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Gann and Elliott: price, time and fan scale

Calculate three rates from one origin and check a crossing using completed closes.

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All numbers and scenarios below are invented. These exercises check observations and rules; they report no measured return or promised reversal. O/H/L/C mean open/high/low/close; V is volume from the chosen source.

Gann: specify price and time scale first

A Gann fan projects chosen price/time ratios. On a linear scale, freeze origin (t=0,P=80) and chosen rate q=1.5 price units per completed bar: g(t)=80+1.5t. Half and double rates are 0.75 and 3. A displayed 45° depends on chart scaling; 1×1 refers to chosen units, not automatically one dollar per day.

At t=9, C=94 is above g=93.5; at t=10, C=94 is below g=95, satisfying our completed-close crossing rule. At t=11, C=97 returns above g=96.5, so immediate downside continuation is not supported. Freeze origin, rate, window 1–12 and this exact crossing rule before observation. A different origin or scale creates another hypothesis. A fan ray assigns no wave role; crossing it neither replaces Elliott’s structural invalidation nor guarantees the next ray will be reached.

Teaching diagram; marks show only the explicitly specified data.78889810811891011036912q=3q=1.5q=0.75
Teaching diagram; marks show only the explicitly specified data.
tCg(t)q=0.75q=3
080808080
18281.580.7583
2848381.586
38584.582.2589
487868392
58887.583.7595
6908984.598
79190.585.25101
8939286104
99493.586.75107
10949587.5110
119796.588.25113
121009889116

Is changing q to 2 after the outcome the same test?

No. g(10) becomes 100 instead of 95. Retain the original result and register the new rate as another version.

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