The W.D. Gann Method of Trading: A Simplified, Clear Approach
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The W.D. Gann Method of Trading: A Simplified, Clear Approach by Gerald Marisch distills the timeless laws of Gann into a concise, modern guide for traders seeking to master price–time relationships. Marisch revives Gann’s legendary 50 % Retracement Rule and geometric angles, explaining how they reveal the natural order behind all market movements.
Rather than mysticism or over-complex theory, this book delivers a practical, step-by-step system any trader can apply. Beginning with Gann’s historical background, it then teaches how to draw angles, determine retracement zones, set precise stop-loss orders, and identify major turning points. Real-world S&P 500 and Treasury-Bond charts demonstrate how to forecast when and where prices will react, giving readers a working model of Gann’s discipline.
By combining mathematics, geometry, and disciplined psychology, Marisch presents Gann’s philosophy in a form that’s both accessible and deeply instructive. It’s one of the clearest introductions to applying Gann’s 50 % Rule, price-time balance, and market geometry for consistent trading results.
✅ What You’ll Learn:
- The 50 % Retracement Rule and how to calculate retracement zones.
- How to plot Gann Angles (1×1, 2×1, 4×1, etc.) to project price and time.
- The method for linking price units to time units to forecast reactions.
- How to use stop-loss orders and “three lines of defense.”
- Practical procedures for establishing, trading, and liquidating positions.
- The role of stochastics, Fibonacci ratios, and Treasury Bond examples in refining setups.
- How to fine-tune Gann’s principles for modern markets and computer-charting.
💡 Key Benefits:
- Translates Gann’s complex methods into a simple, actionable framework.
- Builds confidence through clearly defined rules, angles, and retracements.
- Equips traders to project both price targets and timing windows.
- Ideal for combining geometry, cycles, and risk management.
- Essential for anyone studying Gann, geometry, or astro-based timing.
👤 Who This Book Is For:
- Intermediate to Advanced traders exploring W.D. Gann’s technical science.
- Analysts who want a clear, simplified retracement-zone system.
- Students of market geometry, price-time balance, or astro-finance.
- Discretionary traders seeking mathematical structure to refine timing.
📚 Table of Contents:
- Gann,His Rules and His Angles
- Definitions
- Establishing a Retracement Zone
- Stop-Loss Orders
- Liquidation in the Retracement Zone
- After Profits … Now What?
- Fine Tuning the 50% Rule
- A Word about Stochastics
- What to Trade – United States Treasury Bonds
- Putting It All Together
- Does It Work All The Time?
- Getting Started
The W. D. Gann Method of Trading: A Simplified, Clear Approach By Gerald Marisch
| Author(s) | |
|---|---|
| Product Type | Ebook |
| Format | |
| Skill Level | Beginner to Intermediate |
| Pages | 209 |
| Publication Year | 1990 |
| Delivery | Instant Download |
6 reviews for The W.D. Gann Method of Trading: A Simplified, Clear Approach
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Melanie Perez (verified owner) –
The book is either guilty of many mathematical errors or the author has left out reasons for using formulas which don’t add-up. I stopped reading at page 18 and returned the book. This is where all of the unexplained miscalculations began.
Ariella Faulkner (verified owner) –
You will learn that the most important retracements are 50% and 100%. So, you should be at first half broke and than completly broke.
Lots of charts, but no hint how it is drawn.
It is stated that your computer should be a 286 or 386.
You will have conversion tables to convert fractions to decimals: 1/2 = 0.5
4/8 = 0.5.
Do not waste your time and your money.
Jayla Dennis (verified owner) –
In addition to being poorly written and poorly edited, this book is not helpful. I guarantee that after reading this book, you will not know any more about Gann’s trading methods than when you started. Nothing is explained! Hard to believe that the author could claim to be making Gann understandable when the book does not help at all.
Owen Adkins (verified owner) –
This book achieves what it aims to do. It gives an overview of some of Gann’s ideas and explains his 50% retracement rule in almost painful detail.
I understand the frustration of the previous two reviewers. The book is poorly edited and full of typographical errors. Because it contains a lot of detailed workings, there is a tendency for the eye to skip over that detail. I can imagine that is exactly what the editor’s eye did. Hence the typos.
This book is not worthless though. It contains some sound advice about the importance of employing systematic analysis and the disciplined use of stops. It also provides a simple but reasonably effective trading technique. On the other hand, it is dull and too long. The general technique is also covered more succinctly and interestingly in other trading books.
It is not worth the “new” price but a cheap secondhand copy or, even better, a loaner might be worth the effort
Jonathan Davidson (verified owner) –
I have had the book in my library for almost 20 years, and I find the book to have solid value.
I will agree that there are glaring typos, and mislabeled fractions, but if one takes the concepts presented, and take note of the errors, and apply the methods to charts point by point, one will see the book is useful indeed.
I have observed in my trading career that many traders want something “NEW”, but are not profitable using the “OLD”. Yes the book does teach simple concepts, but it is the simple concepts that make money. If you are NOT good in math, and do not read critically, this book may not be for you. But, if you have basic math skills, and know how to separate the gold from the garbage, you too, will find this book does indeed have value.
Emanuel Webb (verified owner) –
Summary from my full length review – A no nonsense book that explains the Gann method clearly with many examples including walk-thru of the trades (both good and bad ones) and how orders are adjusted. One of the earlier books on trading that truly gives the reader a simple working trading method.