Market Outlook – Cycle Modeling, Analog Analysis & Trading Playbook 2026 Market Outlook: - A Cycle-Based Framework for the Coming Inflection Year By FazDane Analytics – Gann Cycles • SPX Analog Modeling • Macro Liquidity Signals Introduction Financial markets rarely move randomly. Beneath the volatility and narrative noise, long-term structural cycles tend to repeat in surprisingly consistent patterns. Using W.D. Gann’s time-cycle matrix, liquidity-driven analogs, and historical SPX behavior, 2026 emerges as one of the most important inflection years of the decade. The Gann row containing 2026 links directly to some of the most consequential years in market history: 1913 → 1932 → 1950 → 1969 → 1987 → 2006 → 2008 → 2026 These years include major tops, bottoms, crashes, liquidity contractions, and generational turning points. Together they form the backbone of the 2026 Analog SPX Model , a statistically meaningful roadmap for how markets may behave thro...
Mid-Term Election Year Market Insight A review of monthly S&P 500 performance across the last ten U.S. mid-term election years reveals a consistent pattern of elevated volatility, deep mid-year drawdowns, and powerful late-year recoveries . Mid-term years commonly begin with weakness, as January and February frequently tilt negative due to policy uncertainty, tightening financial conditions, and shifts in fiscal expectations ahead of elections. The heatmap highlights that the second and third quarters (May through September) tend to be the most fragile part of the cycle, often producing clusters of materially negative returns. This behavior was especially pronounced in historically stressed mid-term years such as 2002, 1998, 2010, 2018, and 2022 , when monthly declines reached as low as –8% to –14%. Despite these mid-year selloffs, the data strongly confirms the well-known mid-term election year rebound effect . After September, markets typically transition into a p...