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purposes only and not meant to be interpreted as trading or investment advice.

October 31st, 2024:

Here's my panic scale for November.

October 8th, 2024:

If you're thinking today wasn't a panic day, I know some traders in Hong Kong who'd give you an argument.

October 6th, 2024:

My September forecast could not have been more wrong.  Let's see what October brings.  

September 8th, 2024:

Here's a quick update for September.  First, there's the 55 day crash cycle correlation with the 1987 crash

which may be too obvious but it's still worth noting and watching.

My panic scale indicates that the "main event" is more likely into and around September 15th but the whole

month of September looks terrible in my supporting work.

August 3rd, 2024:

Japan, call me.

July 24th, 2024:

Here's my panic scale for July.  The last week of July has the largest weekly panic spike total 

in five years.  

May 29th, 2024:

The first chart below is too beautiful to keep to myself.  The 2007 bull market top, 2020 crash low and 2022 bear market bottom

are linked by a Fibonacci spiral with the May 16th to May 20th tops in major world indices.  If these are truly the forces driving the

current market, you all won't believe what happens next.

Honorable mention to the following chart.

Most world indices peaked between May 15th to May 20th.

April 20th, 2024:

Enough said about my April 19th panic day.

April 17th, 2024:

Crash warning is in effect from now until April 22nd.  In addition to my panic scale, there are many links to

the 1987 crash in this timeframe.  The market did something remarkable at the March top, which is unlikely

to be a coincidence, and the March top should be an important top, if not the end of the bull market.  

December 4th, 2023:

Here's my panic scale for December.

November 12th, 2023:

The market bottomed and exploded out of the 10/27 log spiral low and right up into this weekend's panic

spike on my panic scale.  Looks like another top.

October 25, 2023:

Panics are relative, too.  The two October intraday tops occurred on, or within one day, of the two October panic

spikes on my panic scale.  Admittedly, this was difficult to trade and probably only useful in hindsight but it may

be signalling that an important top has occurred.  The next few days may be rough for the market, as there is 

some calendar day log spiral symmetry with the 1987 and 2008 crashes, along with the 2018 bear market low.    

October 7th, 2023:

If you click on the 2008 panic link above, you'll see the following chart which I used to forecast the October, 2008 crash.

That was also the year I almost won the CNBC trading contest (see link above) but "that is another story and shall

be told another time."  I've left the 2008 chart on this site for years because it's important and the second week of

October is cyclically and historically a magnet for market panics and crashes.  This year, the second week of October

also has more cyclical, astronomical and geometrical relationships to previous panics and crashes than any other week

this year.

Here's my panic scale for October.

September 6th, 2023:

Welcome to autumn.  Here's my panic scale for September along with a chart showing an interesting correlation

with the 1998 panic.  

August 3rd, 2023:

The second week of August is where all my panic cycles converge.

July 9th, 2023:

Here's my panic scale for July.  There are similarities between this week and previous panic hits

seen in 2022 (scroll down to see my 6/16/22 and 9/26/22 panic comments).

As forecasted, the June intraday tops have not been exceeded for most indices around the world. I expect

momentum to the downside to increase this week.

June 19th, 2023:

The bear market should resume this week. 

Panics over the past couple decades are converging on the summer solstice this week.  I didn't want

to clutter the chart with a lot of numbers but you're all smart enough to do the math.

May 4th, 2023:

Here's my panic scale for May.

April 29th, 2023:

As I said in March, I don't know which major financial institution is going to fail next...but I do know when.

April 2nd, 2023:

April marks the return of the 9,000 day cycle from the August 1998 stock market crash and Russian debt

default (see 9,000 day cycle link above for more on this cycle).  The current banking crisis is right on schedule.

March 26th, 2023:

I don't know which major financial institution is going to fail this week...but I do know when.

March 9th, 2023:

Here's my panic scale for March.

February 16th, 2023:

For various reasons, I am unable to update this website on a more regular basis but here is my

panic scale for February.

December 10th, 2022:

The November panic date was a non-event.  I expect a greater reaction to the December dates.

Crash warning is still in effect until the end of December.

November 6th, 2022:

Crash warning!

I'm expecting panic selling over the next two weeks, climaxing around 11/21.

My panic scale for October coincided with the October yearly intraday low, to the exact day, and Halloween

buying panic top within one trading day. 

October 9th, 2022:

The major indices made new yearly lows in the last week of September, as indicated by the panic scale, and then

rallied strongly for a couple days before selling off again at the end of the week to come close to testing the

September lows.  If those lows don't hold, it will probably be a historic October to the downside.  Here is my

panic scale and barrier indicator for October. 

September 26th, 2022:

This week, specifically 9/27, is a great time period for some kind of market panic low (but not the bear

market low).  Here is my panic scale correlated to the June panic low.  The cyclical forces present at the

June low are present again this week.

August 20th, 2022:

The June lows held and there has been a strong bear market rally since then but, for those who think the

bear market ended in June, I present the only chart that matters from now into the end of the year.

I originally published this chart way back in the year 2002 (where does the time go?) and it accurately

forecasted the exact week of the 2002 bear market low.  I've updated the original chart (updates are in

red font) and it indicates that the earliest this bear market can be over isn't until the first week of December.

If it's correct and works again, there is a huge decline coming in the market over the next several months.

Here are these same cycles shown on a log scale Dow Jones Industrial Average chart back to 1930.  Notice

how the 20.2 year and 24.6 year cycles repeat and converge into December, 2022.

July 4th, 2022:

Here's my panic scale for July.   If the important June 16th panic scale lows get taken out, a historic

crash is likely in July, climaxing around 7/18 or 8/1.

June 16th, 2022:

How does the panic scale know?

June 12th, 2022:

Did you know that trying to make sense of lunar cycles and the stock market is the leading cause of alcoholism

and mental illness among traders? With that being said, on 6/13 and 6/14, the moon will be in the perfect 

position to coincide with a panic low in the market.    

June 5th, 2022:

The May lows have held, so far, in the Dow and SPX and the Memorial weekend convergence of lows was a

non-event and could even be considered an inversion if the 6/2 top holds.  The 6/2 top is also confirmed by

my barrier indicator and, if it holds, more pain is in store for the market from here into late June.  Here's my

panic scale for June.  If one considers the idea that shorter term cycles are probably more important than

something that happened way back in the 1800's, or early 1900's, June 16th or 17th is the most important

date of 2022.  An honorable mention also goes to 6/24 and 6/25, as these two dates have the highest slugging

percentage for 2022 (scroll down to my August/September/October comments in 2020 about "slugging percentage"

for more explanation.)

May 18th, 2022:

There is a massive convergence of eight equidistant market lows targeting Memorial Day weekend.  If last

week's lows in the major indices don't hold, there is a good chance, in my opinion, that the market panics

and crashes into and around Memorial weekend.

May 7th, 2022:

The market low last week could have been identified years ago and was published here six months in

advance. Both the February intraday low and last week's lows were identified through the methodology

utilized in my barrier indicator (see below).  All is good if last week's lows hold but, if they don't, you may

not believe what happens next...even while it's happening.  That's  because the 1929 crash fractal is still

alive until 5/13, depending on the dilation used, and may even be a better fit with next week than previous

timeframes.

April 29th, 2022:

Now, you are here.  The 1929 crash fractal hit the market this week.  But, is it over?

My barrier indicator and panic scale imply this crash may continue into next week.  The first week of May

has the most downward pressure for the first half of 2022 and the market has panicked right into it.

April 23rd, 2022:

As forecasted, the 8,042 and 1,215 day panic cycles resulted in some panic with the Dow having its worst

day since 2020 on Friday.  Next week, there is a crash fractal with 1929 indicating this decline may not be over.

April 16th, 2022:

The market has declined into mid-April, from the 3/29 top, as anticipated, and the trend is clearly

down. The big question is whether or not this decline will end in a panic in the stock market next

week. While nothing is ever certain, there are two recurring panic cycles hitting the market next

week. The first is the 8,042 day cycle from the 4/14/2000 dotcom panic, due on 4/21, and the

second is the 1,215 day cycle from the Christmas eve panic on 12/24/2018, due on 4/22. The

market has roughly followed the 8,042 day cycle from the January all-time high so it's worth

keeping a wary eye on this cycle.  The 1,215 day cycle is, coincidentally or not, very close to the

famous Kitchin cycle (approximately 40 months) so it has gravitas, as well.

One other interesting item to note is that, during panics and crashes, there is a mysterious

tendency for the market to make panic lows while the moon is in the same position in the sky,

with respect to the stars, known as the lunar sidereal cycle.  The first two lows in this decline

occurred on 1/27 and 2/24.  The moon will be in the same position as it was during both of

these lows, in the sign of Sagittarius, on both 4/19 and 4/20.

April 3rd, 2022:

Here's my panic scale for April.

March 31st, 2022:

When I'm wrong, I like to go big.  Here's my panic scale for March with the S&P 500 overlaid.

The 3/28 spike coincided with a buying panic into that date. This inversion now sets up the market

for a possible panic/crash from here into mid April.

March 3rd, 2022:

The market collapsed into and around President's weekend, as forecasted.  Here's my panic scale for

March.  3/28 is the most likely date for the spring crash low.  The largest 3 day cluster on the panic

scale for the first half of 2022 was the January panic low and the second largest cluster is 3/28.  This

is also in line with my barrier indicator (see below) which has the low in the last week of March.

Here's my barrier indicator overlaid with the S&P 500 through 3/3.

February 17th, 2022:

In addition to "The Greatest Cycle" and my barrier indicator, there is a strong correlation with the

year 2000 crash indicating a collapse into and around President's weekend. 

February 13th, 2022:

The Greatest Cycle

The most common, recurring long-term cycle in all of market history makes an

appearance during the last two weeks of February. Why is this important? Because

the anchor for this current iteration of the cycle also happens to be one of the greatest

stock market crashes in history. 

February 4th, 2022:

The panic low came in, as expected, in the last week of January.  I've updated my

panic scale and barrier indicator for February. The February spike on my panic scale

coincides with a four year cycle of February lows going all the way back to 2002.

January 23rd, 2022:

The last week of January is upon us and panic is in the air.

January 9th, 2022:

The Dow and SPX have exceeded their November Pythagorean top highs but the Nasdaq has not

confirmed with new highs and is signalling that the bull market is over in some indices and ending

in others.  Interestingly, one of the most speculative bubbles in the history of mankind, bitcoin, has

followed the Pythagorean path of 1929 and 1987 and crashed -38% from its all-time high made

between 11/8 and 11/10 of 2021.  I'll spare you all the boring math details but the bitcoin chart below

may be worth more than a thousand words.  I've also updated my panic scale for January and the last

week of January has the highest weekly cluster of panic spikes for 2022.  This is very unusual for the

normally boring month of January.

December 15th, 2021:

The Grinch who may steal Christmas

The 11/8/21 Pythagorean theorem top forecasted in my November update was the exact date of both the

closing and intraday all-time highs in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Could it really just be a coincidence

that three of the most important bull market tops in history converged with such precise geometry at the

November 8th all-time high?  If it's not a coincidence, there is reason to worry.  As I've mentioned, I've been

forecasting a December stock market panic which is related to the 2018 December panic and other December

panics. Here is a panic spiral linking several recent panics and crashes to Christmas Eve this year. What's fascinating

is that the ratio between these panics follows from the Pythagorean Theorem and this ratio was said to terrify 

Pythagoreans because it was the first known irrational number...the square root of two.      

November 7th, 2021:

The market didn't crash in October, as I thought it might, but the chart below may explain

why. When this historic bull market ends, it will probably be related in a concrete and meaningful

way to the most important bull market tops in history.  As you can see from the chart, the 1929,

1987 and 2000 tops are linked by the Pythagorean Theorem to 11/8/2021.

Also, here is my panic scale for November and December.  It is hinting at the possibility of another

December/Christmas panic on the three year anniversary of the 2018 December/Christmas panic,

which was forecasted here (please scroll down for the details of that forecast, as they are relevant

to what may occur again this December).

September 28th, 2021:

There are no coincidences.

As expected, the October crash is now getting started with today's two percent down day in the

S&P 500 and nearly three percent decline in the Nasdaq.  There are three "coincidences" targeting

the first week of October for an initial market crash climax.  The first coincidence is that my barrier

indicator, calculated years in advance and made public months in advance, is replaying the turn dates

(with a slight offset) and inflection points of one of the worst crashes in history almost exactly

over the next two months.  The other two coincidences will be explained at a later time, as they are

more esoteric and arcane, but there is a very strong hint in the chart below. Just make sure that

you're wearing protective solar eclipse glasses before staring at the chart.  The universe may be

connected in ways that are difficult for some to fathom.

September 20th, 2021:

A Tale of Two Indicators:

My two favorite indicators, the panic scale and barrier indicator, are somewhat in conflict

for October but what they both agree upon is that there will be an October stock market

panic this year.  The panic scale says 10/18 is the big date but the barrier indicator says

10/6 is the magnet date for a market crash.  I think I've reconciled the descrepancy and

I'll update this website with details more frequently as we head through autumn. For now,

my interpretation is that the September spike on my panic scale marked the all-time high

in the Nasdaq and double top in the S&P 500 futures, signaling the end of this bull market.

With apologies to Dickens, as far as the stock market goes, we've seen the best of times

and must now prepare for the worst of times.

July 10th, 2021:

Here's my Barrier Indicator for the second half of 2021.  It indicates a top this weekend.

Interestingly, Asian indices (Nikkei, Heng Seng and China SSE) made their all-time highs

on the important 2/16 barrier date during the first half of 2021 and have still not exceeded

those highs. Bitcoin also made its all-time high on the important 4/15 date. If the S&P 500

peaks around this weekend, it's probably not a coincidence.

A top this weekend also has nice log spiral symmetry with the 2015, 2007 and 1998 tops.

June 17th, 2021:

Here's my panic scale for June. The golden ratio (1.618) and its square root (1.272) may

explain the historic bubbles in real estate, stocks and cryptocurrencies.

May 23rd, 2021:

Bitcoin canary in a coal mine

I've been looking for a repeat of the April, 2000 dotcom panic here in the month of May.  The

simple math behind this forecast is based on the 7,706 - 7,717 day cycle.  The major indices have

peaked on different days but between 7,706 and 7,717 days from the March 24th, 2000 dotcom

bubble top.  The SPX peaked 7,714 days later and this coming Friday will be 7,714 days from the

4/14/00 panic. Where it really gets interesting is that this coming Friday will also be 53,942 days

from one of the biggest crashes in history, the panic of September 1873, and this large number is

a multiple of the dotcom panic cycle (7 x 7,706). 

Although my original panic scale is quiet for the last week of May, giving more weight to the more

recent panic cycles (over the last 12 and 60 years) paints a very different picture and is flashing a

crash warning for the last week of May and first day of June.  The chart below shows my panic

scale based on just the last 12 and 60 years.  Both are making an extreme yearly spike in the last 

week of May. Interestingly, the February bitcoin crash occurred coincident with the last extreme

reading on the shorter term panic scales.  The current crash in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies 

may be the canary in the coal mine for the stock market next week, as panic is in the air. 

On a sidenote, here is my Barrier indicator illustrated with market turns this year, so far.

May 2nd, 2021:

Here's my panic scale for May.  There is an unusually strong correlation with the 1873 crash (one

of the worst crashes in history) and 2000 dotcom crash next week. As long as the April top holds,

any market sell-off next week will probably get out of control very quickly.

January 31st, 2021:

The perfect cyclical storm, pi and phi working together.

There are two important cycles indicating that there is going to be a stock market crash from last week's top into

mid-March, similar to the crash that occurred last year around this time. The first cycle is the 8,224 day cycle (22.5 years)

and the second is the 4,534 day panic cycle (12.4 years).  The Dow made its all-time high on January 22nd, 8,225 days

after the 7/17/1998 closing top, which preceded the LTCM crash into 8/31/98. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq peaked a few

days later, on 1/26, which is 8,226 days from the 7/20/98 intraday top.  This cycle shows up repeatedly in market

history, most notably at the 12/3/1968 bull market top and the 2/11/20 pre-crash top, last year, which was 8,224 days

from the 8/6/1997 top (the 8/6/97 top was also followed by the Asian Contagion panic into 10/27/97).

This mysterious cycle is also enhanced by the fact that there is a pi-phi connection to it.  Multiplying pi (3.1415) by the square of

the golden ratio (1.618) equals 8.224. 

The 4,534 day panic cycle has occurred numerous times throughout history as far back as the mid-1800's, the most

important of which is the distance between the 1861 Civil War market low and the 1873 market crash.  The exact dates

of these panics, and others from the 1800's, are proprietary but this cycle also shows up in more modern times, as well.

The confirmation that the 4,534 day panic cycle may be active again is that last week's 1/26 top in the S&P 500 and

Nasdaq occurred precisely 4,534 days after the 8/28/08 pre-crash top.  It was at this point in 2008 that the market crash

accelerated into October of that year (see chart below).  Also, interestingly, the market made two tops in August of 2008

(on 8/11 and 8/28) and two tops this January (on 1/8 and 1/26), 4533 and 4534 days apart.

4,534 days from the 10/10/08 crash low targets March 10th of this year and 8,224 days from the 8/31/98 LTCM panic

low targets March 7th. As long as the January all-time highs are not exceeded, these two cycles (along with my panic scale)

indicate a mid-March crash low.

January 4th, 2021:

If log spirals are inherent in the fabric of our universe and space-time, it is not unreasonable to think they may also exert

an influence on mass stock market behavior.  The first two charts below illustrate two golden (phi) spirals and a log spiral

connecting some of the most important market tops in history and they indicate that the bull market probably just ended

over New Year's weekend.  The third chart is an update of a chart I published here back in July (scroll down to see the original chart)

showing the link between the 7420 day cycle and market panics.  The New Year's Eve all-time closing high was 7421 days

from the September 2000 top which was followed by the crushing bear market into 2002.  This 7420 day cycle is related to

my discovery of the bear market "family tree" cycle of a little over 20 years, discussed throughout this site, and indicates a

bear market from here and lasting into 2022/2023.  

November 9th, 2020:

We got the mysterious big news event that the panic scale was looking for before the market open today with the

surprise Covid vaccine announcement (see below). There was also a panic in the stock market today, as forecasted,

but it was a buying panic, instead, and sent the Dow and S&P500 to new intraday all-time highs, climaxing an incredible

twelve percent intraday rally over the past six trading days. Not exactly what I was expecting, to be sure, but I'm happy

to be wrong, given the prospect of contaning Covid-19. And, the panic scale did pinpoint the exact date of the panic move

as it often does. Today's market movement confirms, once again, that manias and panics appear to be two sides of the

same coin with extreme fear and greed, as well as optimism and pessimism, entangled in a dance and influencing one

another, not just in the present, but also in the distant past and far into the future, as well.

October 31st, 2020:

Here's my panic scale for November.  The 91 year cycle is clearly the driving force behind the current stock market

action and it also, coincidentally or not, lines up with the panic scale forecast.  If the major indices take out their

October lows, look out below.

October 28th, 2020:

Another home run for the panic scale.  The Dow is down over six percent, so far, this week.

September 27th, 2020:

If you haven't been hearing about it already, in the next couple weeks, you're going to be hearing a lot of

commentary about the similarities between 1929 and 2020. Comparisons to 1929 come up often in autumn

but, cyclically, there is good reason for it this year.  This past week, a new Supreme Court Justice was

nominated for the highest court in the land.  In law, the concept of "precedent" is one of the most important

legal principles.  The principle is derived from the Latin maxim, "Stare decisis et non quieta movere" which is

translated as "to stand by decisions and not disturb the undisturbed." This means that courts should abide by

precedents and not disturb settled matters.

Similarly, we need to look for precedents in prior stock market history to see if there is a cyclical precedent for

the actions of the current market.  Looking through my 165 year daily database, there is indeed precedent for a

91 year cycle in the market. In fact, there are several of these precedents but one is especially interesting

because it is tied to the panic of 1893.  The panic of 1893 led the United States into the worst economic depression

it had experienced up to that point in history, prior to the 1930's Great Depression.  As can be seen in the chart

below, the market made an important low 91 years (less one day) after the 7/26/1893 panic on 7/25/1984. Simarly,

the current market made an all-time high 91 years (less one day) after the 1929 top.  If this is any indication,

the market may have no choice over the next few weeks but to follow cyclical precedent and "stand by decisions

and not disturb the undisturbed."  Ironically, though, it will result in quite a disturbance.

September 8th, 2020:

It's all about slugging percentage. 

The Labor Day Weekend panic arrived right on schedule. Here are some market headlines from the last couple days:

I know it's not supposed to be possible to predict the stock market but it sure sounds like a panic to me and

I'm also sure that Elon Musk would agree.

August 29th, 2020:

In the sport of baseball, there is a metric known as "slugging percentage." In this statistical approach,

all hits are not valued equally.  Bigger hits (extra-base hits such as doubles, triples and home runs) are

given progressively more weight than singles.  Slugging percentage is one of the best evaluators of power

in baseball.  Applying this approach to my panic scale, the two most powerful days of 2020 occur this

autumn on 9/6 and 10/26.

July 26th, 2020:

The panics and crashes of the 1980's and 1990's have been repeating to some degree 7420 calendar

days later.  The all-time closing high in the Nasdaq Composite index last week was also 7420 days

from the 3/27/00 dot-com bubble closing high in the Nasdaq 100.  If last week's highs hold, there's

probably going to be another crash into August 7th. 

May 16th, 2020:

After looking more closely at the internals of my Barrier Indicator, I realized that the 6/3 low is much more important

and severe than originally indicated (see revised chart below).  In fact, it may be the strongest signal for a low this

year.  I publish this chart six months in advance so I missed the added importance of that date originally.  There are

a huge number of repeating market bottom cycles around 6/2 to 6/3 that should knock the market down.  The important

4/29 top in my Market Tops Family Tree has held, so far, and the next couple weeks could be a very dangerous time

for the market.

May 2nd, 2020:

Last week's market top is related to a contiguous series of repeating market tops going all the way back to

1899 (see below).  It's very rare to find a series going back that far in history.  What makes this cycle even more

intriguing is that it is eerily similar (though inversely) to the cycle I discovered almost 20 years ago which I used to

accurately forecast the exact week of the 2002 bear market low (you can see that original chart by clicking the

9000 day cycle link and scrolling to the bottom).  It's a roughly 7,340 to 7,365 day cycle that shows up repeatedly in

history between market tops and bottoms.  If we put both "family trees" together, they are confirming that we started a

bear market earlier this year which will continue until December 8th, 2022.

Below, I've extended the original 2002 bear market bottom forecast and it indicates

that the current bear market will not be over until December of 2022.

For reference, you can see below the historical charts for each year in the market tops cycle going all the way back to 1899.

April 12th, 2020:

With the major indices rallying twelve percent last week, the market had a buying panic right

into the important April timeframe on the Panic Scale.  The market is exhibiting an extreme in optimism

which is not likely to be sustained.

March 28th, 2020:

The market made its panic low within one trading day of the 3/21 spike on the panic scale and the major indices gained

over ten percent for the week, with the Dow having its biggest three day rally since 1931. So, where does the market go

from here?  The April Panic Scale offers some clues. It indicates that the time period between 4/8 - 4/14 has the largest

cluster of repeating relationships to prior panics and is the most dangerous time period of the year for the stock market. 

If we're going to see a repeat performance of the March panic, or something even worse, it should occur in this timeframe.

In the unlikely event that the rally off the March low continues all the way into the April panic cluster, the crash would

then occur directly afterward (as it did in February).  Either way, much more pain is coming to the market in April.  

March 21st, 2020:

When every day is a panic day, none of them are.  15 of the last 20 trading days have seen daily closing moves of

greater than three percent in the Dow and S&P500.  At first glance, this would appear to be a spectacular failure

of my panic scale and, to be honest, I sincerely hope it is because an alternate interpretation is much more ominous.

The 12% down day on 3/16 certainly qualifies as a crash and, if it was the "big one," it should have been identified

by my panic scale. But, there can only be one worst day in a stock market crash and my panic scale says we haven't

seen it yet. There's a date in the first half of April that is the best candidate for an even worse crash than we've 

seen, so far, in March.  It implies that the increasing volatility in March is setting the stage for an even bigger event

in April.

Now that I've scared you all half to death, let me offer a bit of potential good news, at least for the next couple weeks.

In addition to identifying possible panic dates, the panic scale also often works well as a market turn indicator,

identifying those time periods of extreme optimism and pessimism in the market.  Since almost every day in March

was a panic day, it might be better to look at the panic scale from this perspective. In the charts below, I've

combined the S&P 500 with the panic scale and, as you can see, it has identified most of the important market turns

for 2020. It indicates at least a temporary bottom this weekend and it might be time for a rally.

As I mentioned in February, the inputs for the panic scale were revised so, in the chart below,  January

has different scale numbers than originally posted but the turn dates are mostly the same under the

new parameters.

February 29th, 2020:

What a week and month.  The Dow made its all-time closing high on 2/12, right before the largest amount

of panic hits for 2020, and then promptly crashed over 4,000 points and -14% in roughly two weeks.  Can

that possibly be a coincidence?  If it is, be prepared for another "coincidence" later this year.

February 22nd, 2020:

I held off posting my Barrier Indicator for 2020 until today because the market largely ignored it

in 2019.  It seems to be back on track, now, so I'm sharing it here.

February 1st, 2020:

Why did the Dow pick yesterday to decline two percent in a single day? Because 1/31 had a

large number of repeating relationships to prior panics, as shown in my panic scale.

December 28th, 2019:

If yesterday's new all-time high holds, the last three bull market tops will be connected exactly by phi.

November 9th, 2019:

Yesterday's new all-time closing high is linked by a log spiral to the 1987, 2000 and 2007 bull market

tops.

October 2nd, 2019:

Some nice symmetry between the current market and the 1997 panic. Does not bode well for October.

October 1st, 2019:

I've released my Panic Scale for October (see link).  If there's going to be an October crash this year, it

should occur during the second week of October.  The last week of October and first week of November

also have unusually large clusters of bottom and panic cycles so it could result in more than one panic,

reaching maximum intensity around the highlighted dates.  

September 24th, 2019:

There's an interesting spiral with the 1987 crash forming this week.

August 31st, 2019:

Here's my Barrier Indicator with the S&P 500 overlaid. It is forecasting a top next week and a plunge

into 9/20, however, I would not be surprised if the market turned back down before 9/5.  I've also

updated my Panic Scale for September. The August panic scale caught the 8/5 and 8/23 panic sell-offs

within one trading day.

August 5th, 2019:

There was a panic in world stock markets today occurring exactly on the date of the 8/5 spike on my Panic Scale.

Don't mistake complexity for randomness.

August 3rd, 2019:

It was the worst week of the year for the stock market, as seen in the headlines below, and it coincided with the largest cluster of

bottom cycles seen on my Barrier Indicator, which is calculated years in advance.  Still think financial markets are completely random?

August 1st, 2019:

The Dow made its all-time high on 7/16 and the S&P 500 peaked on 7/26.  The large cluster of market bottom cycles shown on my

Barrier Indicator for 8/2 appears to be kicking in and creating strong downward pressure on the market for the next few days. Based

on supporting cycles, this is likely the start of a larger decline into Autumn.  I've also updated my Panic Scale for August.

June 26th, 2019:

I've published my Panic Scale for July (see Panic Scale link) and there is a big spike coming up in a few days on July 1st. The market made a

bottom on 6/3, in line with my 1987 Barometer discussed below, but there was no accompanying panic.  The 6/21 peak in the SPX coincided

within one trading day of the 6/24 peak indicated by my Barrier Indicator (see Barrier Indicator link).  This indicator will be updated for the

next six months in a couple days and it is showing market weakness from now into August.

June 1st, 2019:

In my last post on May 5th, I warned about a six sigma event during the last week of May.  During that week, the Dow suffered its

worst week of the year and two events occurred that may be seen in hindsight as being six sigma type events for the market (see headlines below).

The first event was a warning to the United States by China conveyed in historically significant language, "Don't say we didn't warn you," used

just before China entered wars with India (1962) and Vietnam (1979). The second potential six sigma event for the market was the surprise tariffs

on Mexico, resulting in some media headlines describing it with the synonymous term "black swan event."  I, myself, find it difficult to believe that

it's a coincidence that a forecast of a six sigma event on May 30th, 2019 (the specific date on the 1987 Barometer) made years earlier, and publicly

posted for scrutiny weeks earlier, coincides with the exact day (again May 30th, after the market close) of a Presidential decree on tariffs

characterized as a potential "Black Swan" event by some in the investment community. What are the odds of that being attributed to chance?

Is it possible that there is some underlying order in the apparent randomness of the universe and markets? 

While the month of May was a bad month for the stock market, there has not been a crash or outright panic yet. It's possible, however, that the

1987 Barometer forecasted the six sigma event that will cause a stock market panic to develop over the next few days.  The next four

trading days, 6/3 - 6/6, are the most dangerous days in the current cycle for a panic to develop in the stock market, according to my supporting

cycle work.  I also have barometers with other panics and crashes which target these dates, as well.  We'll know in the next few days if there is

going to be an accompanying "Black Swan" or "Six Sigma" move in stock prices. 

May 5th, 2019:

The worst single day in the entire history of the stock market was October 19th, 1987. If stock market panics are not random

events, there should be some link or similarities between them. What better day to use as a benchmark than 10/19/87?  My 1987

Barometer compares each day to October 19th, 1987 and measures the number of similarities between a given day and 10/19/87.

By "similarities," I mean cyclical and other forces associated with stock market panics.  Here is a five year chart of the indicator

from 2015 to 2020.  There is a six sigma event occurring on one day during the last week of May, 2019.  That day has an outlier

reading (similarity to 10/19/87) that is six standard deviations from the mean.  I do caution that it could just be a coincidence,

as strange coincidences happen all the time in life, and none of the smaller sigma events have been associated with stock market

panics; but, I have never seen one this large so it caught my attention. If the market starts breaking down seriously later in May,

this may have something to do with it.

April 27th, 2019:

To paraphrase Shakespeare, "Trading days, or calendar days, that is the question." 

When looking at cycles and symmetry in the stock market, one must choose between counting calendar days or actual

trading days. Both are useful, as events occurring in the calendar day realm often have an uncanny way of also working themselves

out in precise trading day relationships.  The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at new record highs yesterday but is this confirmation

of a new bull market or a double top?  The trading day count of my bull market growth spiral indicates a top exactly on 4/26 or 4/29

and the market has rallied right into this timeframe, not to mention one of the biggest spikes on my Panic Scale in years.  Also, Bloomberg

news reports today that large speculators, mostly hedge funds, are shorting the VIX at a rate never seen before (see chart below). 

Volatility has dried up in the market and they are betting massively that this calm in the market will continue.  When so many are on

one side of a trade, it usually doesn't end well. So, when you read the giddy headlines about new highs in the market this weekend,

remember that "All that glitters is not gold."

April 25th, 2019:

For some unknown reason, Asian markets often respond the best to my timing dates and forecasts. 

The China market may be the "canary in the coal mine" for what is about to happen in the rest of the world. 

Their SSE Composite index made intra-day double tops on 4/8 and 4/22 (two of the most important turn

dates on my Barrier Indicator below) and then had its second worst day of the year today.  There is a big

spike on my Panic Scale (click panic scale link) this weekend. Watch asian markets for signs of panic in the

next couple days.  

April 13th, 2019:

We have a 4/5 Dow top and 4/12 S&P 500 top.  The 4/5 Dow top is still holding by a fraction but the S&P 500 made a new

2019 high on Friday.  It appears that my 4/8 Barrier date and 4/13 panic spike (see panic scale link) conspired

to form a sort of buying panic top last week off the Christmas lows.  Last year's 3/13 top also coincided with a

3/13 spike on my panic scale.  The universe apparently does not distinguish between buying or selling panics (they are two

sides of the same coin).  Monday, 4/15, is my line in the sand date for a top on all indices.  If the rally continues 

next week, I don't see anything that can stop if for a while. 

April 6th, 2019:

Looks like a massive inversion is forming into my Barrier Indicator's biggest turn date (4/8) for the first half of 2019.

These cycles have stopped some of the worst bear markets and crashes in history. We'll see next week if they can

stop this current rally.  Also, the 2018 bull market top coincided with a growth spiral from 1982.  Here's another

spiral from 1982 indicating a top this weekend.

March 23rd, 2019:

In another incredible display of symmetry, the current bear market is repeating the tops made during the 2000-2002

bear market almost to the exact day, 18.53 years later.  There's a fractal element to this, as well, as the declines

and rallies in the current bear market are of greater magnitude than the 2000 to 2002 bear market.  If this pattern

continues, we have just entered the most devastating time period of the bear market which should accelerate and

last until well into 2021.

March 4th, 2019:

My Barrier Indicator, published at the beginning of the year, forecasted a top today and now downward pressure

into April.  Here's the indicator with the S&P 500 overlaid.  

February 5th, 2019:

I've showed how the 2018 bull market top appears to be linked to a spiral emanating from the 1982 low (see 2018

bear market link).  Well, I've discovered another even more exact spiral anchored in the August 25th, 1987 top which

connects the 3/24/00 and 10/11/2007 tops, along with a potential top on February 6th, 2019. Each of the

previous tops along this spiral was followed by a brutal market crash.  If this spiral is indeed responsible for the

current extraordinay rally off the Christmas low, a lot of people aren't going to believe what happens next.

January 20th, 2019:

Is the stock market currently locked into a lunar cycle?  So far, every major top and bottom of this bear market

has coincided with the lunar declination cycle when the moon makes its extreme northern declination.  If the

market is going to reverse back down and test the Christmas panic low, it should start next week. 

December 21st, 2018:

As forecast, the Ghost of Christmas Panics Past haunts the market.  This story does not have a happy ending.

December 15th, 2018:

So you think markets can't crash in December?  Think again.  Back in the 1800's, it wasn't unusual at all.  Here are

several market charts from 1895, 1896, 1899 and 1916.

December 8th, 2018:

There was panic selling in the stock market last week. Not surprisingly, it began with a three percent down day in the major

indices right on the December 4th monthly spike on my panic scale.   

November 18th, 2018:

Panic in crude oil and bitcoin last week.  My panic scale identifies dates that are especially vulnerable to panic activity and

can be applied to any market in any country.  

October 10th, 2018:

The market couldn't fight gravity forever and responded in true Wile E. Coyote fashion this week as my Barrier Indicator

forecasted it would in October.  Supporting cycles, along with my Panic Scale, indicate more October weakness ahead.

September 2nd, 2018:

The stock market is closed for Labor Day weekend but this weekend is an important potential turning point in the market.

The chart below is a modified version of the cycles I used to forecast the 2002 market low.  In this version, cycles

are forecasting a bull market top into 9/2/18.  The S&P 500 made a new all-time high last week on 8/29 and next week's

market action will determine if these cycles are the controlling cycles in the market.

The market movement from the 1962 low to the 1998 high appears to be repeating again with a 36 year low to high cycle

from 1982 to 2018.  The two sub-cycles of 9191 days and 3979 days added together equal 13,170 days which is twice a 

well-known astronomical cycle so there's something for everybody.  A condensed version of the chart is shown below.

Here's a combined chart of the 1962 - 1998 market move overlaid with the 1982 - 2018 market move. There

are several similar 20 year sub-cycles between the two 36 year cycles.

In addition to the cycles shown above, there is an interesting spiral relationship forming between the 1982 and

1994 lows and the 2000 and 2007 bull market tops.  The spiral ideally projected a bull market top on August 1st, 2018,

however, the major indices (Dow, S&P500 and Nasdaq) peaked and bottomed on different dates along the spiral

anchor points so it's difficult to pinpoint an exact target date for the spiral.  Depending on which previous turn dates

are used, the target date for the spiral will shift slightly. A top sometime in August or September, however, would cover

all the possibilities from all the possible spiral anchor points, with the last week of August being the average or midpoint

of the varying spiral target dates. 

So, there is definitely a lot of cyclical evidence that the bull market may be nearing an end if it

hasn't already.

July 27th, 2018:

If Pi has anything to do with the stock market, it should make front page news again in the next week or two.

July 7th, 2018:

My Barrier Indicator has pretty much called most of the important market turns for the first half of 2018

and it is now saying that bullish forces peaked this week and bearish forces increase from here throughout

the summer and into autumn (click Barrier Indicator link for the updated indicator for the next six months).  

June 9th, 2018:

Here's my Barrier Indicator with two additional dates shown outside the randomness zone.  Although it

looks like the market wants to continue to rally into the first week of July, there is a potential barrier

this weekend that could derail the rally, at least temporarily. It's not as strong a signal as some of the

other barriers this year, and it was favored to be a low, but 6/9 looks like the 2/26 date where the

SPX rallied to the same price of 2779 and then pulled back sharply.  If there's going to be a pause in this rally,

I would expect it to occur now.

May 3rd, 2018:

It's make or break time for the market today.  Here's my Barrier Indicator for the first half of 2018 with S&P 500

intraday low prices overlaid through this morning.  The three major low time periods identified for the first half of 2018

were 2/11, 3/30 and a double bottom on 4/26 and 5/2.  If the market can't recover and make a bottom today, the 5/6

spike on my panic scale looks ominous.

April 8th, 2018:

Today is the April panic spike on my Panic Scale (see Panic Scale link) and, not surprisingly, the market is staring right

into the abyss as it sits precariously on support levels of questionable strength.  We'll know tomorrow if those support

levels hold or if they buckle and collapse the market. There is no need to worry as long as the SPX stays above Friday's

low of 2586.  If, however, the SPX starts trading under the 200 day moving average at 2594 and then takes

out Friday's 2586 low and then the 4/2 low of 2554, all the elements are in place for a stock market panic.

March 28th, 2018:

Here's my Barrier Indicator for the first half of 2018 with S&P prices overlaid through yesterday. 

The two major lows for the first quarter identified at the beginning of the year were 2/11 and 3/30. 

The interpretation is that the market is very close to an important bottom.

March 23rd, 2018:

Here's a chart of the S&P 500 for 2018 overlaid on my Panic Scale.  The February dates coincided with the panic low and the March

date coincided with the pre-panic top.  It's not perfect but do you still think markets are random?

March 5th, 2018:

Get ready for some more volatility. The most extreme reading for the year on my Panic Scale hits next week.  Here's a chart of the VIX

(volatility index) for 2018 overlaid on my Panic Scale. 

February 5th, 2018:

Here are some business headlines from today.  How does the Panic Scale know?

January 14TH, 2018:

There was a major panic in Hawaii yesterday over reports of an imminent missile attack (see headlines below). If the stock market

had been open, there would have almost certainly been an intraday "flash crash" in response to these reports. 1/13 was an important

date on my panic scale (see panic scale link).   There's a very strong likelihood that this weekend will mark the end of the bull market

18 years after the 2000 January bull market top. 

January 6TH, 2018:

Here's a chart of the VIX (volatility index) for 2017 overlaid with my Panic Scale.  Although 2017 had record low

volatility, the most extreme spikes in the Panic Scale were usually accompanied by spikes in the VIX index.

November 3RD, 2017:

The 1987, 2000 and 2007 tops are forming perfect eighth ratio relationships into 11/3/17.

July 17TH, 2017:

As noted on my Panic Scale, 7/14 had a large number of geometric relationships between

the 1929 and 1987 crashes. "Black Monday" in China occurred within one trading day.

July 16TH, 2017:

The 1929, 1966, 2000 and 2007 market tops are forming some fascinating geometrical and golden mean relationships

with each other into the third week of August, 2017.

December 30TH, 2016:

November 6TH, 2016:

The highest five day total of hits on my Panic Scale occurs in the few days after the election.  Coincidence

or hidden order?

October 23RD, 2016:

Here's the Bottoms Indicator for the entire year with S&P 500 results.  You can see that the January/February

cluster of lows coincided with the market correction at the beginning of the year.  The all-time high for the

SPX on 8/15 coincided with the 8/18 extreme top in the indicator.  Interestingly, the midpoint of the 8/15 and

8/23 retest intraday SPX tops falls exactly on 8/18 in trading days.  The area in the chart between the red lines

is mostly noise and attributed to the partly random nature of the markets.  What we're really interested in are

those extreme readings outside the red lines because that's the area where randomness yields to predictability.

The extreme low reading for 2016 is coming up on 12/9.    

October 2ND, 2016:

The Panic Scale has been uploaded for the fourth quarter.  The second week in October and Thanksgiving

weekend show the highest spikes on the scale for the fourth quarter.  The 9/29 spike coincided exactly with 

reports that hedge funds were pulling out of Deutsche Bank, igniting fears of another 2008 style banking 

crisis.  The market quickly recovered the next day but this may be a continuing theme over the next few weeks.   

September 9TH, 2016:

Major indices were down over two percent today.  September 12th is the most extreme reading on my

Panic Scale for the second half of 2016.

June 18TH, 2016:

I've updated the Panic Scale for the third quarter and the Bottoms Indicator for the second half of 2016 (see links).

May 31ST, 2016:

The next date of interest on my Panic Scale (see link) is June 3rd.  More interesting, though, is that the very next

trading day, June 6th, exhibits the same trading day signature that also occurred on October 9th, 2008 at the height of the 2008

stock market crash.  The signature doesn't always produce a crash but it doesn't happen very often and the odds of it coinciding

exactly with the crash and being attributed to chance is very slim.   The Panic Scale is derived from calendar day relationships and

forces between stock market panics but when these forces act upon traders and are translated into actual trades by traders within the

confines of trading days, certain predictable patterns may emerge to warn traders of impending danger.  If the trading day signature

was not a coincidence in 2008, it is warning of another potential crash the week of June 6th.     

MAY 1ST, 2016:

The 1929 Panic Spiral.  A spiral linking the 1929, 2000 and 2015 panics is anchored to the anniversary of

the 5/6/2010 "Flash Crash."  That May 6th, 2010 panic was also the product of cycles and was predicted by myself,

as shown in the second chart below which I originally published in 2010.  

Also, it is interesting to note that 5/2/2016 forms a perfect golden mean ratio of trading days between the panics

of 10/19/87 and 8/31/1998.

APRIL 16TH, 2016:

The market has rallied right into the big 4/17 turn on my bottoms indicator.  The market ignored 

the March turns but, if the indicator is back on track, the market should be down from now into June.

MARCH 31ST, 2016:

The April Fool's Day Panic Spiral.  A Fibonacci spiral linking the 1987, 1998 and 2015 panics is anchored to April Fool's Day.

MARCH 19TH, 2016:

The panic scale has been updated (see link) and April 4th is the next date of interest.  The rally off

the 2/11 lows has extended futher than anticipated but the big bottoms date of 3/24 on the bottoms

indicator looms large.  Next week could be very rough if the bottoms indicator exerts its influence.  

MARCH 4TH, 2016:

My interpretation of market action is that the market made an important top today right into the 3/5

spike on my Panic Scale and 3/6 top on the Bottoms Indicator.  These two indicators confirm that

we may have seen an important emotional extreme in bullish optimism this past week and a new leg

down in the bear market is about to begin.  Short-term, there is now a lot of downward pressure on

the market into March 24th.  

MARCH 3RD, 2016:

The Bottoms Indicator has a top on 3/6 and the Panic Scale has a panic spike on 3/5.  So far, the Bottoms

Indicator is prevailing.

FEBRUARY 22ND, 2016:

The rally off the 2/11 low looks a lot like the rally in 1929, just prior to the crash.  The highest reading on my

panic scale for all of 2016 occurs on March 5th (see panic scale).  This may just be a coincidence but it is lining up 

eerily with market action in 1929.  Since the panic scale is calculated years in advance, it is not a case of just waiting

for the market to start selling off and then "jumping on the bandwagon" at the last minute to predict a stock market

panic.  The indicator precedes stock market activity so, when I see the market echoing crashes in the past around my

important panic dates, I pay attention and give it more weight.  There was a 2/20 spike on my panic scale this past

weekend which resulted in a nearly eight percent rally (intraday) in a little over a week.  If the market reverses soon

and takes out the 2/11 lows, it will be a confirmation that we could see a panic into the weekend of 3/5.    

FEBRUARY 5TH, 2016:

The tulip echo continues.  379 years ago today, February 5th, is the actual day the tulip trade was first supended.

According to Earl Thompson, author of "The Tulipmania: Fact or Artifact?", word of a possible trading suspension

reached traders on February 2nd and 3rd, after which prices sagged until the actual suspension of trading at the

market center of Alkmaer on February 5th, 1637.

An index of tulip prices was created by Thompson (shown below).

From 2/3 to 2/9, the tulip index lost approximately 25% of its value and it is estimated that the index lost 90% of

its value within six weeks.  Now, there were extenuating circumstances for the intensity and magnitude of the 1637

decline, related to futures and options trading, and I'm not predicting a ninety percent decline in six weeks; but the

cyclical parallels to the bursting of the tulip bubble, along with my Market Bottoms and Panic Scale indicators, make

the next several weeks a very dangerous time for world stock markets.

FEBRUARY 2ND, 2016:

The Tulip Echo.  379 years ago today, one of the greatest speculative manias in history, the Dutch Tulip Mania

came to an abrupt end. This may not be a coincidence as there are parallels and cyclical relationships with the

current stock market.  Tulips were introduced to the Netherlands in 1593 and quickly gained popularity.  Growers

couldn't keep up with the demand and, as a result, speculators entered the market.  Bulb prices rose steadily

through the 1630's and peaked in late 1636 and early 1637.  Near the end, the mania drove Dutch traders to

irrationality.  People began trading anything--money, property, animals--for tulip bulbs.  Incredibly, at peak levels,

a single tulip bulb could sell for the price of a luxury house.

Then, on February 2nd, 1637, the tulip mania suddenly collapsed.  As Michael Pollan described it in his book, The

Botany of Desire:  "On February 2, 1637, the florists of Haarlem gathered as usual to auction bulbs in one of the

tavern colleges.  A florist sought to begin the bidding at 1,250 guilders for a quantity of tulips--Switsers, in one

account.  Finding no takers, he tried again to 1,100, then 1,000...and all at once every man in the room--men who

days before had themselves paid comparable sums for comparable tulips--understood that the weather had changed.

Haarlem was the capital of the bulb trade, and the news that there were no buyers to be found there ricocheted

across the country.  Within days, tulip bulbs were unsellable at any price.  In all of Holland a greater fool was no longer

to be found."

JANUARY 30TH, 2016:

The rally continues. Friday's rally was the biggest up day in nearly five months and coincided with the

1/30 spike on my panic scale, resulting in a buying panic.  There was also a surprise announcement by

the Bank of Japan to cut interest rates below zero on Friday, shocking many investors. These types of

surprise announcements often have a way of coinciding with spikes on my panic scale. Recall that China

shocked the financial world on August 11th by devaluing the Yuan on the exact date of the 8/11 panic

spike. The Bottoms Indicator says the market turns back down next week and downward pressure on

the stock market increases until 2/20.  There is also a 2/20 spike on my Panic Scale, as well.  

JANUARY 22ND, 2016:

Nice rally today with world indices up between two to six percent!  Here's another view of my Bottoms

Indicator with the S&P 500 for January overlaid.  I've merely reversed the bottoms indicator so that  

extreme bottom readings appear on the bottom of the chart instead of the top, as it is less confusing

when graphing the market over the indicator.  The market found a bottom between the 1/15 and 1/21

cluster and rallied five percent off its intraday lows into today's close.  The rally should continue into

next week, and the Federal Reserve announcement on Wednesday, but I have a lot of danger signals

near the end of next week and the first few days of February (along with a 1/30 spike on my Panic Scale)

which should turn the market back down to test (or exceed) the January lows.

JANUARY 15TH, 2016:

The major indices declined to five months lows today, right into the major 1/15 date on my Bottoms

Indicator.  The dates on this indicator can be calculated years in advance and they are published

here months in advance so it's always fascinating when the market sells off into these dates.  Looking

ahead, if the market continues to decline past the 1/15 lows next week, it will be in serious trouble

as there are many panic signatures present over the next few weeks.  The next major spike on my

panic scale (see panic scale) is on 1/30 but there is a smaller spike on 1/18 which may have contributed

to today's two percent sell-off. 

JANUARY 7TH, 2016:

Another day, another trading halt in China.  After just 29 minutes of trading, and a seven percent

decline, authorities were forced to close the stock market for the second time this week.  The "circuit

breakers" did not have the desired effect and, just four days after being introduced and trillions in losses,

the Chinese authorities said "My bad" and supended the circuit breakers.   The next important turn on

my Bottoms Indicator is 1/15 but the current background and climate is very similar to the August Panic

and we may see outright panic in markets outside China within the new few days.

JANUARY 4TH, 2016:

Major world indices were down 1.5 to 7 percent today to start the new year.  Traders in China apparently

couldn't wait to try out the new circuit breakers, which went into effect just today, and tested them more

than once.  Panic was in the air. 

JANUARY 3RD, 2016:

I've updated the Panic Scale and Bottoms Indicator charts for 2016.The most interesting

observation to be gleaned from these charts is that the three spikes on the panic scale

(on 1/30, 2/20 and 3/5) also match the extreme readings on the Bottoms Indicator

(on 2/1, 2/20 and 3/6) within one day. These two charts are calculated independently

from completely different data sets and the fact that they exhibit extreme readings on the

same dates may indicate enhanced confirmation of the importance of these dates.    

JANUARY 2ND, 2016:

Happy New Year!  No panic activity in the market during the last two weeks of the year,

however, the Dow and S&P 500 closed the year lower, confirming the research on this site

indicating that a bear market began in 2015 (and in 2014 for the Dow Transports, which is

currently approaching a twenty percent decline from its highs).  The outlook for 2016 continues

to be that a bear market is in progress, unless the Dow and S&P500 can prove otherwise by

exceeding their 2015 highs.

DECEMBER 17TH, 2015:

The November 3rd top is still holding and the last two weeks of the year have numerous

panic signatures, in addition to the 12/25 spike on the Panic Scale.  The 12/25 spike also

has many similarities to the 5/29/15 panic spike, which coincided with the panic in Asia

and Europe (see the Mahoney Panic Scale link for details).  In short, the last two weeks

of 2015 are probably going to be ugly for the stock market.

NOVEMBER 12TH, 2015:

Nice time symmetry between the 2000, 2007 and 2015 (so far) bull market tops. Both

the March, 2000 and May, 2015 tops were followed by failed attemps to make new highs

five and a half months later.  The recent three standard deviation, buying panic rally right

into the major November 5th panic timeframe failed to take out the important May highs.  

These types of rallies are typically followed by strong corrections and panic selling in the

opposite direction so it looks ominous for the market into the upcoming holidays. 

.

NOVEMBER 3RD, 2015:

The rally is now exceeding three standard deviations.  Something big is indeed brewing into

the major 11/5 panic timeframe (see Mahoney Panic Scale).

OCTOBER 31ST, 2015:

It's Halloween so I'm going to tell you all a scary story.  The October rally has exceeded two standard

deviations heading right into one of the biggest and most interesting spikes I've ever seen on the Panic

Scale.  One component of the November 5th date has numerous links to the crash of 1929.  To put it

in perspective, the only other date that comes close in this category is the "flash crash" on May 6, 2010,

which had about half as many relationships to 1929.  My opinion is that the market sells off hard next

week with possible panic selling but, since we're only four trading days away from November 5th, it is

not out of the question that the market could continue to push the upper limits of standard deviations

for a few more days before taking the plunge.  Next week should be memorable and, possibly, very scary. 

OCTOBER 4TH, 2015:

How does it know?  On September 30th, I made public the updated Mahoney Panic Scale showing the largest

spike of the year on November 5th.  The next day, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew informed Congress that

the government will run out of money to pay its bills sooner than expected...on November 5th.  

SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2015:

The Mahoney Panic Scale for the fourth quarter of 2015 has been posted.

SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2015:

Here's a magnified view of the Mahoney Bottoms Indicator for the second half of 2015, which was published

here back in May (and is actually calculated years in advance).  This view shows August thru October and may

give some guidance on what to expect into October.  The rally off the 8/25 closing panic low appears to have

peaked right on the 9/17 extreme low reading on the bottoms indicator for September.  This implies that the

market will now sell off into the October 10th autumn peak in the bottoms indicator.   

SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2015:

The ghost of 1929.  The stock market is replaying the 1929 crash, shown most clearly in the Nasdaq index.

September 14th is the most likely day for a world-wide panic.  The next spike on my panic scale is September 15th. 

AUGUST 27TH, 2015:

Another strong rally and the biggest two day percentage gain (over six percent) for the major indices since

2008/2009.  This is consistent with my indicators. From here, the most likely path for the market is a couple

days of consolidation, or a minor pullback, followed by one more big rally day around the middle of next week

which marks the top of this rally before the market heads back down throughout September.   

AUGUST 26TH, 2015:

There it is! The biggest "up" day in nearly four years today.  I was a little early on the exact timing of the big rally but

all's well that ends well. It has been a roller coaster ride the last few days but, in the end, the major indices made

their panic intraday lows at the open on 8/24 and their closing lows exactly on the Mahoney Bottoms Indicator date of

8/25 (see Mahoney Bottoms Indicator link).  

AUGUST 24TH, 2015:

Well, it wasn't pretty and not exactly the way I envisioned it, but anyone brave enough to buy the open

today has a nice profit and caught the panic intraday low I expected for today, within one trading day

of the spike on my panic scale and within one trading day of the low on my Bottoms Indicator.  The major

indices had a five percent intraday rally off the lows today but my forecast for the largest "up" day of the

year, today, will also probably be one day off and occur tomorrow, August 25th.  The market should continue

to rally strongly for a few days before turning back down.  I'll have more to say about the dangers awaiting

the market in September in the coming days.

AUGUST 23RD, 2015: 

Who's ready for a rally tomorrow?!  The Sunday overnight S&P 500 futures are down hard as I write this,

however, I'm not expecting a crash tomorrow.  There may be a lot of volatility, with some scary intraday

plunges tomorrow but, by late afternoon, it should become apparent to traders that the stock market is not

going to crash and I expect there to be a huge rally in the last couple hours, resulting in possibly the biggest

"up" day of the year.  There is also a bottom due on the Mahoney Bottoms indicator for August 25th (see link)

and the intraday lows made during tomorrow's expected volatility will fall within one day of that target and

should satisfy the forecast.

AUGUST 21ST, 2015 (P.M.):

Right on schedule with a three percent down day on August 21st.  

AUGUST 21ST, 2015 (A.M.):

It's time. The stock market cannot escape its fate.

AUGUST 20TH, 2015:

No recovery into the close and the worst down day in over a year.  Market action is consistent with my forecast

for panic selling into 8/21.  We could see a three to six percent down day on August 21st.

AUGUST 20TH, 2015:

The "Final Destination" plot thickens.  Our protagonist, the U.S. stock market, after breathing a sigh of relief that

it did not suffer the same terrible fate as the rest of the world last week, is starting to get the uneasy feeling that

all is not well.  Watch today's last hour of trading closely.  If the market can't recover and sells off into the close,

there's a pretty good chance that there's going to be a waterfall decline and panic tomorrow, 8/21.

AUGUST 16TH, 2015:

For the first time in several months, my very short term trading day cycles (down to the hourly and minute charts) 

turn negative this week and will become increasingly negative over the next several weeks, putting the micro-cycles

in sync in a downward direction with the larger calendar day macro-cycles shown elsewhere on this site.   Also, of

note, is that supporting cycles indicate that August 21st may be more important than originally shown on the

panic scale (see chart below).  There is a bottom due on the Mahoney Market Bottoms Indicator on 8/25 which is

closely tied to possible panic activity around 8/21.  

AUGUST 12TH, 2015:

Final Destination meets Dead Man Walking.  Stock markets around the world were mired in a sea of red all day with most

indices closing down between one to four percent after the China Yuan devaluation.  The U.S. market, however,

amazingly pulled itself back from the edge of the abyss, once again, today and managed to actually post a higher

close in the S&P 500.  In the film, Final Destination, the protagonists cheat death after one of them has a premonition of a

plane exploding and they disembark before the plane takes off and explodes.  All is seemingly well until, one by one,

each of the characters is subsequently killed in ever more gruesome accidents as death reclaims those who managed to

escape their fates.   The stock market cannot escape its fate either and the universe generally unfolds about the way it

should in the end.

AUGUST 11TH, 2015:

Putting it all together.  I've shown the importance of the May 20th top from a historical perspective and the 9,000 day cycle.  July

31st, 2015 was the most important cycle date in 25 Years, based on my proprietary low to high, high to low, low to low and high

to high cycles.  The bull market death spiral (see link) has accurately predicted the exact date of the all-time high in the Dow Transports,

a leading economic indicator, currently over ten percent off all-time highs. Now, China has shocked financial markets with a currency

devaluation on the exact date of the peak in the Panic Scale on August 11th (see Mahoney Panic Scale link), sparking fears of igniting

a currency war that could destabilize the global economy.