In December 1909, an article written by the late R.D. Wyckoff
appeared in Ticker Magazine, which became known as the magazine
of Wall Street. The article described W.D. Gann as "An operator
whose science and ability place him in the front rank, his
remarkable predictions and trading record." This article was
written before 1912. That was when, according to Gann’s own
marketing brochures in the 1930s, he successfully publicly
predicted the election of Woodrow Wilson and each U.S. president
up to that time. He specifically called for the end of the1920s
bull market in a September 1929 panic; he recorded this
prediction in November 1928. To accomplish this and other
successes in a 50-year track record, Gann used a mixture of
geometry, psychology, volume patterns and astrology. He
developed specific grids and circles based on cycles of numbers
such as 9, 12, 144 and others to forecast everything from stock
to cotton prices. He developed a calendar that uses March 21 as
the most important date in the financial yea