The inclusion of trans-mundane, orphic schematics that were communicated to W. D. Gann through early 1900s freemasonry sets "Magic In The Markets" on a pedestal all of its own. It is the key to Gann's uncanny ability to forecast trend, cycles, price, market timing, and the other methods of Gann lore. But it also makes ‘Magic’ different from anything publicly available labelled ‘Gann.’ Those who've "studied Gann" for 10 to 20 years have found "Magic" an original, unique, paradigm shift.

"Magic In The Markets" focuses on variables believed to causes movements in financial markets. This approach differs from typical quantitative analysis and most algorithmic trading in two important ways. First, the data that Gann followed is exogenous, or external to financial market data. This means that the market analysis and signals Gann used cannot be found in any other field of technical analysis or trading. Secondly, Gann's architypes and formulas lead to very specific constants, which are often lacking in quantitative analysis. In common quantitative analysis, the best trading system parameters are randomly tested for, or "brute forced." These tests admittedly may not produce the best fit. Though the foundation of W.D. Gann’s approach was arcane and esoteric, the end results is precise mathematical formulas that use objective, consistent, and predictable variables. In this manner, Gann's technical analysis can provide an edge over most quantitative and algorithmic approaches. For the professional analyst or active trader, Gann can give the edge of predicting the market in advance, because esoteric variables lead market movements. The trader employing this approach is alone in leading the pack, while every other quant and machine-learning guru is just a better follower of past market data.

Recipients of the course who have benefited most from it have been professional analysts, active traders and investment managers who have integrated W. D. Gann's techniques into an existing approach to analyzing financial markets. Their main motivation for taking the course is usually to fill in the gaps in their approach to the markets that all other fields of technical analysis cannot. When we first began to search out and develop W. D. Gann's trading methods, it was because we noticed unseen patterns surrounding how deep a pullback from a trend would go, when a market would be most likely to turn, How measured moves could be gauged, and direction and duration of trend. Publicly available technical analysis failed to measure, quantify or predict these patterns.

Attendees of the course should have a basic knowledge of trading and a thought-out approach to the financial markets before taking the course. Though Gann did teach a complete trading approach by combining 3 or 4 of his unique techniques, trying to learn both Gann's exogenous system AND the basics of approaching financial markets at the same time might be overwhelming. The easiest and quickest way to begin benefiting from these techniques is to take one or two of Gann's methods and synthesize them into your existing trading or technical analysis to fill in the missing pieces not provided by traditional technical analysis.

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