Gann angles as timed tests that still need structure and RSI

A 2010 teaching case

The archive describes a workflow for reading Gann angles after a completed swing. A Gann square is a price-time box built from that swing so that angle lines can be projected forward as candidate time and level events.

Once the square is drawn, the angle that connected that low to that high becomes the primary ray to watch for later time and level tests.

An angle touch is a testable event

Price can rise along a steep 8x1 angle, test a 2x1 angle, and then rest on a 4x1 angle. In this workflow an angle touch is a testable support or resistance event rather than a guaranteed path to the next ray.

Calendar windows stay untrusted alone

Projected Gann dates such as February 6, 2009, December 30, 2009, November 10, 2010, and September 14, 2011 were treated as untrusted on their own because the observed low did not arrive on the first of those dates.

Equinox and solstice dates around March 21 to 22, June 21 to 22, September 21 to 22, and December 21 to 22 were used only as warning windows. Ordinary trend analysis remained the decision filter.

Daily, weekly, and monthly square counts

The square of 90 counts 11, 22, 34, 45, 56, 67, 79, and 90 days from a cycle high or low, treating one day as one degree of a circle.

The square of 52 is applied in weeks, with 13, 26, 39, and 52 weeks treated as the more important stations. Those weekly counts continue until the originating extreme is exceeded.

The square of 144 is applied on monthly charts. A change is allowed two to three periods before or after the indicated month rather than only on the exact bar.

Time, price, and pattern have to agree

A timing signal was not treated as a standalone reason to trade. The preferred setup required time, price, and pattern to agree.

That joint condition is time-price confluence: a calendar or angle-derived time window that coincides with a price-structure event, treated as a stronger setup than either signal alone.

The January 2010 eBay case

Relative strength index is a bounded momentum oscillator computed on a defined lookback of closing prices. It is used here as an independent confirmation that a Gann-timed turning window is or is not yet supported by price strength.

In the January 2010 eBay case, a 4x1 angle marked a high and a 2x1 angle marked a candidate low. RSI 14 had not yet issued a buy reading. A break below the rising 2x1 line was the confirmation that the buy-zone reading was wrong.

Wait for continuation or change of trend

Action was withheld until the market showed continuation or change of trend. The teaching close was to follow the established trend rather than act on an expected date or level alone.

Editorial interpretation: trend following, in this workflow, is a rules-based stance that waits for the market to show continuation or reversal before acting. Gann time windows and RSI readings stay hypotheses rather than automatic orders.