To: Jeff who wrote (27186 ) 1/31/2003 1:48:51 AM From: sun-tzu Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 30712 Bradley Siderograph (courtesy of Les) Amanita Newsletter -- 1/28/03 -- amanita.at Bradley Siderograph: The weekly reports of the search engine on amanita.at show two favorites: about 30% of all inquiries are "Bradley" or "siderograph" and 10% "Nasdaq" (moreover, ca. 5% are searching for Nasdaq stocks). I am not surprised that the Bradley siderograph is the absolute leader, however it is astonishing that a market that has crashed by 80% in less than 3 years is still so important. From a contrary perspective, this is very bearish. A good bottom indicator would be the absolute lack in interest. This type of anecdotal indicators is quite reliable in my experience, e.g. in late February/early March 2000 I suddenly received numerous requests by "greenhorns" who wanted to make a big buck in the soaring stock markets. This observation fully confirmed my expectation that mid-March 2000 would be a very important top. Of similar significance is the perception expressed in e-mails, for instance, it is quite revealing when people are talking of a "break-out to the upside" while the charts do not show a breakout of any kind. Or when, after a few strong days, I have inquiries in my mailbox whether this rally will continue for several weeks. When this bear market is over, the Nasdaq will trade below 200 or even below 100 points, and no one will be interested in the Nasdaq anymore. Now back to the favorite of the visitors on amanita.at, the Bradley siderograph -- amanita.at The geocentric siderograph (which is somewhat more reliable than the heliocentric) called for a trend-reversal (top, although the high/ low indication is not reliable) on January 10 and the major US indexes indeed topped on January 13 which is within the normal range of +/- 4 days. The next reversals are predicted for 2/21/03 (helio) and 3/13/03 (geo), and many other methods confirm that one of these two dates (i.e., 2/17-2/25 and 3/9-3/17) will be the next intermediate-term bottom. Here is a table of the forecasted intermediate-term trend-reversals within the past 12 months (benchmark S&P 500): * low 2/20-21/02: exact low * high 3/20-21/02: actual high 3/19, inaccuracy: 1 trading day * low 6/26/02 or 7/22/02: actual low 7/23 (close) resp. 7/24 (intraday), inaccuracy: 1 resp. 2 trading days * high 8/26/02: actual high 8/26, inaccuracy: 2 trading days * low 10/29/02: failure * double-top 11/8/02 & 12/4/02: actual double-top 11/6 & 12/2, inaccuracy: 2 trading days above found at link forums.delphiforums.com