https://cyclesresearchinstitute.org/community/gann/ Harmonics and Cycles Forum for scientific discussion and the pursuit and sharing of knowledge on all things harmonics and cycles. Please register and confirm your email if you wish to comment or post topics. en-US Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:29:15 +0000 wpForo 60 https://cyclesresearchinstitute.org/community/gann/gann/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 04:52:15 +0000 William Delbert Gann (1878–1955) was one of the most famous and controversial traders in market history, reportedly turning small stakes into large fortunes using methods built around the idea that time, not just price, drives market turning points. Born in Lufkin, Texas, Gann opened his own brokerage in New York in 1908 and developed trading tools — the Square of Nine, Gann angles, the "Law of Vibration" — that combined geometry, historical time-cycle counting (10, 20, 30, 49-50, 90, and 100-year cycles among others), and, controversially, astrology and numerology. His central claim was that markets are not random but repeat according to specific, countable time intervals measured forward from major highs and lows, and that price and time reach "balance" at predictable points ("squaring price and time"). Gann's methods were notoriously difficult to apply and much of his true methodology arguably died with him, but his influence on time-based market analysis is still felt today, and his work directly inspired J.M. Hurst (see that forum). For this forum, Gann is significant less for any specific verified cycle length and more as an early, insistent voice for the idea that markets — like everything else — move in structured, measurable time.

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