More than half a century after his death, the methods of W.D. Gann continue to provoke fierce debate among traders. To some, Gann was a financial mystic whose esoteric charts and planetary cycles belong more to astrology than to serious market analysis. To others—including a dedicated cohort of active traders—Gann's work represents the most sophisticated integration of price, time, and geometry ever developed. The question for today's trader is not whether Gann was right or wrong, but whether his techniques can be adapted to modern electronic markets with their relentless speed and algorithmic complexity.
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