2 00 1 1 2/4/20 01 1 /1 8/20 02 2 /2/2 00 2 3 /4/2 00 2 4 /1 8/20 02 5 /4/2 00 2 6 /5/2 00 2

6/18/2001 8/3/2001 8/18/2001 9/17/2001 10/17/2001 11/2/2001 12/17/2001 1/31/2002 2/15/2002 3/17/2002 5/1/2002 5/17/2002 6/18/2002

6/21/2001 8/6/2001 8/21/2001 9/20/2001 10/20/2001 11/5/2001 12/20/2001 2/3/2002 2/18/2002 3/20/2002 5/4/2002 5/20/2002 6/21/2002

6/27/2001 8/12/2001 8/27/2001 9/26/2001 10/26/2001 11/11/2001 12/26/2001 2/9/2002 2/24/2002 3/26/2002 5/10/2002 5/26/2002 6/27/2002

7/2/2001 8/17/2001 9/1/2001 10/1/2001 10/31/2001 11/16/2001 12/31/2001 2/14/2002 3/1/2002 3/31/2002 5/15/2002 5/31/2002 7/2/2002

7/11/2001 8/26/2001 9/10/2001 10/10/2001 11/9/2001 11/25/2001 1/9/2002 2/23/2002 3/10/2002 4/9/2002 5/24/2002 6/9/2002 7/11/2002

7/13/2001 8/28/2001 9/12/2001 10/12/2001 11/11/2001 11/27/2001 1/11/2002 2/25/2002 3/12/2002 4/11/2002 5/26/2002 6/11/2002 7/13/2002

7/24/2001 9/8/2001 9/23/2001 10/23/2001 11/22/2001 12/8/2001 1/22/2002 3/8/2002 3/23/2002 4/22/2002 6/6/2002 6/22/2002 7/24/2002

8/2/2001 9/17/2001 10/2/2001 11/1/2001 12/1/2001 12/17/2001 1/31/2002 3/17/2002 4/1/2002 5/1/2002 6/15/2002 7/1/2002 8/2/2002

8/21/2001 10/6/2001 10/21/2001 11/20/2001 12/20/2001 1/5/2002 2/19/2002 4/5/2002 4/20/2002 5/20/2002 7/4/2002 7/20/2002 8/21/2002

8/24/2001 10/9/2001 10/24/2001 11/23/2001 12/23/2001 1/8/2002 2/22/2002 4/8/2002 4/23/2002 5/23/2002 7/7/2002 7/23/2002 8/24/2002

9/21/2001 11/6/2001 11/21/2001 12/21/2001 1/20/2002 2/5/2002 3/22/2002 5/6/2002 5/21/2002 6/20/2002 8/4/2002 8/20/2002 9/21/2002

10/16/2001 12/1/2001 12/16/2001 1/15/2002 2/14/2002 3/2/2002 4/16/2002 5/31/2002 6/15/2002 7/15/2002 8/29/2002 9/14/2002 10/16/2002

10/18/2001 12/3/2001 12/18/2001 1/17/2002 2/16/2002 3/4/2002 4/18/2002 6/2/2002 6/17/2002 7/17/2002 8/31/2002 9/16/2002 10/18/2002

10/26/2001 12/11/2001 12/26/2001 1/25/2002 2/24/2002 3/12/2002 4/26/2002 6/10/2002 6/25/2002 7/25/2002 9/8/2002 9/24/2002 10/26/2002

10/31/2001 12/16/2001 12/31/2001 1/30/2002 3/1/2002 3/17/2002 5/1/2002 6/15/2002 6/30/2002 7/30/2002 9/13/2002 9/29/2002 10/31/2002

11/26/2001 1/11/2002 1/26/2002 2/25/2002 3/27/2002 4/12/2002 5/27/2002 7/11/2002 7/26/2002 8/25/2002 10/9/2002 10/25/2002 11/26/2002

11/28/2001 1/13/2002 1/28/2002 2/27/2002 3/29/2002 4/14/2002 5/29/2002 7/13/2002 7/28/2002 8/27/2002 10/11/2002 10/27/2002 11/28/2002

12/5/2001 1 /2 0/20 02 2 /4/2 00 2 3 /6/2 00 2 4 /5/2 00 2 4 /2 1/20 02 6 /5/2 00 2 7 /2 0/20 02 8 /4/2 00 2 9 /3/2 00 2 1 0/1 8/2 00 2 1 1/3/20 02 1 2/5/20 02

12/13/2001 1/28/2002 2/12/2002 3/14/2002 4/13/2002 4/29/2002 6/13/2002 7/28/2002 8/12/2002 9/11/2002 10/26/2002 11/11/2002 12/13/2002

1/4/2002 2 /1 9/20 02 3 /6/2 00 2 4 /5/2 00 2 5 /5/2 00 2 5 /2 1/20 02 7 /5/2 00 2 8 /1 9/20 02 9 /3/2 00 2 1 0/3/20 02 1 1/1 7/20 0 2 12 /3 /2 00 2 1 /4/2 00 3

1/29/2002 3/16/2002 3/31/2002 4/30/2002 5/30/2002 6/15/2002 7/30/2002 9/13/2002 9/28/2002 10/28/2002 12/12/2002 12/28/2002 1/29/2003

1/31/2002 3/18/2002 4/2/2002 5/2/2002 6/1/2002 6/17/2002 8/1/2002 9/15/2002 9/30/2002 10/30/2002 12/14/2002 12/30/2002 1/31/2003

2/7/2002 3 /2 5/20 02 4 /9/2 00 2 5 /9/2 00 2 6 /8/2 00 2 6 /2 4/20 02 8 /8/2 00 2 9 /2 2/20 02 1 0/7/20 02 1 1/6/20 02 1 2 /2 1 /2 00 2 1 /6/2 00 3 2 /7/2 00 3

2/13/2002 3/31/2002 4/15/2002 5/15/2002 6/14/2002 6/30/2002 8/14/2002 9/28/2002 10/13/2002 11/12/2002 12/27/2002 1/12/2003 2/13/2003

3/19/2002 5/4/2002 5/19/2002 6/18/2002 7/18/2002 8/3/2002 9/17/2002 11/1/2002 11/16/2002 12/16/2002 1/30/2003 2/15/2003 3/19/2003

4/15/2002 5/31/2002 6/15/2002 7/15/2002 8/14/2002 8/30/2002 10/14/2002 11/28/2002 12/13/2002 1/12/2003 2/26/2003 3/14/2003 4/15/2003

4/29/2002 6/14/2002 6/29/2002 7/29/2002 8/28/2002 9/13/2002 10/28/2002 12/12/2002 12/27/2002 1/26/2003 3/12/2003 3/28/2003 4/29/2003

5/1/2002 6/16/2002 7/1/2002 7/31/2002 8/30/2002 9/15/2002 10/30/2002 12/14/2002 12/29/2002 1/28/2003 3/14/2003 3/30/2003 5/1/2003

5/7/2002 6 /2 2/20 02 7 /7/2 00 2 8 /6/2 00 2 9 /5/2 00 2 9 /2 1/20 02 1 1/5/20 02 1 2/2 0/2 00 2 1 /4/2 00 3 2 /3/2 00 3 3 /2 0/20 03 4 /5/2 00 3 5 /7/2 00 3

5/10/2002 6/25/2002 7/10/2002 8/9/2002 9/8/2002 9/24/2002 11/8/2002 12/23/2002 1/7/2003 2/6/2003 3/23/2003 4/8/2003 5/10/2003

5/17/2002 7/2/2002 7/17/2002 8/16/2002 9/15/2002 10/1/2002 11/15/2002 12/30/2002 1/14/2003 2/13/2003 3/30/2003 4/15/2003 5/17/2003

6/14/2002 7/30/2002 8/14/2002 9/13/2002 10/13/2002 10/29/2002 12/13/2002 1/27/2003 2/11/2003 3/13/2003 4/27/2003 5/13/2003 6/14/2003

6/18/2002 8/3/2002 8/18/2002 9/17/2002 10/17/2002 11/2/2002 12/17/2002 1/31/2003 2/15/2003 3/17/2003 5/1/2003 5/17/2003 6/18/2003

7/2/2002 8/17/2002 9/1/2002 10/1/2002 10/31/2002 11/16/2002 12/31/2002 2/14/2003 3/1/2003 3/31/2003 5/15/2003 5/31/2003 7/2/20037/5/2002 8 /2 0/20 02 9 /4/2 00 2 1 0/4/20 02 1 1/3/20 02 1 1/1 9/2 00 2 1 /3 /20 0 3 2 /1 7/20 03 3 /4/2 00 3 4 /3/2 00 3 5 /1 8/20 03 6 /3/2 00 3 7 /5/2 00 3

7/23/2002 9/7/2002 9/22/2002 10/22/2002 11/21/2002 12/7/2002 1/21/2003 3/7/2003 3/22/2003 4/21/2003 6/5/2003 6/21/2003 7/23/2003

7/31/2002 9/15/2002 9/30/2002 10/30/2002 11/29/2002 12/15/2002 1/29/2003 3/15/2003 3/30/2003 4/29/2003 6/13/2003 6/29/2003 7/31/2003

8/5/2002 9/20/2002 10/5/2002 11/4/2002 12/4/2002 12/20/2002 2/3/2003 3/20/2003 4/4/2003 5/4/2003 6/18/2003 7/4/2003 8/5/2003

8/9/2002 9/24/2002 10/9/2002 11/8/2002 12/8/2002 12/24/2002 2/7/2003 3/24/2003 4/8/2003 5/8/2003 6/22/2003 7/8/2003 8/9/2003

8/13/2002 9/28/2002 10/13/2002 11/12/2002 12/12/2002 12/28/2002 2/11/2003 3/28/2003 4/12/2003 5/12/2003 6/26/2003 7/12/2003 8/13/2003

8/22/2002 10/7/2002 10/22/2002 11/21/2002 12/21/2002 1/6/2003 2/20/2003 4/6/2003 4/21/2003 5/21/2003 7/5/2003 7/21/2003 8/22/2003

9/3/2002 1 0/1 9/2 00 2 11 /3 /2 00 2 1 2/3/20 02 1 /2/2 00 3 1 /1 8/20 03 3 /4/2 00 3 4 /1 8/20 03 5 /3/2 00 3 6 /2/2 00 3 7 /1 7/20 03 8 /2/2 00 3 9 /3/2 00 3

9/10/2002 10/26/2002 11/10/2002 12/10/2002 1/9/2003 1/25/2003 3/11/2003 4/25/2003 5/10/2003 6/9/2003 7/24/2003 8/9/2003 9/10/2003

9/24/2002 11/9/2002 11/24/2002 12/24/2002 1/23/2003 2/8/2003 3/25/2003 5/9/2003 5/24/2003 6/23/2003 8/7/2003 8/23/2003 9/24/2003

9/26/2002 11/11/2002 11/26/2002 12/26/2002 1/25/2003 2/10/2003 3/27/2003 5/11/2003 5/26/2003 6/25/2003 8/9/2003 8/25/2003 9/26/2003

9/30/2002 11/15/2002 11/30/2002 12/30/2002 1/29/2003 2/14/2003 3/31/2003 5/15/2003 5/30/2003 6/29/2003 8/13/2003 8/29/2003 9/30/2003

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Divide the year by 16, which gives 22 days or approximately 3 weeks. This accounts for market

movements that only run 3 weeks up or down and then reverse. As a general rule, when any stock closes

higher the 4th

consecutive week, it will go higher. The 5th

week is also very important for a change in trend

and for fast moves up or down. The 5th

is the day, week, month, or year of Ascension and always marks fast

moves up or down, according to the major cycle that is running out.