March 29, 2024

Financial Astrology Index for Monday, 24 September 2018

Total     1 day ago      1  week ago
28-36       30-42             34-40


(bearish 0-40; neutral 40-60; bullish 60-100)

Comment:  Double whammy — a Full Moon with bad transits

Stocks are as bullish as ever it seems as no amount of trade war news can sink the market.  US stocks were mixed on Friday despite the ongoing Mars-Ketu-Saturn alignment.  The Moon-Jupiter was clearly more bullish and that may have helped prevent more selling. 

Monday’s total score is 28-36 which puts it firmly in the bearish zone.  The main alignments look quite difficult and seem likely to coincide with rising caution.  The Full Moon is often bearish while the afternoon t-square with Saturn and the Sun/Mercury further lowers its index score.  The alignments are the big problem here as the Sun is closely square Saturn while Mercury is closely aligned with Ketu and Mars.    

Moon 6-8/20

Sun  2/10

Transit Alignments 8-10/30

NYSE Alignments 8-10/20

NASDAQ Alignments 4-6/20


 

Financial Astrology Index for Friday, 21 September 2018

Financial Astrology Index for Thursday, 20 September 2018

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Financial Astrology Index for Thursday, 13 September 2018

Financial Astrology Index for Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Financial Astrology Index for Tuesday, 11 September 2018

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Financial Astrology Index for Friday, 7 September 2018

Financial Astrology Index for Thursday, 6 September 2018

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Financial Astrology Index for Wednesday 15 August 2018

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Background and disclaimer (Updated 4 Sep 2018)
 

Can market probabilities be reduced to a single number?  Given the large number of planetary variables involved, it is very difficult to distill the relative balance of optimism and pessimism into simple numerical form.   The Financial Astrology Index (FAI) is my attempt to explore this possibility.  The index has a theoretical range between 0 (all bearish) to 100 (all bullish).  Most of time, it should move between 20 and 80.  Readings above 60 should be considered bullish, while readings below 40 are bearish.  Readings between 40 and 60 are neutral.   

It may be read in a similar way to technical indicators such as the RSI and Stochastics which show overbought and oversold conditions in the market. A number above 80 is very bullish and suggests a strong up trend.  In some situations (e.g. near resistance, in a bearish market), this may also indicate a heightened risk of a reversal lower.  Alternatively, a falling FAI in a rising market can create a negative divergence which may be an indication of rising downside risk.  Conversely, a rising FAI can set up a positive divergence against a backdrop of a bear market or market correction.  This divergence could be signal that a rebound may come soon.  The trend in the FAI is at least as important as the actual value in terms of understanding possible future price patterns. 

As always, it is not intended as a substitute for established stock market technical indicators.  If anything, it is intended to stand alongside them and should be treated as an additional source of information — just another tool in the investor’s toolkit. 

Fair warning: this is still experimental and more of a work-in-progress.  I will likely be tweaking the relative weights of the different factors as I go.  

By way of disclaimer, let me state the obvious: do not use this index as a stand-alone method for investing.  There are simply too many unknowns in astrology.  Astrology is best used as a supplementary source of information in tandem with other technical and fundamental approaches.  This is not to be taken as investment advice.  For informational purposes only.


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