Constructing a five-cycle time-ratio workbook

A time-projection sheet treats cycle lengths as dates rather than prices, so the same proportioning used on a price swing can be applied to calendar spans.

Construction starts from five named cycles. Each cycle is identified by a fixed swing-pair rule so the sheet can project the same relationships from any completed high or low.

Five cycles from a fixed swing-pair rule

The five named cycles are the latest swing into the last pivot, the prior two same-direction swings, the last like-to-like cycle, and the dual like-to-like cycle of similar degree.

In this workbook those windows are the direct-time-retracement, two alternate-cycle measures, the prior-cycle, and the prior-dual-cycle.

The direct-time-retracement is the most recent swing into the last pivot, proportioned and projected forward from that pivot. An alternate-cycle is a prior swing in the same direction as the current move, measured then projected from the last pivot.

The prior-cycle is the last same-direction pair of like pivots: high-to-high after a low, or low-to-low after a high. The prior-dual-cycle is the span from the last like pivot to the third like pivot of similar degree.

Primary-ratio and confirming-ratio dates

The ratio set used on the sheet includes 0.382, 0.5, 0.618, 0.707, 1, 1.414, 1.618, 1.732, 2, 2.618, and 3. The values 0.5, 0.618, 1, 1.618, and 2.618 are treated as a primary-ratio.

A future date cluster is not treated as valid unless at least one primary-ratio from a past cycle lands inside that cluster. Other ratios are only a confirming-ratio.

Score a cluster as an opposite pivot

A time-cluster is a short window where several cycle-ratio dates coincide. It is treated as a candidate only if a primary-ratio is present.

Projected dates are scored only as a possible opposite pivot. After a cycle low they are candidate highs, and after a cycle high they are candidate lows.

Keep a short series and confirm with price

Using a large indiscriminate ratio list produces a target on almost every later day, so a practical sheet keeps a short ratio series and only a few well-defined windows set in advance.

Time clusters are not used alone. Price structure, pattern position, and a reversal signal are required before treating a window as a trend-termination hypothesis.

Use more than one degree

The same cycle-ratio construction can be run on swings of more than one degree, including hourly bars to confirm a daily intermediate-degree map.