We have found that many of the most common questions regarding this course are asked again and again by different people, so we have compiled a list of questions and Dr. Goulden's answers from the first months to help better explain and clarify issues that are most generally come up. We will continue to add to this section as more good questions are asked. If there is a specific question you have which you do not see answered here, please contact us and we will ask Dr. Goulden to answer it.
The examples in the book cover Crude Oil, the S&P 500 (for which a fully rectified chart is provided) and 4 stocks: Facebook, Boeing, Pepsi, and Advent Software. The techniques are of generic application. Stocks were featured because the timing of first trade could be well established, and therefore served to demonstrate clearly the operation of astrological principles.
The methods described will work for stocks and anything where the commencement date of trading is known - this includes commodity futures, bonds and indices. Bonnie Hill's site has first trade dates for many markets. The reader would need to consider whether there is a robust "start date" for trading of the market of interest.
In many respects, a currency pair is not a singular metaphysical entity, but rather a measure of the relative strength between two entities - both of which have a long and uncertain history. Whilst CME gives 16 May 1972 as the first trade date for most currency futures, this date is probably not reliable. There is also the problem of natal location, given that currencies are traded on a global electronic platform. More experienced readers may be able to rectify useful charts for each individual currency based on the major events of its history. For example, in the case of GBP/USD, one could set up one chart for the foundation of the Bank of England. This would be used to set a trend chart for the national currency. Similarly, one might take the foundation (or operational launch) of the Federal Reserve. One could then produce a trend plot from its nativity. When the two trend plots move in the same direction, the FX price would be flat, but when they move in opposite directions, this would produce a trending market on the currency pair. The course does not cover intraday applications and therefore may not be suitable for the average FOREX trader.
The course is not written for a novice. Without a reasonable knowledge of astrology and without having some experience of attempting to forecast markets using astrology, the reader will be disadvantaged. Firstly, the material may not be properly understood; more dangerously, the reader will not recognise that the material has not been understood. Secondly, its value may not be appreciated, since it will present various solutions to problems that the reader will not have encountered. The suggested reading list is intended to cover essential astrological principles and the more particular application of astrology to financial markets. Other books may serve an equivalent introductory purpose.
The methodology does not require an interpretive analysis as would be found in most astrology. Generally, there are positive aspects and negative aspects which drive a market up or down. So the answer would be that analysis is based on alignments. What the financial astrologer finds is that he is presented with a mix of conflicting aspects. The key in this course is in deciphering which aspects are "live" by the Chronocrators and therefore which should be given full weight. This does not preclude a mixed picture, but will often give a much clearer one, from which trend can be predicted. And if one patiently waits for times when the aspect stream is very consistent, one can trade a very strong trend. This is shown in the stock examples included in the course.
Many (if not most) other types of technical analysis offer no real prospect of progress in terms of being able to trade like Gann, Bayer or Baumring. The majority of technical analysts will forever be dealing with systems that are about 55-60% accurate and must therefore rely on money management. Also, having entered trades, they don't really know what the market will do, and this makes it hard to run a position for big profits. In practice, those attempting to "trail the stops" will often have those stops hit and therefore lose their positions.
Applying the techniques in the course (depending on prior experience, perhaps at first only when the astrological indications are overwhelmingly consistent), the reader will be able to enter a trade and KNOW that the market will move strongly for a period of time. Having once made a trade with that kind of feeling, the reader will recognise the notable deficiencies of the common methods of technical analysis.
We will continue to add to this section as more good questions are asked. If there is a specific question you have which you do not see answered here, please send it to us and we will ask Dr. Goulden to answer it.