The Rare Writings of W. D. Gann

The Rare Writings of W.D. Gann compiled by Bradley F. Cowan is an invaluable collection of Gann’s lesser-known manuscripts and teachings, many of which were hidden, unpublished, or difficult to access for decades. This book brings together some of Gann’s most profound insights, offering readers a rare opportunity to study his esoteric and mathematical approach to market forecasting in greater depth.

Cowan has carefully preserved and organized Gann’s original materials, ensuring that modern traders and researchers can benefit from the full scope of his genius. Within these writings, readers will encounter Gann’s explorations of time cycles, geometric charts, number squares, and the Law of Vibration, as well as his investigations into planetary influences on financial markets.

The text not only provides a window into Gann’s analytical methods but also highlights his spiritual and philosophical views, which he believed were inseparable from market science. Traders will find unique strategies, geometric diagrams, and numerical progressions that demonstrate Gann’s ability to forecast market movements with uncanny precision.

For serious Gann students, historians of finance, and market practitioners seeking to unlock the hidden depths of Gann’s legacy, this collection is both a treasure and a practical resource.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

• Access to rare and unpublished writings of W.D. Gann.
• Insights into Gann’s deeper esoteric and mathematical principles.
• Understanding the Law of Vibration and its role in forecasting.
• Advanced use of Gann’s squares, charts, and angles.
• How planetary cycles and natural law influence market trends.
• Practical trading lessons derived from Gann’s original manuscripts.
• A historical perspective on Gann’s secret teachings and methods.

By studying these rare works, traders gain direct exposure to the hidden aspects of Gann’s market philosophy and timeless forecasting tools.

Table of Contents:

1. Natural Resistance Levels and Time Cycle Points 

• United States Steel Corporation
• Time and Resistance Points According to Squares of Numbers
• Important Numbers for Resistance—12 to 100

2. How To Make Profits Trading In Puts And Calls 

• Spread or Straddle
• How to Use Puts and Calls in Place of Stop Loss Orders
• When to Buy Puts and Calls
• How to Trade Against Puts and Calls
• Kinds of Stocks to Buy Puts and Calls On
• Examples of Trading with Puts and Calls
• Rules for Buying Puts and Calls on Low-Priced Stocks

3. How To Sell Puts And Calls 

• Selling Calls to Get Short of the Market
• How to Protect Yourself in Selling Puts or Calls
• Buying a Put and Selling a Call at the Same Time

4. Forecasting 

• Major Time Cycles
• Rules for Future Cycles
• Forecasting Monthly Moves
• Forecasting Weekly Moves
• Forecasting Daily Moves
• How to Divide the Yearly Time Period
• Bull and Bear Calendar Years (the ten-year stock cycle)
• Important Points to Remember in Forecasting
• How to Make Up Annual Forecasts
• Master 20-Year Forecasting Chart
• Fast Moves and Culminations at Important Time Periods (parts of a circle—geometrical angles)
• Review of Dow Jones Industrial Stocks from 1896
• New York Stock Exchange Permanent Chart
• How to Trade
• Capital Required for Trading
• Pyramiding

5. Auburn Motors 

6. Soy Beans Price Resistance Levels 

• Active Angles and Degrees
• 24-Cent Moves or More

7. Coffee Santos; Coffee Rio Points 

8. W.D. Gann Mathematical Formula For Market Predictions

• The Master Mathematical Price Time and Trend Calculator
• The Great Cycle of the Square of 144
• Weekly Time Periods
• Monthly Time Periods
• Five Factors for Time and Price
• Strongest Points for Time and Price Resistance
• Triangle Points
• Squares in the Square of 144
• Where to Watch for Changes in Trend
• Hourly Time Periods
• Great Yearly Time Cycle
• Nine Spaces and Nine Time Periods
• Green Angles
• Strongest and Weakest Points
• How to Use the Master Square of 144
• Calendar Days and Market Days
• Leap Years
• How to Place the Master Chart Square of 144 on Charts

9. Method For Forecasting The Stock Market 

• Kind of Charts
• How to Forecast
• Time Rules for Forecasting Stocks
• Instructions for Forecasting the Stock Market
• How to Use Angles from Tops and Bottoms
• Rules for Angles from Bottoms
• Why Geometrical Angles Work on Stocks
• How to Use Geometrical Angles
• Vanadium Steel, Weekly High & Low Chart, Volume of Sales
• Monthly Volume Charts on Dow-Jones 30 Industrials from June 1921 to May 1930
• Fast Advances and Fast Declines
• What Rule to Use When in Doubt
• Master “12” Chart
• Square of Nine
• Six Squares of Nine
• The Human Body

10. Gann’s Personal Astrological Charts 131

Appendix A –Wyckoff Interview With WD Gann in 1909 

Appendix B –Promotional Booklet Issued by WD Gann in 1954 

Appendix C –List Of Books For Sale By WD Gann

The Rare Writings of W. D. Gann By Bradley F. Cowan