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YOUR WEEKLY ASTRO-TRADING PLAN
IN THIS ISSUE
Comment
Trading Museum
Stocks Gone Wild
Las Vegas Update
Free UK Report
Sports Astrology
The Week Ahead in Earnings
The Economic Calendar
Astrological Dynamics
Spiritual Focus for the Week
Global Equities Markets
U.S. Equity Trends
Metal Markets
Financial Cycles Model Portfolio
Market Sector Strength and Weakness
Astro-Trading Gann Plan Calendar
Stocks to Watch
COMMENT: We have a potentially exciting trading
week ahead of us, with a
flood of earnings reports, plenty of economic news, and some notable
activity from the Federal Reserve. All this takes place against an
astrological backdrop of essentially positive planetary influences, so I
wouldn't be surprised to see a week of fresh records in the equities
markets. There's plenty of potential for surprises, however, so no
matter how bullish the news may be, this is definitely not the time to
fall asleep at the wheel.
MARKET MUSINGS
I've been in Chicago during the past few days, taking temporary
advantage of a positive relocation of my natal horoscope to buffer the
impact of some potentially stressful planetary transits. It has been a
rewarding visit, with some low-key time for study and reflection, giving
me an opportunity to recharge my batteries on several levels.
Patty was able to take a break from her work and travel schedule to join
me here for a couple of days, making my time in the Windy City even more
enjoyable. On Saturday we spent most of the day at the Chicago Art
Institute--my first visit in about 35 or 40 years, and Patty's first
encounter with this outstanding institution.
Going to the Art Institute reminded me of how important it is for all
astro-traders to clear the mind and shift the perception occasionally,
in order to gain a fresh perspective on market analysis and astrological
forecasting. A day spent roaming around this fabulous museum was exactly
what I needed.
While it was certainly refreshing to be exposed to such a delightful
variety of art works, and while it was truly exhilarating to spend some
time contemplating a few real masterpieces, there was also one surprise
at the Art Institute that I hadn't counted on. In the decades since my
last visit the museum has added an architectural delight-- a
reconstruction of the trading room from the old Chicago Stock Exchange
Building, which had been designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis H. Sullivan
in 1893-1894. This remarkable 13-story skyscraper featured offices,
banking facilities, and a truly spectacular two-story trading room with
huge chalk boards for posting prices from Chicago and New York, along
with elegant light fixtures, opulent art glass, and elaborate stenciling
on the walls and ceiling.
Despite protests from preservationists and art lovers, the Chicago Stock
Exchange Building was demolished in the early 1970s to make room for
more lucrative high-rise structures. In 1977 the Art Institute gathered
fragments from the old building and undertook the reconstruction of the
trading room, which now provides a welcome opportunity to return to a
bygone era when fortunes were made and lost in an elegant and refined arena.
THE DOW EXPLOSION
The calls and e-mails came flooding in to my office on Thursday
afternoon as the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed to a highly
improbable new record, racking up a gain of 250 points for the day. What
had caused this tremendous rally, and more importantly, why hadn't my
astrological summary for the week correctly forecast such a big market move?
Those are very good questions, ones that highlight one of the biggest
and most persistent challenges in astrological market forecasting.
Market astrology does an excellent job of helping us spot potential
turning points in market trends. When those turning points occur,
however, and a new move is initiated, the biggest challenge facing the
financial astrologer is in accurately forecasting the amplitude of the
move. Astrology, in other words, can help us a lot in figuring out
"when," but it's not quite so useful in figuring out "how much".
Another challenge arises when we try to use astrology to forecast
intraday fluctuations in the market. The strongest market movers tend to
be planetary dynamics that change relatively slowly, like a conjunction
between Venus and Jupiter, or an opposition of Saturn and Neptune. When
planetary aspects like these occur, their impact is felt over a period
of days or sometimes weeks, depending on the speed of the planets
involved. Changes that take place within the context of one particular
trading day are thus a bit difficult to pinpoint by using these
broad-brush indicators. An astrological understanding of the exact
timing and direction of intraday market moves relies heavily upon the
daily motion of the Moon and upon the span of zodiacal degrees that
cross over the Midheaven during the course of the trading day, and only
slightly upon the exact timing of the specific planetary aspects that
occur during the course of the day.
My astrological attempts to reach an informed viewpoint as to the weekly
tone and direction of the market, then, are as much an art as they are a
science. I do my best to assess the various planetary factors at work,
and I typically looked closely at the historical records of price
changes that have been associated with those particular planetary
configurations when they have previously occurred. Then I combine and
filter that information, distilling it in a way that tries to give a
balanced and appropriately weighted perspective on the most probable
outcome in the markets.
So what actually happened on Thursday? I had noted in my weekly review
of astrological dynamics that Thursday's "heliocentric Mercury/Neptune
conjunction in the middle of the trading day signals the beginning of a
potential price pullback, with the heliocentric Venus/Pluto conjunction
that evening adding to the likelihood that trading will turn choppy for
what's left of the trading week."
An examination of the intraday action on Thursday for the Dow Jones
Industrial Average shows that at the moment when that heliocentric
Mercury/Neptune conjunction took place, at 11:46 a.m. EDT, the
one-minute bars on the Dow dipped below their 10-period moving average
and began to establish a trading range that would hold for much of the
remainder of the day. Within 20 minutes, at 12:06 p.m., the Dow hit a
high of 13754.51, essentially defining the bottom of the
13754.35-13783.69 trading range that stayed in place for the next
several hours.
A definitive breakout did not come until 3:13 p.m., with the Dow then
moving into a fairly choppy closing rally for the day. While there
wasn't an exact planetary aspect that occurred at this particular time
of day, what did happen than was quite remarkable. At 3:13 p.m. the
transiting Moon moved to 27° 58' Gemini, forming an exact square to the
transneptunian factor Vulcanus at 27° 58' Pisces in the May 17, 1792
natal horoscope for the New York Stock Exchange. This planetary
combination is the signature of a sensational shift in public
consciousness, a powerful display of emotional energy. That's certainly
an apt description of the finale to Thursday's trading action.
What are the lessons here? First, of course, that astrology is always
perfect--it's only this astrologer's use and understanding of it that
sometimes falls short of the mark. Secondly, it's certainly much easier
to see the astrological connections in retrospect than it is to sort
them all out in advance. That's what makes astrological forecasting such
an engaging, and consistently challenging, activity.
LAS VEGAS CORRECTION
Thanks to the recent Mercury retrograde, I managed to publish incorrect
dates for the the upcoming Fibonacci Trader workshop in Las Vegas. It is
scheduled for July 19-25, 2007, and will feature Mark Braun and Chris
Lori. There will also be special guest presentation by Trace Burton, who
will introduce the new Cycle Trading feature of the Fibonacci Trader
software. This is sure to be an outstanding event, loaded with valuable
material--and it will be the last in-person Fibonacci Trader workshop in
the U.S. until 2009. It's not too late to register; for details, contact
Linda Long at linda@fibonaccitrader.com or
phone (904) 260-1515.
ASTROLOGY AND THE U.K. BOMBINGS
My comments on the astrological connections with the recent bombing
attempts in the United Kingdom are available online as a free
downloadable PDF file. To get your copy of this illustrated monograph,
go to the Free IQ download site at
http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?bB6c7aINhbnS9Om4imli5Q
and click on the
PDF link.
THE ASTRO-EDGE IN SPORTS GAMBLING
My good friend John Frawley, an outstanding traditional astrologer and
internationally recognized expert on horary astrology, reports that his
latest book, Sports Astrology, is at last entering the editing stage.
John says that the book (which holds obvious interest for speculators of
all sorts) "discusses prediction of sports events by horary and by
judging the chart for the start of the event. There is a chapter on
predicting horse-races - and another on that vital subject, 'Will I make
a profit?' This is a workbook, with detailed judgments of a very large
number of charts, walking the reader through the process of judgment
step by step. This painstaking approach gives the book a relevance far
beyond its immediate subject of sports prediction."
Sports Astrology should be should be ready for publication by the end of
the summer; I'll be sure to keep you up to date as details on ordering
this new book become available.
NEWS AND UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Check my website for the latest news and special offers; it's updated
several times each week. Go to www.TimBost.com
and click on "Latest
News." While you're there, check out the "Top Listed Site Astrology"
button for links to other astrological resources that may be of interest.
*****
THE WEEK AHEAD IN EARNINGS
Earnings season gets into full swing this week; we will be watching for
earnings announcements from Eaton (ETN), Mattel (MAT), Novellus Systems,
Inc. (NVLS), W. W. Grainger (GWW), CSX Corporation (CSX), Forest
Laboratories, Inc. (FRX), Intel Corporation (INTC), Johnson and Johnson
(JNJ), KeyCorp (KEY), Merrill Lynch (MER), Regions Financial Corp. (RF),
SLM Corporation (SLM), State Street Corporation (STT), the Coca-Cola
Company (KO), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Wells Fargo and Company (WFC), Yahoo,
Inc. (YHOO), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Altria Group, Inc. (MO),
American Standard (ASD), Cintas Corporation (CTAS), CIT Group (CIT),
Citrix Systems (CTXS), Comerica Incorporated (CMA), eBay (EBAY), Gannett
(GCI), Host Hotels and Resorts Inc. (HST), IMS Health (RX), J.P. Morgan
Chase and Co. (JPM), Johnson Controls (JCI), Juniper Networks (JNPR),
Marshall and Ilsley (MI), Noble Corporation (NE), Northern Trust (NTRS),
Pfizer (PFE), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Sovereign Bancorp (SOV), St.
Jude Medial, Inc. (STJ), Teradyne Inc. (TER), the Allstate Corporation
(ALL), Torchmark (TMK), United Technologies (UTX), Washington Mutual
(WM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Bank of America Corporation (BAC),
Baxter International Inc. (BAX), BB+T Corporation (BBT), Broadcom
(BRCM), Capital One Financial Corp. (COF), Cooper Industries Ltd. (CBE),
Danaher (DHR), Dow Jones and Company Inc. (DJ), Fifth Third Bancorp
(FITB), First Data (FDC), First Horizon National Corporation (FHN),
Genuine Parts (GPC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Google (GOOG),
Harley-Davidson (HOG), Honeywell (HON), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN),
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW), International Game Technology (IGT),
Leggett and Platt (LEG), MGIC Investment Corp. (MTG), Microsoft (MSFT),
Motorola Inc. (MOT), Nucor (NUE), PNC Financial Services Group (PNC),
PPG Industries (PPG), Safeway Inc. (SWY), SanDisk Corp. (SNDK),
Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Stryker (SYK), SunTrust (STI), Textron Inc.
(TXT) the Hershey Company (HSY), Union Pacific (UNP), UnitedHealth Group
Inc. (UNH), VF Corporation (VFC), Wyeth (WYE), Xilinx, Inc. (XLNX),
Zions Bancorp (ZION), Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX), Caterpillar
Inc. (CAT), Citgroup Inc. (C), Schlumberger (SLB), Wachovia Corporation
(WB), and Whirlpool Corporation (WHR).
THE ECONOMIC CALENDAR
The economic reports we are looking for this week include the Empire
State Manufacturing Survey, ICSC-UBS Store Sales, the Producer Price
Index, Treasury International Capital, Industrial Production, the
Housing Market Index, MBA Purchase Applications, the EIA Petroleum
Status Report, the EIA Natural Gas Report, the Consumer Price Index,
Housing Starts, Leading Indicators, the Philadelphia Fed Survey, Jobless
Claims, and the Money Supply. The Federal Reserve will also be releasing
the minutes of its June meeting.
Speaking of the Federal Reserve, this will also be an active week for
Fed jaw-boning. On Tuesday Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President
Thomas Hoenig will be in North Platte, Nebraska to talk about monetary
policy and the U.S. economic outlook. On Thursday Chicago Federal
Reserve Bank President Michael Moskow will be in Philadelphia to speak
at a Global Interdependence Center conference. On Friday St. Louis
Federal Reserve Bank President William Poole will be speaking about the
subprime mortgage market to the National Association of Real Estate
Brokers. And of course Fed Chairman Ben Shalom Bernanke, never one to be
upstaged, will be in the spotlight as well. Helicopter Ben will be in
Washington presenting his semi-annual monetary policy testimony to the
House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, and then on Thursday,
just as the Moon goes void-of-course, he will move over to the Senate
Banking Committee to testify on monetary policy there.
ASTROLOGICAL DYNAMICS
The week ahead of us brings a number of important heliocentric aspects
into play in our considerations of the overall market environment. While
there are a few planetary indicators that may tend to restrain the
exuberance on Wall Street, this is mainly a week in which positive
planetary configurations hold sway. So while the week may bring lots of
potential booby traps in the form of earnings reports and economic news,
the astrological environment definitely suggests a positive trend for
equities prices, especially in the realm of the small caps.
The waning Mars/Zeus biquintile on Monday afternoon is likely to bring a
sense of sobriety to the market action in the hours before the close,
but my expectation is that the positive influences of that day's
heliocentric Venus/Kronos opposition, the heliocentric Venus/Uranus
waning quintile, and the heliocentric waxing trine of Mercury and
Poseidon will all combine to make for a positive market day in small-cap
stocks.
In the hours prior to the opening bell on Tuesday, the Sun's conjunction
with Vulcanus and waning square to Apollon both suggest a downward bias
as the trading day gets underway. However, heliocentric Mars will be
working overtime to counterbalance that influence, with a waning
biquintile to heliocentric Saturn and a waning square to heliocentric
Kronos both adding a strong bullish flavor to the morning's trading. It
will be interesting to see who wins out, but my guess is that the buyers
will ultimately be in charge, especially with some additional positive
reinforcement coming from heliocentric Mercury in a waxing quintile to
Pluto in the middle of the trading day and heliocentric Venus in a
waning semisquare to Neptune a couple of hours after the closing bell.
The action on Wednesday is likely to be flavored primarily by the
geocentric Sun/Jupiter waning sesquiquadrate and the waxing square
between heliocentric Mercury and Cupido. Both of these aspects favor
positive price trends for equities. Wednesday also features two eclipse
activations and two planetary activations of the Universal Clock 24
line, so I wouldn't be surprised to see some especially volatile action
that day.
On Thursday the Sun's waxing semisextile to Hades combines with a waxing
sextile between heliocentric Venus and Poseidon and a waxing biquintile
between heliocentric Jupiter and Vulcanus to create a strongly positive
tone for the stock market. But there's an important caveat here: a
void-of-course Moon that corresponds almost exactly with the hours that
stocks will be traded on Wall Street skews the equities environment
considerably. It's a good time to be extremely suspicious of sure-fire
market indicators; I plan to step aside from active trading altogether
that day.
The waning sesquiquadrate between heliocentric Venus and Admetos in the
wee hours of Friday morning is likely to bring some positive
expectations to the trading floor as the action gets underway that day,
but the Sun/Zeus waning quintile at midday may put a damper on the
enthusiasm. I'm expecting a bit of a pullback on Friday afternoon,
especially since the waxing Mars/Uranus sextile later that day is also a
negative indicator. Nevertheless, any corrective behavior in the markets
that day is not likely to create much lasting bearish sentiment, thanks
to the combined positive action on Friday evening of the heliocentric
waxing Mars/Neptune semisquare and the heliocentric waxing Venus/Zeus
square.
Throughout this week I will be tracking heliocentric fifth-harmonic
planetary lines (H,72,N,-2) for Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Pluto, Apollon, Admetos, Zeus, and Vulcanus, 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!
*****
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.
We can conceive of greater and greater possibilities as our awareness
grows, but even as we welcome the rewards of enhanced spiritual dynamism
in our lives, we can blissfully anticipate the unfolding of even more
enlightened states of consciousness, states that will propel us
effortlessly toward ever fuller enjoyment and illumination.
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from
acquiring the deadening effect of habit." --W. Somerset Maugham
For more astrologically-based spiritual insights and a free subscription
to our monthly e-zine, be sure to visit
www.PracticalSpiritualAstrology.com.
*****
GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS
Once again the stock markets around the world were unanimous in posting
gains for the week. The most lively results came from Hong Kong,
Singapore, and the U.S. blue chips, with European issues and U.S. small
caps turning in a much more modest performance.
Dow Jones Industrial Average -- up 2.17%
Dow Jones Transportation Average -- up 2.65%
Dow Jones Utilities Average -- up 2.05%
S+P 500 -- up 1.44%
NASDAQ Composite Index -- up 1.52%
Russell 2000 -- up 0.41%
London FTSE-100 -- up 0.40%
Paris CAC-40 -- up 0.25%
Frankfurt DAX -- up 0.55%
Sydney All Ordinaries -- up 0.66%
Tokyo Nikkei Index -- up 0.54%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index -- up 2.52%
Singapore Straits Times Index -- up 2.60%
*****
U.S. EQUITY TRENDS
Stocks in the U.S. ran up some dramatic gains on Thursday, with the
trading for the week as a whole firmly establishing June's market action
as a clear double bottom. Only the Russell 2000 has yet to smash through
significant resistance and establish a bold new leg upward. Even so, all
of our trend assumptions for U.S. equity markets remained unchanged,
with the Russell included in the overall bullish outlook. Common sense
tells us that some extra caution is required right now, however, with
the possibility of a reversal to the downside still waiting in the
wings. With that potential in mind, we have reexamined some of the
parameters for our short-term trend assumptions, and have made
adjustments to our indicators accordingly.
The Russell 2000 is currently on a November 14 buy signal. A daily close
below 820 will reverse our short-term indicator, while a close below 760
will flip our intermediate-term buy signal and a close below 668 will
move our long-term indicator for the Russell to the sell side.
With the S+P 500 we have an April 5 short-term buy signal in place, with
a daily close below 1484 needed to trigger a reverse indicator back to
the sell side. We also have an August 18 buy signal in place for the
intermediate term, conforming to our long-term trend assumptions. A
close for the S+P below 1219 will signal a long-term bearish trend, with
a close below 1364 turning our intermediate-term indicator bearish.
Our bullish indicators also remain intact for the NASDAQ Composite. We
are on an April 20 short-term buy signal, an October 13
intermediate-term buy signal, and an October 13 long-term buy signal. A
daily close below 2560 will flip our short-term indicator back to the
sell side, with a daily close below 2331 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.
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 Bullish; Short-Term
Bullish
*****
METAL MARKETS
GOLD -- With the dollar losing ground so rapidly, Gold has shown some
renewed strength during recent trading sessions. Even so, I'm still
looking for a reversal to the downside at this juncture, will Gold
prices falling until the end of July or the first week of August.
SILVER -- Although we may see a minor correction in Silver prices during
the next week or two, my current expectation is for a substantial run-up
in this metal between now and September 1. Silver is now trading at a
price that's about 8 percent higher than its low in late June, but I
believe that there's still plenty of room to the upside here, making the
current week an excellent buying opportunity.
*****
FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO
POSITIONS CLOSED DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: FLIR, FLS,
SCSC.
We closed three positions during the previous week, with one winner and
two losers bringing us a net profit of $1,011.00.
We sold 300 shares of FLIR Systems, Inc. (FLIR) at 45.97 on 07/09/07,
taking a profit of $1,722.00 (a 14.27% gain in 20 trading days).
We bought to cover 200 shares of Flowserve Corporation (FLS) at 74.40 on
07/09/07, taking a loss of $180.00 (a 1.22% loss in 4 trading days).
We bought to cover 300 shares of Scansource Inc. (SCSC) at 33.89 on
07/09/07, taking a loss of $531.00 (a 5.51% loss in 5 trading days).
*****
POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO DURING THE PREVIOUS
WEEK: CHKP, CPRT,
GE, FDS.
We added four long positions to the Model Portfolio last week.
We bought 500 shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) at
23.09 on 07/09/07, with an initial stop set at 22.25.
We bought 300 shares of Copart, Inc. (CPRT) at 31.13 on 07/09/07, with
an initial stop set at 28.50.
We bought 9 General Electric Company (GE) December 2007 $40 calls at
1.50 on 07/10/07.
We bought 200 shares of FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) at 65.74 on
07/11/07, with an initial stop set at 62.25.
****
REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
So far this year we have had a total of 86 completed trades, with 34
winners and 52 losers bringing us a total net profit of $3,577.00. The
largest profit for a single trade has been $2,775.00, with our winners
averaging $510.25; the largest single-trade loss has been $754.00, with
our losers averaging $276.88. The overall average profit per trade has
been $41.59, and the mean duration of our trades has been 10.3 trading days.
During 2006 we had a total of 177 completed trades, with 74 winners and
103 losers bringing us a total net profit of $9,881.00. The largest
profit for a single trade was $2,595.00, with our winners averaging
$473.04; the largest single-trade loss was $949.00, with our losers
averaging $247.31. The overall average profit per trade was $55.82. The
mean duration of our trades was 9.0 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.
*****
CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) -- bought 500 shares at
23.09 on 07/09/07; currently 23.32. Raise stop to 22.45.
Copart, Inc. (CPRT) -- bought 300 shares at 31.13 on 07/09/07; currently
30.73. Raise stop to 30.28..
FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) -- bought 200 shares at 65.74 on
07/11/07; currently 66.56. Raise stop to 65.20.
General Electric Company (GE) -- bought 9 December 2007 $40 calls at
1.50 on 07/10/07; currently 1.89.
Southern Copper Company (PCU) -- bought 100 shares at 98.54 on 07/03/07;
currently 110.22. Raise stop to 100.25.
Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) -- bought 100 shares at 116.56 on
07/03/07; currently 120.80. Raise stop to 117.75.
*****
MARKET SECTOR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Aluminum; Technical Services; Major Diversified Aerospace and Defense;
Copper; Trucks and Other Vehicles.WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK:
Long Distance Carriers; Auto Parts Stores; Sporting Activities;
Electronic Stores; Office Supplies.
*****
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 this 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. Note that in order to
save space this calendar excludes most lunar aspects, which can also be
important in moving markets as well.
July 15
Heliocentric Mercury enters Pisces 01:09 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Jupiter 01:21 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Vulcanus 03:42 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Uranus 08:00 EDT
Sun sesquiquadrate True Lunar Node 11:27 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Venus 13:24 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Mars 15:09 EDT
Sun contraparallel Jupiter 18:51 EDT
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Mars 19:29 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Kronos 21:13 EDT
July 16
Saturn crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 02:40 EDT
Sun contraparallel Cupido 04:17 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Zeus 04:39 EDT
Venus contraparallel Chiron 06:49 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Jupiter 06:53 EDT
Heliocentric Venus opposition Heliocentric Kronos 09:02 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Neptune 10:26 EDT
Mars biquintile Zeus 14:52 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 18:24 EDT
Sun semisextile Saturn 20:16 EDT
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Admetos 21:01 EDT
Sun square 10/17/05 Lunar Eclipse point 21:03 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Uranus 21:52 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Poseidon 23:05 EDT
Venus contraparallel Apollon 23:42 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon begins 23:55 EDT
July 17
Sun parallel Vulcanus 02:34 EDT
Sun conjunct Vulcanus 04:23 EDT
Sun square Apollon 04:24 EDT
Heliocentric Earth opposition Heliocentric Vulcanus 04:32 EDT
Apollon square Vulcanus 05:22 EDT
Heliocentric Mars biquintile Heliocentric Saturn 05:31 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon ends 05:39 EDT
Heliocentric Mars square Heliocentric Kronos 05:57 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Vulcanus 09:44 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Mercury 11:19 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Pluto 12:02 EDT
Sun sextile Admetos 14:13 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Apollon 14:29 EDT
Saturn contraparallel Neptune 14:53 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Zeus 16:01 EDT
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Neptune 18:17 EDT
True Lunar Node 21:26 EDT
July 18
Sun square 08/28/07 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 01:08 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Admetos 01:13 EDT
Heliocentric Earth square Heliocentric Apollon 01:16 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Chiron 04:48 EDT
Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter 08:09 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Cupido 09:38 EDT
Mercury square 03/14/06 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 10:49 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 16:14 EDT
Mercury crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 21:11 EDT
Heliocentric Venus quintile Heliocentric Apollon 21:12 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Uranus 23:48 EDT
July 19
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Hades 01:48 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Poseidon 02:45 EDT
Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 05:49 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 09:44-15:53 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Jupiter 12:14 EDT
Saturn sextile Apollon 15:36 EDT
Sun semisextile Hades 16:08 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Apollon 16:49 EDT
Venus contraparallel True Lunar Node 16:58 EDT
Sun quincunx Pluto 18:47 EDT
Mars square 02/07/08 Solar Eclipse point 18:50 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mars 20:18 EDT
Heliocentric Jupiter biquintile Heliocentric Vulcanus 21:12 EDT
Saturn semisextile Vulcanus 22:18 EDT
Venus conjunct 03/18/07 Solar Eclipse antiscion 22:38 EDT
Mercury trine Poseidon 23:22 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Neptune 23:28 EDT
July 20
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Admetos 01:43 EDT
Sun parallel Mercury 02:15 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Venus 03:34 EDT
Mars crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 04:08 EDT
Uranus biquintile Apollon 04:28 EDT
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Saturn 06:56 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Poseidon 10:54 EDT
Sun quintile Zeus 11:59 EDT
Sun sesquiquadrate Cupido 12:37 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 15:54 EDT
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Chiron 17:20 EDT
Mars sextile Uranus 18:12 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Pluto 18:21 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Admetos 18:49 EDT
Heliocentric Mars semisquare Heliocentric Neptune 19:13 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Vulcanus 20:22 EDT
Mercury trine True Lunar Node 21:00 EDT
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Zeus 22:49 EDT
Mercury biquintile Chiron 23:55 EDT
July 21
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Apollon 00:39 EDT
Saturn semisquare Zeus 00:57 EDT
Sun square 02/21/08 Lunar Eclipse antiscion 01:39 EDT
Mars semisquare Kronos 02:49 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Hades 05:44 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Saturn 11:58 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Chiron 13:54 EDT
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Cupido 13:57 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Pluto 14:04 EDT
Mercury square 03/29/06 Solar Eclipse point 16:36 EDT
Heliocentric Earth sextile Heliocentric Mercury 19:00 EDT
July 22
Heliocentric Mercury enters Aries 01:01 EDT
True Lunar Node retrograde station 01:26 EDT
Void-of-Course Moon 02:29-04:18 EDT
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Saturn 04:05 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Uranus 06:58 EDT
Pluto opposition Hades 08:31 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Poseidon 09:09 EDT
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Chiron 09:44 EDT
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Pluto 10:06 EDT
Mercury in 24th Harmonic to Vulcanus 13:16 EDT
Mercury square Zeus 15:31 EDT
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 16:26 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Kronos 17:26 EDT
Mars quintile True Lunar Node 17:57 EDT
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Saturn 18:18 EDT
Mercury semisquare Saturn 19:44 EDT
Mercury semisquare Admetos 20:46 EDT
Mars contraparallel Pluto 21:15 EDT
Heliocentric Venus semisextile Heliocentric Cupido 21:52 EDT
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STOCKS TO WATCH: BRY, CVX.
Berry Petroleum Company Class A (BRY)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 06/29/1989; 09:30 a.m.
Transiting Saturn is moving toward the BRY First-Trade Ascendant,
suggesting that there may be a little bit of price consolidation on the
way before this stock mounts a serious challenge to the resistance zone
it encountered during June's trading. The current semisquare from
transiting Kronos to the First-Trade Midheaven is another positive
indicator, and transiting Uranus forming a square to First-Trade Mercury
adds a little bit of interest here. Our plan is thus to enter a long
position in this stock by the middle of the trading week, with our
initial stop set at 36.85.
Chevron Corporation (CVX)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 10/10/2001; 09:30 a.m.
Next week transiting Saturn will form a square to transiting Admetos.
This is a fairly rare phenomenon, but it has worked quite consistently
in the past full of lies of this stock up--and it has typically done so
about a week before the planetary aspect actually occurs. That's enough
to get our attention, and we are seeing a lot of additional astrological
action here that makes CVX an intriguing possibility for a trade right
now: transiting Saturn conjoining the First-Trade Midheaven; transiting
Apollon conjoining First-Trade Mercury; transiting Neptune conjoining
First-Trade Uranus; transiting Jupiter semisquare First-Trade Mercury;
transiting Vulcanus square First-Trade Mercury; transiting Venus
semisquare the First-Trade Sun; and the transiting True Lunar Node
sequiquadrate the First-Trade conjunction of the Moon and Vulcanus.
That's quite a mix, and it certainly brings some potential confusion
with it. What is clear, however, is that this stock is ready for a lot
of action, and even though it has seen some strong positive movement in
recent trading sessions, we think there is considerable upside potential
yet to come. Our plan is to add a long position in CVX to the Model
Portfolio early in the trading week. We will set our initial stop at 88.75.
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