While modern proponents often downplay it to make his work seem more conventional, Gann’s original courses are deeply tied to the movement of planets and celestial bodies. He believed that human psychology—and therefore the markets—was influenced by these cosmic cycles.
Believers point to documented, notarized trading records from the 1920s and 1930s (e.g., a 1909 Ticker and Investment Digest interview claiming Gann made 286 trades in 25 days, 264 winners, with a 92% success rate). They argue that his methods are too complex for backtesting software and require subjective, intuitive application. For them, the Gann courses are a "lost science" of market harmonics.
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We interviewed three graduates of top-tier Gann courses.
W.D. Gann courses offer a number of benefits to traders, including: