THE UNICORN: GANN-BASED MARKET MAKER ALGORITHM
In a letter to his parents dated December 1908, W. D. Gann wrote about a "discovery" relating to the US Stock Market that would make himself and his whole family rich. Gann went on to say that this discovery was proven with market data, and gained approval by the wealthiest men of his time.
After decades of professional market experience and experimenting with Gann's trading methods, it became clear that Gann's methods form the foundation of the main algorithms used by the largest market makers driving intraday SP 500 movements. Each day it changes according to a formula- a very old formula.
This ‘Unicorn’ is based mainly on math, using harmonics of a very old formula Gann developed. Modern machine learning is unable to discover it using the current collective data corpus and neural network. Since this algorithm appears to lead the market and track the market makers, it doesn't really conform very well to traditional technical analysis.
The equity curve to the right shows our newest work with Unicorn- intraweek swing trading with TSLA. This equity curve represents only 2026 and assumes you begin trading 300 shares per trade off a $30,000 USD account that trades in the US equity session only. The equity curve more than doubles the account. Testing includes subtracting slippage.
For obvious reasons we are unable to post pictures or times and dates of trades. The equity curve above represents the Unicorn trades as a retail system, with all positions flat by day's end and no overnight risk. For market makers who've been left out of this secret, Unicorn is even more effective at predicting where and when to widen or tighten spreads, and overweight and underweight.
Unicorn can be calculated using a calculator, spreadsheet, or indicator. Unicorn can implemented on most any market software or data platform in under 2 minutes. Unicorn comes with spreadsheet and semi-automation in Esignal or Tradingview.
Intraweek swing trading on TSLA usually averages 3 trades per week, each of which lasts between 1 hour and 3 days. Flat by the end of the week. Our intraday version of Unicorn is still popping on the SP 500 ES futures, averaging about 170pts per month on one contract per-trade for the first half of 2026. However, that requires trading the full US equities session each day. We are currently in the process of scripting ES Unicorn in order to find and eliminate the less efficient trades.
While the Unicorn appears to precisely track the main algo that market makers use, it may not fit everyone's personality, trading mandates, or risk profile. Unicorn appears to be the design of those profiting from it. Back-testing and equity curve results for Unicorn or any other market strategy should not be considered "typical." Intraday trading is not for everyone.
The Unicorn will be including only in the $9,300 option of our "W. D. GANN: MASTER THE MARKETS"