Spherical Markets in Three Dimensions
Please recall that the article in the February issue of Stocks & Commodities used three market moves between 1974 and 1978. Therefore, assuming that the viewer is already familiar with these moves, they will be used to illustrate 3-D characteristics of the markets.
Consider that the 859 day line segment connecting the 74-78 lows is hinged at the 76 peak, breaking 859 into two moves: 497 (up) and 362 (down).
Consider that the change in major trend, from up to down, could be compared to a "break" in time, and that "time" changed "direction" ninety degrees.
The diagrams in this example illustrate 2 perpendicular planes of a 3-D triangle.
Consider that one leg of the right triangle is 859 days and the other, is 497. The "down" move of 362 days meets the 497 day move at a right angle and creates a new plane. The hypotenuse of triangle ADC, on this plane, equals 1056 days.
1056 is the exact number of days from the "break" point at the 1976 high, to the 1980 S&P peak.
The value '1056 days' is also generated by many other geometric figures using the values of line segments connecting major turning points between 1974 and 1978: Please refer to the MacArthur Syndrome – Example 6 and note the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 497 & 362 is 614.86:
The hypotenuse of a triangle, with legs of 859 and 614.86 is, you guessed it! 1056
Now, figure out why this is so.