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YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN
IN THIS ISSUE:
Comment
Writ Riddance
Nuclear Unclarity
9/11 All Over Again
Divergent Views
The Week Ahead in Earnings
The Economic Calendar
Astrological Dynamics
Spiritual Focus for the Week
Global Equities Markets
U.S. Equity Trends
Financial Cycles Model Portfolio
Market Sector Strength and Weakness
Astro-Trading Gann Plan Calendar
Stocks to Watch
COMMENT: There's an odd air of unreality to the
markets right now that
has really got us wondering. It's most evidenced in a remarkable
disconnection between events on the trading floor and off the trading floor.
We are confident, of course, that equities prices do not move in
response to world events, as many otherwise astute analysts assume.
Market fluctuations and global geopolitical dynamics are both byproducts
of significant shifts in the social mood, which in turn can be tracked
quite nicely through a study of the underlying astrological factors at
work. But what is unusual is to see so much incongruity between what is
happening on Wall Street and what is taking place in the so-called real
world.
BYE-BYE CONSTITUTION
The recent move by Congress in passing the new Military Commissions Act
is a case in point. The new law manages to skewer the writ of habeas
corpus, one of the linchpins of democracy and civilized jurisprudence.
As Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont asked in the debate leading up to
the passage of the new law, "What has changed in the past five years
that justifies not merely suspending, but abolishing the writ of habeas
corpus for a broad category of people who have not been found guilty or
even charged with any crime? [Are] our people so terrified that we must
do what no bomb or attack could ever do by taking away the very freedoms
that define America? When this happened that the Senate is willing to
turn America from a bastion of freedom into a cauldron of suspicion
ruled by a government of unchecked power?"
It was a move of enormous consequences. Even so, the markets seem to
ignore it completely. Stock prices went up.
MUSHROOMING TENSIONS
Last week's test of a nuclear device by North Korea is another example.
It was certainly an event of global significance, sending shockwaves
across the world from the editorial pages of newspapers to the halls of
the United Nations. But somehow, Wall Street didn't find it to be
terribly significant. After a slight yawn on Monday morning, stock
prices went up.
YANKEE COMES HOME
Oddly enough, the only event last week that seemed to have any impact on
stocks at all was Wednesday's tragic plane crash that killed Yankee
pitcher Cory Lidle. When his plane hit a Manhattan high-rise, prices
plunged on Wall Street. It was just too much a reminder of events five
years ago, and it was too close to home. As soon as it became clear
that the crash was only a horrible accident, stocks popped right back
up, and then went on to new record highs in the remaining sessions for
the week.
SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
What's the message in all this? Well, for one thing, constitutional
principles and guaranteed freedoms seem to be irrelevant, at least as
long as it's not my door that's being kicked in. For another thing,
North Korea is still a strange country far, far away, and radioactivity
travels very slowly.
Terrorism, however, is a different story, especially if New York is the
target. The markets are driven by greed and fear, and in this case just
a little bit of fear made a difference.
It's possible to read the divergence between world events and the
markets in different ways. Some will insist that a rising market in the
face of bad news is an extremely bullish indicator, and they may be
right. But somehow we don't quite trust that assessment. As Wednesday's
reaction to a plane crash demonstrated, there may be surprisingly little
staying power to this rally when a shift in the fundamentals has to be
reckoned with.
NEWS AND UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Be sure to check our website for the latest news and special offers; we
update it several times each week. Go to www.TimBost.com
and click on
"Latest News."
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THE WEEK AHEAD IN EARNINGS
We will get a big dose of earnings reports this week, including Commerce
Bancorp, Inc. (CBH), Eaton (ETN), Marshall and Ilsley (MI), Mattel
(MAT), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Wachovia Corporation (WB), American Standard
(ASD), AmSouth Bancorporation (ASO), CSX (CSX), EMC Corporation (EMC),
Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX), Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
(GAP), Intel Corporation (INTC), International Business Machines (IBM),
Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), KeyCorp (KEY), Linear Technology (LLTC),
Merrill Lynch (MER), Motorola Inc. (MOT), National City (NCC), Novellus
Systems, Inc. (NVLS), Office Depot Inc. (ODP), Sovereign Bancorp (SOV),
State Street Corporation (STT), Stryker (SYK), SunTrust (STI), The E.W.
Scripps Company (SSP), U.S. Bancorp (USB), United Technologies (UTX),
Wells Fargo and Company (WFC), Yahoo, Inc. (YHOO), Abbott Laboratories
(ABT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL), Boston
Scientific Corporation (BSX), C.R. Bard, Inc. (BCR), Capital One
Financial Corp. (COF), CIT Group (CIT), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Compass
Bancshares (CBSS), E*TRADE Financial Corp. (ET), eBay (EBAY), First
Horizon National Corporation (FHN), General Dynamics (GD), Genuine Parts
(GPC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW), IMS
Health (RX), J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Kinder
Morgan (KMI), Mellon Financial Corporation (MEL), Northern Trust (NTRS),
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY), Parker Hannifin Corporation
(PH), St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ), Synovus Financial Corp. (SNV),
Teradyne Inc. (TER), The Allstate Corporation (ALL), Torchmark (TMK),
Washington Mutual (WM), Bank of America Corporation (BAC), Baxter
International Inc. (BAX), BB+T Corporation (BBT), Broadcom (BRCM),
Citigroup Inc. (C), Comerica Incorporated (CMA), Danaher (DHR), Dow
Jones and Company Inc. (DJ), Eli Lilly (LLY), Equifax Inc. (EFX), Fifth
Third Bancorp (FITB), Freescale Semiconductor (FSL), Google (GOOG),
Honeywell (HON), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Leggett and Platt (LEG),
McDonalds Corporation (MCD), Molex Inc. (MOLX), Noble Corporation (NE),
Nucor (NUE), PMC-Sierra, Inc. (PMCS), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), Robert
Half International (RHI), Rohm and Haas Company (ROH), SanDisk Corp.
(SNDK), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), SLM Corporation (SLM), Southwest
Airlines (LUV), Textron Inc. (TXT), The Bank of New York (BK), The
Coca-Cola Company (KO), The Hershey Company (HSY), The McGraw Hill
Companies (MHP), The New York Times Company (NYT), Tribune (TRB), Union
Pacific (UNP), UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH), VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN),
Wyeth (WYE), Xilinx, Inc. (XLNX), Zions Bancorp (ZION), 3M Company
(MMM), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), Ecolab Inc. (ECL), Merck and Co. Inc.
(MRK), Schering-Plough (SGP), Schlumberger (SLB), and VF Corporation (VFC).THE ECONOMIC CALENDAR
This week we will be looking for the latest numbers for the New York
Empire State Index, ICSC-UBS Store Sales, the Producer Price Index,
Treasury International Capital, Industrial Production, the NAHB-WF
Housing Market Index, MBA Purchase Applications, the Consumer Price
Index, Housing Starts, the EIA Petroleum Status Report, Jobless Claims,
the EIA Natural Gas Report, Conference Board Leading Indicators, the
Philadelphia Fed Survey, and the Money Supply.
The week will also bring an interest rate announcement from the Bank of
Canada Governing Council. A little further south, Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Shalom Bernanke will have a busy week as well; for much of
the time, along with Fed Governor Susan Schmidt Bies, he will be at the
American Bankers Association convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
Perspectives from the Fed will also be shared by this week by St. Louis
Federal Reserve Bank President William Poole in Memphis, Tennessee and
by San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen in San
Francisco.
ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
The trading week gets underway with last week's heliocentric
Mercury/Vulcanus opposition still very much active, and combining its
energies with a Mars/Apollon conjunction to set a positive tone for
action in the equities markets. There's a waning semisextile of
heliocentric Mars and heliocentric Jupiter on Monday, however, which
suggests that we may see a bit of profit taking and a slight pullback in
prices at the beginning of the week. But on Tuesday it's good news all
over again, with a waning Jupiter/Neptune square in right ascension
pulling the markets back into attention in the morning hours and a
waning Mars/Pluto sextile in right ascension adding enormous strength to
the positive side at the end of the trading day.
A Sun/Apollon conjunction in the early morning hours sets an extremely
positive tone for trading on Wednesday, a waxing Mars/Hades trine adding
some additional force to the upward trend for prices. Thursday's
Venus/Uranus parallel and Venus/Apollon conjunction in right ascension
are both solid indicators of positive price action as well, but a
void-of-course Moon throughout most of the trading day will be keeping
up on the sidelines for that session.
The waning quintile of Jupiter and Chiron on Friday morning, along with
the heliocentric Mercury/Saturn opposition after the closing bell,
brings a final burst of bullish energy to the trading week. Our
expectation, then, is that the overall positive trend will continue in
stocks for this week. With the Jupiter/Saturn square and a Mercury
retrograde station coming up later in the month, however, we certainly
intend to keep our powder dry. This market is overdue for a correction,
and it won't take much to trigger some significant action to the downside.
Throughout this week we will be tracking heliocentric fifth-harmonic
planetary lines (H,72,N,-2) for the Earth, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter,
Uranus, Chiron, Admetos, and Kronos, using the Fibonacci/Galactic Trader
software from P.A.S. to follow the active planetary support and
resistance in real time.
Have a great week!
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SPIRITUAL FOCUS FOR THE WEEK
Many of history's most successful traders have clearly understood that
emotional equilibrium is the key to effective trading. Through Practical
Spiritual Astrology we have an opportunity to restore inner harmony,
enhance emotional balance, and make wiser choices in the markets.
There seems to be no shortage of opportunities for strife and conflict
in our lives. Even so, we can view each of these occasions as a
potential lesson in exploring the true dimensions of love, compassion,
and integrity. There are times, of course, when love needs to be linked
to extremely well-defined action if we are going to open up to its
fullest expression in our lives. When we commit ourselves to making that
happen, the result is often paradoxical: instead of limiting ourselves
and becoming more enslaved to rigid rules and petty restrictions, we can
open up to spontaneous expressions of joy, creativity, and bliss.
"Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to
joy, and makes right royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the
perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred
passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth
is heaven, and we are gods." --Robert Ingersoll
For more astrologically-based spiritual insights and a free subscription
to our monthly e-zine, be sure to visit
www.PracticalSpiritualAstrology.com.
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GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS
It was a great week for the little guys, with small-cap issues driving
the NASDAQ and the Russell toward high-momentum gains. Among the Blue
Chips, however, the bull's pace slowed down a bit. Even so, it was a
respectable week by anybody's standards in the U.S., and markets around
the world followed suit with varying degrees of enthusiasm. One of the
standouts was London, where the FTSE put on an exceptionally strong showing.
Dow Jones Industrial Average -- up 0.93%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- up 1.93%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- up 1.40%
S+P 500 -- up 1.19%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- up 2.49%
Russell 2000 -- up 3.09%
London FTSE-100 -- up 2.60%
Paris CAC-40 -- up 1.35%
Frankfurt DAX -- up 1.44%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- up 1.46%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- up 0.61%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- up 0.48%
Singapore Straits Times Index -- up 0.66%
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U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
Our trend assumptions for the Russell and the S+P were unchanged for the
week, but some hot action in the NASDAQ modified our expectations for
the intermediate and long terms.
In spite of a very strong showing in recent trading sessions, the
Russell 2000 is still in a trading channel and remains on a May 15
short-term sell signal and a May 23 intermediate-term sell signal. A
daily close above 784 will reverse these indicators back to the buy
side, while a close below 614 will move our long-term indicator for the
Russell to the sell side.
A couple of healthy trading sessions toward the end of the week altered
our trend assumptions for the NASDAQ, flipping our indicators back to
the plus side. The NASDAQ Composite is now on a September 1 short-term
buy signal, an October 13 intermediate-term buy signal, and an October
13 long-term buy signal. A daily close below 2134 will flip our
short-term indicator back to the sell side, with a daily close below
2039 needed to bring the intermediate indicator back to the sell side
and a daily close below 2027 required for a reversal of the long-term
buy signal.
In the S+P 500 we have August 18 buy signals in place for the short term
and the intermediate term, conforming to our long-term trend
assumptions. A close for the S+P below 1168 will signal a long-term
bearish trend, with a close below 1219 turning our intermediate-term
indicator bearish, and a close below 1261 generating a sell signal for
the short term.
S+P 500 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish
NASDAQ -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bullish; Short-Term Bullish
RUSSELL 2000 -- Long-Term Bullish; Intermediate-Term Bearish; Short-Term
Bearish
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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO
POSITION CLOSED DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: NU, AIG.
We closed two positions in the Model Portfolio last week, with two
losers bringing us a net loss of $202.00.
On 10/11/06 we bought to cover 400 shares of Northeast Utilities (NU) at
23.65, taking a loss of $156.00 (a 1.68% loss in 8 trading days).
On 10/12/06 we bought to cover 200 shares of American International
Group (AIG) at 67.36, taking a loss of $36.00 (a 0.27% loss in 6 trading
days).
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POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO DURING THE PREVIOUS
WEEK: HCN, LMT.
We added two long positions to the Model Portfolio last week.
We bought 300 shares of Health Care Reit Inc. (HCN) at 40.79 on
10/09/06, with an initial stop set at 39.00.
We bought 100 shares of Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) at 88.39 on
10/13/06, with an initial stop set at 84.75.
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REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
So far this year we have had a total of 146 completed trades, with 64
winners and 82 losers bringing us a total net profit of $11,838.00. The
largest profit for a single trade has been $2,595.00, with our winners
averaging $507.66; the largest single-trade loss has been $949.00, with
our losers averaging $256.12. The overall average profit per trade has
been $81.08, and the mean duration of our trades has been 9.2 trading days.
During 2005 we had a total of 200 completed trades, with 79 winners and
121 losers bringing us a total net profit of $14,993.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $4,884.00, with our winners averaging
$630.55; the largest single-trade loss was $956.00, with our losers
averaging $304.42. The overall average profit per trade was $74.97. The
mean duration of our trades was 10.4 trading days.
During 2004 we had a total of 213 completed trades, with 104 winners and
109 losers bringing us a total net profit of $48,913.50. The largest
profit for a single trade was $5,645.00; the largest single-trade loss
was $750.00; the average profit per trade was $229.64. The mean duration
of our trades was 10.3 trading days.
During 2003 we had a total of 176 completed trades, with 99 winners and
77 losers bringing us a total net profit of $51,717.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $9,240.00; the largest single-trade loss
was $1,170.00; the average profit per trade was $293.85. The mean
duration of our trades was 10.1 trading days.
During 2002 we had a total of 195 completed trades, with 119 winners, 74
losers, and 2 break-even trades bringing us a total net profit of
$50,956.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $5,100.00; the
largest single-trade loss was $1,055.00; the average profit per trade
was $261.31. The mean duration of our trades was 12.7 trading days.
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CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO
BB+T Corporation (BBT) -- bought 200 shares at 43.99 on 10/04/06;
currently 44.03. Raise stop to 43.69.
Consolidated Edison Inc. (ED) -- sold short 300 shares at 46.13 on
10/03/06; currently 46.74. Lower buy stop to 47.05.
Health Care Reit Inc. (HCN) -- bought 300 shares at 40.79 on 10/09/06;
currently 42.03. Raise stop to 41.23.
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) -- bought 100 shares at 88.39 on
10/13/06; currently 88.60. Raise stop to 87.10.
Pall Corporation (PLL) -- bought 300 shares at 30.72 on 09/21/06;
currently 31.69. Raise stop to 31.25.
*****
MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Wholesale Building Materials; Copper; Industrial Metals and Minerals;
Metal Fabrication; Sporting Goods Stores.
WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Catalog and Mail Order Houses; Long Distance Carriers; Health Care
Plans; Specialized Health Services; Regional Investment Brokerages.
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ASTRO-TRADING GANN PLAN:
ASTROLOGICAL EVENTS DURING THE COMING WEEK
"I know in each moment I am free to decide."
Whether you are day-trading or just looking for optimum entry and exit
points during the course of a particular trading day, an awareness of
the intraday astrological aspects at work can alert you to significant
opportunities and potential pitfalls. The events on our weekly calendar
are calculated for New York time, but are listed around the clock and
throughout the week so you can apply them to Forex, to global markets or
to events outside of your trading day as well.
October 15
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Pluto 03:02 EDT
Mercury trine Uranus in right ascension 03:16 EDT
Mars sextile Pluto 08:21 EDT
Mars conjunct Apollon in right ascension 09:32 EDT
Sun in 24th harmonic to Poseidon 09:34 EDT
Heliocentric Mars sextile Heliocentric Pluto 12:26 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury enters Aquarius 12:34 EDT
Venus opposition 04/08/05 Solar Eclipse Point 13:02 EDT
Mars conjunct Apollon 16:05 EDT
Mars square Vulcanus 16:40 EDT
Mercury square Neptune 19:05 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Hades 23:28 EDT
October 16
Sun sextile Saturn 03:28 EDT
Mars in 24th harmonic to Zeus 05:44 EDT
Mars quincunx True Lunar Node 07:16 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Kronos 09:13 EDT
Mars conjunct 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse Antiscion 10:18 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 14:09 EDT
Heliocentric Mars semisextile Heliocentric Jupiter 16:54 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon begins 17:01 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Neptune 17:08 EDT
Apollon square Vulcanus 19:38 EDT
Venus trine Neptune in right ascension 19:49 EDT
October 17
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Admetos 00:48 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon ends 02:16 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Saturn 03:47 EDT
Heliocentric Jupiter biquintile Heliocentric Kronos 04:58 EDT
Mercury sesquiquadrate Kronos 06:43 EDT
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Admetos 07:32 EDT
Jupiter square Neptune in right ascension 08:03 EDT
Heliocentric Earth square Heliocentric Vulcanus 08:44 EDT
Mars parallel Apollon in right ascension 09:14 EDT
Mars parallel Apollon 09:50 EDT
Sun quincunx Admetos 10:19 EDT
Sun opposition 10/17/05 Lunar Eclipse Point 11:26 EDT
Mars sextile Pluto in right ascension 17:53 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Poseidon 18:17 EDT
Venus semisextile Jupiter 18:30 EDT
Sun sextile Pluto 22:17 EDT
Venus in 24th harmonic to Poseidon 22:20 EDT
Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 22:49 EDT
October 18
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Neptune 00:32 EDT
Sun square Vulcanus 02:38 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Chiron 02:31 EDT
Sun conjunct Apollon 03:04 EDT
Sun parallel Apollon in right ascension 03:07 EDT
Sun conjunct Apollon in right ascension 03:07 EDT
Heliocentric Earth opposition Heliocentric Apollon 03:13 EDT
Sun parallel Apollon 03:31 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Kronos 05:11 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Jupiter 05:45 EDT
Mars trine Hades 05:48 EDT
Heliocentric Venus biquintile Heliocentric Uranus 06:14 EDT
Mars semisquare Cupido 08:52 EDT
Heliocentric Mars semisquare Heliocentric Cupido 11:54 EDT
Sun in 24th harmonic to Zeus 12:20 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Zeus 13:29 EDT
Sun quincunx True Lunar Node 13:46 EDT
Sun conjunct 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse Antiscion 14:25 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 14:51 EDT
Venus sextile Saturn 15:53 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Hades 17:24 EDT
Jupiter in 24th harmonic to Poseidon 18:46 EDT
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Hades 19:50 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Pluto 22:27 EDT
October 19
Void-of-Course Moon 04:18-15:19 EDT
True Lunar Node retrograde station 04:47 EDT
Venus parallel Uranus in right ascension 05:09 EDT
Venus parallel Uranus 05:10 EDT
Mercury biquintile Hades 07:18 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Cupido 08:13 EDT
Venus quincunx Admetos 11:56 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Uranus 12:52 EDT
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Pluto 13:12 EDT
Venus opposition 10/17/05 Lunar Eclipse Point 13:13 EDT
Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 14:03 EDT
Sun sextile Pluto in right ascension 16:57 EDT
Venus conjunct Apollon in right ascension 17:17 EDT
Sun parallel Mars 18:15 EDT
Sun parallel Mars in right ascension 18:15 EDT
Sun trine Hades 19:29 EDT
Heliocentric Earth quintile Heliocentric Mercury 22:01 EDT
Heliocentric Mars sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Uranus 22:02 EDT
Sun semisquare Cupido 22:35 EDT
Venus sextile Pluto 22:42 EDT
Mars sextile Saturn in right ascension 22:53 EDT
October 20
Venus square Vulcanus 01:19 EDT
Venus conjunct Apollon 02:13 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Poseidon 03:32 EDT
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Jupiter 08:55 EDT
Venus in 24th harmonic to Zeus 09:37 EDT
Venus quincunx True Lunar Node 09:52 EDT
Jupiter quintile Chiron 11:10 EDT
Mars trine Hades in right ascension 12:55 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 15:41 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Saturn 18:41 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Kronos 20:01 EDT
Mercury contraparallel Vulcanus in right ascension 21:31 EDT
Mercury contraparallel Vulcanus 23:12 EDT
Heliocentric Earth sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Cupido 22:36 EDT
Venus sextile Pluto in right ascension 23:47 EDT
October 21
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Admetos 01:00 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Neptune 03:19 EDT
Venus sesquiquadrate Uranus 04:38 EDT
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Vulcanus 05:53 EDT
Sun sextile Saturn in right ascension 05:52 EDT
Mercury parallel Cupido in right ascension 08:01 EDT
Mars square Vulcanus in right ascension 09:07 EDT
Venus trine Hades 09:27 EDT
Mercury parallel Cupido 09:37 EDT
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Poseidon 09:48 EDT
Sun trine Hades in right ascension 12:32 EDT
Venus semisquare Cupido 12:47 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Uranus 14:59 EDT
Heliocentric Venus conjunct Heliocentric Apollon 17:17 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Zeus 19:18 EDT
Mercury quintile Chiron 21:09 EDT
October 22
New Moon 01:14 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 01:58-03:54 EDT
Sun square Vulcanus in right ascension 02:19 EDT
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Hades 03:35 EDT
Venus sextile Saturn in right ascension 06:23 EDT
Mercury square Neptune in right ascension 09:01 EDT
Venus parallel Apollon in right ascension 09:39 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Chiron 09:51 EDT
Venus parallel Apollon 09:58 EDT
Venus trine Hades in right ascension 10:01 EDT
Mercury conjunct Jupiter 11:22 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Admetos 11:24 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Vulcanus 13:31 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Pluto 14:27 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 15:50 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Cupido 17:03 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Apollon 18:24 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Zeus 19:16 EDT
Venus square Vulcanus in right ascension 21:15 EDT
Heliocentric Mars quintile Heliocentric Saturn 21:52 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Hades 22:50 EDT
While our weekly Gann Plan Astro-Trading Calendar acknowledges and
honors the work of legendary trader W. D. Gann, it only reflects a small
portion of the wisdom that Gann brought to the markets during the last
century. For more Gann Plan trading insights be sure to read the free
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STOCKS TO WATCH: ARG, ALK, AMAT, PCP.
Potential Candidates for Short-Term Trades
Airgas Inc. (ARG)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/19/1986; 09:30 a.m.
A series of positive aspects has helped move this stock upward for the
past 30 days or so, giving it some momentum which we believe will be
sustained for several more weeks. In fact, the ARG First-Trade Midheaven
is currently being activated by an opposition from transiting Admetos
and a conjunction from transiting Jupiter. This combination is likely to
give ARG particular resilience, at least until transiting Mars conjoins
the ARG First-Trade Venus in early November. We thus plan to add a long
position in ARG to the Model Portfolio early in the trading week, with
an initial stop set at 36.75.
Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 02/23/1983; 10:00 a.m.
There's a lot of astrological action going on with this stock to make it
an interesting trading candidate. Transiting Neptune is sesquiquadrate
the First-Trade True Lunar Node, adding some attractiveness from late
September through early December. Transiting Vulcanus and transiting
Apollon are both activating the First-Trade Jupiter/Uranus conjunction
through eighth-harmonic contacts. Transiting Chiron is softening
First-Trade Saturn, and transiting Jupiter is getting ready to cross the
ALK First-Trade Descendant. The aggregate impact here is quite positive,
with the energy likely to be sustained until the Mercury direct station
in mid-November. Our plan is thus to add an immediate long position in
this stock to the Model Portfolio, with our initial stop set at 39.25.
Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT)
NASDAQ; optionable
First Trade Date: 10/12/1972; 10:00 a.m.
Slow-moving Neptune has been giving this stock a very appealing glow
lately as it has formed a sesquiquadrate with First-Trade Jupiter, but
that planetary aspect is about to go away, just as transiting Jupiter
pays its last respect to the AMAT First-Trade Ascendant. What's left
after that is an opportunity to sell this stock short. We will put on
our short sale toward the end of the current trading week, with our
initial buy stop set at 21.00.
Precision Castparts Corporation (PCP)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 10/20/1989; 09:30 a.m.
With transiting Uranus sesquiquadrate the PCP First-Trade Sun in
September, this stock displayed some remarkable positive energy. Its
rally was helped along by Jupiter applying to a conjunction with the
First-Trade Ascendant. That Jupiter conjunction will be exact late this
week, and at that point a big question remain for PCP: what happens
next? The answer, at least from an astrological perspective, is not
terribly promising for the bulls. With transiting Neptune semisquare the
PCP First-Trade Uranus, this stock's positive energy could start to
fizzle quite dramatically. To top that off, the retrograde station by
Mercury later this month will be square the First-Trade North Lunar
Node, suggesting strained communications in key partnerships, including
those with vendors, corporate officers, and the stockholders. All this
adds up to an attractive picture for a short sale, so that's what we
plan to do near the end of the trading week. Our initial buy stop will
be set at 68.10.
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