👀 WEEKLY SUMMARY 10.3-14.3 / FORECAST

📉 S&P500 – 9th week of the base cycle (average 20 weeks), which began with the pivot forecast on January 13. The bear is completing the overdue 50-week and 4-year cycles. Target levels are outlined here. Retrograde Venus, which typically supports bulls, aligned with the bear this year and reinforced the decline.

👉 As I mentioned in early March and in the last post, retrograde Venus played out this week with a one-week lag upwards. The reversal was confirmed by the extreme forecast on March 17, as expected. This is classic – the start of retrograde Mercury. The setup suggests the beginning of the second phase of the base cycle.

⚠️ Given that we are in a bearish base cycle, the second phase is also expected to be bearish – a short rally followed by a sharp drop below the opening level. A strong resistance level is at the familiar 5850 mark. The next extreme forecast is March 17. Since retrograde Mercury falls on a Saturday, it may have already played out on Friday, marking the start of Phase 2. The next extreme forecast is March 24. There's also a pivot forecast on March 19, but that is more relevant to crude.

👉 The movement range of the short position from January 24 or the triple top on February 20 to the March 17 extreme forecast exceeded $20K per contract. Congratulations to those who took the trade – a great setup. The more daring traders may consider a long position from March 17, as there is decent upside potential to 5850.

🏆 GOLD – 3rd week of the new base cycle (15-20+ weeks). The previous cycle lasted 15 weeks. This may have been the shortest correction to a base cycle low in gold’s history. The reason lies in retrograde Venus, which strongly impacts currencies and, in turn, gold. This year, retrograde Venus crashed the dollar, amplifying gold’s bullish momentum.

In my February 23 post, I wrote:
"The next extreme forecast is March 3 – the beginning of the retrograde Venus period, which I mentioned in early December. I cautiously assume that March 3 could mark the start of a new base cycle in gold from one of the listed support levels."

👉 I also did not rule out the start of a new cycle in the last post. By then, our long position from the March 3 extreme forecast had already reached breakeven. This extreme forecast reversed gold upward from the extreme forecast level of October 28 (2850 on current futures).

⚠️ Next extreme forecasts for gold: March 17 and March 24.

🛢 CRUDE – 15th week of the base cycle (28 weeks). Timing and structure indicate signs of a double bottom and the start of the second phase.

⚠️ My bearish outlook remains unchanged, as outlined in my summer 2024 crude oil post. The next extreme forecast is March 19, coinciding with retrograde Mercury on March 17.

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