5 Trading Rules by WD Gann, Presented by Thabo Maseko at TASSA meeting in 2012

1. Gann was born June 6, 1878 in Lufkin, Texas. His
father was a cotton farmer. He started trading in 1902
when he was 24.
He was believed to be a religious man by nature who
believed in religious as well as scientific value of Bible
as the greatest book ever written. This can be
repeatedly observed in his books.

2. Winston Churchill
“The further backward you
look, the further forward
you can see.”

3. Trading Rule 1
•Only trade active markets.

4. Technical Trading Tools
• Dates Forecasts
—Calendar Dates forecast
• Price or Yield Forecast
—Square Numbers forecasts for support and Resistances levels
—Fibonacci Projections
—Fibonacci Retracements
—RSI
—Simple Moving Averages

5. Trading Rule 2
•NEVER TRADE ON HOPE

6. Calendar Dates Forecast
1 2 3 4 5 6
4 9 12.5 16 21 25
25 February 2005 01 March 2005 06 March 2005 09 March 2005 13 March 2005 18 March 2005 22 March 2005
04 August 2005 08 August 2005 13 August 2005 16 August 2005 20 August 2005 25 August 2005 29 August 2005
13 December 2005 17 December 2005 22 December 2005 25 December 2005 29 December 2005 03 January 2006 07 January 2006
13 January 2006 17 January 2006 22 January 2006 25 January 2006 29 January 2006 03 February 2006 07 February 2006
25 January 2006 29 January 2006 03 February 2006 06 February 2006 10 February 2006 15 February 2006 19 February 2006
28 October 2010 01 November 2010 06 November 2010 09 November 2010 13 November 2010 18 November 2010 22 November 2010
05 November 2010 09 November 2010 14 November 2010 17 November 2010 21 November 2010 26 November 2010 30 November 2010
29 November 2010 03 December 2010 08 December 2010 11 December 2010 15 December 2010 20 December 2010 24 December 2010
05 January 2011 09 January 2011 14 January 2011 17 January 2011 21 January 2011 26 January 2011 30 January 2011
21 January 2011 25 January 2011 30 January 2011 02 February 2011 06 February 2011 11 February 2011 15 February 2011
31 January 2011 04 February 2011 09 February 2011 12 February 2011 16 February 2011 21 February 2011 25 February 2011
04 February 2011 08 February 2011 13 February 2011 16 February 2011 20 February 2011 25 February 2011 01 March 2011
14 February 2011 18 February 2011 23 February 2011 26 February 2011 02 March 2011 07 March 2011 11 March 2011
14 September 2011 18 September 2011 23 September 2011 26 September 2011 30 September 2011 05 October 2011 09 October 2011
16 September 2011 20 September 2011 25 September 2011 28 September 2011 02 October 2011 07 October 2011 11 October 2011
20 September 2011 24 September 2011 29 September 2011 02 October 2011 06 October 2011 11 October 2011 15 October 2011
23 September 2011 27 September 2011 02 October 2011 05 October 2011 09 October 2011 14 October 2011 18 October 2011
27 September 2011 01 October 2011 06 October 2011 09 October 2011 13 October 2011 18 October 2011 22 October 2011
30 September 2011 04 October 2011 09 October 2011 12 October 2011 16 October 2011 21 October 2011 25 October 2011
10 October 2011 14 October 2011 19 October 2011 22 October 2011 26 October 2011 31 October 2011 04 November 2011
18 October 2011 22 October 2011 27 October 2011 30 October 2011 03 November 2011 08 November 2011 12 November 2011
28 October 2011 01 November 2011 06 November 2011 09 November 2011 13 November 2011 18 November 2011 22 November 2011
01 November 2011 05 November 2011 10 November 2011 13 November 2011 17 November 2011 22 November 2011 26 November 2011
• Forecast turning point date with no indication of direction

7. Trading Rule 3
•Don't follow a blind man's
advice.

8. Squares
1.0 1.0 1.0
2.0 2.0 4.0
3.0 3.0 9.0
4.0 4.0 16.0
5.0 5.0 25.0
6.0 6.0 36.0
7.0 7.0 49.0
8.0 8.0 64.0
9.0 9.0 81.0
10.0 10.0 100.0
11.0 11.0 121.0
12.0 12.0 144.0
13.0 13.0 169.0
14.0 14.0 196.0
15.0 15.0 225.0
16.0 16.0 256.0
17.0 17.0 289.0
18.0 18.0 324.0
19.0 19.0 361.0
20.0 20.0 400.0
21.0 21.0 441.0
22.0 22.0 484.0
23.0 23.0 529.0
24.0 24.0 576.0
25.0 25.0 625.0
26.0 26.0 676.0
27.0 27.0 729.0
28.0 28.0 784.0
29.0 29.0 841.0
30.0 30.0 900.0
Example: R157 turning point - 6.40%

9. Trading Rule 4
•Don't try to guess tops or
bottoms.

10. SQUARE OF NINE ESSENTIALS

11. Trading Rule 5
•Avoid trading after long
periods of success or
failure.