He was in fact one of the founder members of the Theosophical movement in England. In 1886 he started to write an astrology problem page in the Society Times, where he answered the public's questions, and in 1887 at the age of just 23 was admitted to the 'inner sanctum' of the Theosophical Society. Sepharial does have his own Wikipedia listing as follows:ДЄs a young man Sepharial initially studied medicine and followed this up with studies in psychology, oriental languages, astrology and numerology. The missing key is in fact GannвЂ™s mentor Sepharial, the nom de plume of Dr Walter Gorn Old (1864-1929) who was a notable 19th century British mystic and astrologer. All of these techniques together with GannвЂ™s background in Freemasonry combine to provide a fascinating treasure hunt for the elusive key that is missing from an understanding of how GannвЂ™s techniques should fit together. Other popular Gann angles were 1X4 and 1X8 being the angles on the square and the special 1X3 line which he referred to as the angle on the triangle. GannвЂ™s simplest teachings held that these angles would measure markets in a predetermined ratio such as 1X1 where price would move 1 unit of price for every 1 unit of time. The angle drawn in red therefore has characteristics of both price (vertical axis) and time (horizontal axis). On the chart below we see how time and price are represented on the vertical and horizontal axis of a two dimensional chart:

GannвЂ™s principal contribution to technical analysis, his вЂњanglesвЂќ fused вЂњpriceвЂќ and вЂњtimeвЂќ into a simple and seamless process. Whilst we donвЂ™t understand GannвЂ™s methods we do know that he was very good at calling precise market turns and there is substantial evidence to support him calling precise tops and bottoms in stocks as well as commodities. What we can agree on is GannвЂ™s emphasis on buying low and selling high, an axiom of trading that is honoured more in theory than in practice (most can buy but few know the tops), but that is aspirational for all traders and investors. That such a famous name in the history of trading markets does not have a special place in this most useful research site is testimony to the fact that hardly anyone can agree on what Gann was saying, and the technique of GannвЂ™s angles is the simplest example of his techniques, but it is only one of many. Strangely Wikipedia no longer has a listing for Mr Gann and the previously loaded articles have subsequently been deleted, but there is a listing for вЂњGann AnglesвЂќ. The prices asked for his voluminous commodity course would make Gann himself blush and he was a renowned asker in his day when some of his courses are reputed to have sold for the then equivalent of a new car in the early 1900s. Gann would be amused at where his legacy has led as his prolific writing and charting has established a legion of researchers, authors and writers, most in search of GannвЂ™s missing manuscripts and some professing to have discovered or rediscovered GannвЂ™s secret of вЂњtimeвЂќ, but even more are purveyors of his books, charts and quite amazing spiral numbers or number square charts. A Google search of вЂњWD GannвЂќ (1878-1955) returns 69,300 results and everyone of them is selling something.

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