W.D. Gann 📐✨ – A Pioneer of Market Geometry and Forecasting
📜 Introduction William Delbert Gann (1878 – 1955) remains one of the most enigmatic 🕵️♂️ and studied figures in financial‐market history. Famous for his precise price–time forecasts 🎯, Gann developed a suite of analytical tools that still influence traders, analysts, and academics nearly a century later. This post offers a concise overview of his life, core ideas, and lasting accomplishments. 🌱 Early Life and Career Born in Lufkin, Texas, Gann grew up in a modest farming family 🚜. He left school early to support his parents, educating himself through voracious reading 📚 and a keen fascination with numbers 🔢. In 1903 he moved to New York City and opened his first brokerage office on Wall Street, where he began refining the geometric and cyclical techniques that would define his legacy. 🏆 Key Accomplishments and Innovations 1. Gann Angles 📈📐 Gann believed that market prices progress in geometric proportions. Gann Angles —most famously the 1×1 angle (one unit of pr...