Five things to watch in markets in the week ahead
Gold futures are entering a critical phase of acceleration that integrates both short-term (30-day) and long-term (360-day) Gann time cycles into a unified bullish structure. The market’s rebound from the Buy 1 Weekly level at $3,912 and decisive close above the VC PMI Daily and Weekly equilibrium at $4,000 confirm a dual-phase transition: the completion of a mean-reversion low and the initiation of a new expansion wave.
The 30-day Gann cycle, anchored around September 10, 2025, forecasted a timing low for October 9–12, perfectly aligning with the current reversal pattern. Historically, this phase represents the end of a short-term accumulation and the start of a markup stage—a period characterized by accelerating volatility and upward price rotation. When this cycle synchronizes with the 360-day master cycle, as it does now, the result is often a powerful harmonic resonance that drives vertical movement in price.
The 360-day cycle, anchored from October 2024, marks the conclusion of a full solar-year rotation. This alignment brings the market into what Gann described as a “time of equalization”, where price and time balance in preparation for a new annual up-leg. With both cycles converging this week, the probability for a sustained rally through October 20–24 rises dramatically. The next harmonic extension points, based on the Square of 9 geometric rotations from the $4,000 pivot, target $4,078 (+45°), $4,169 (+90°), and $4,288 (+135°), with a potential 180° rotation high near $4,365.
This pattern mirrors the classical Gann sequence: low-volume accumulation → breakout from equilibrium → time-price expansion. The MACD confirms the internal rhythm, emerging from deep negative divergence and hinting at an impending bullish crossover—a technical confirmation that the cycle low is complete.
In this context, the VC PMI AI model and Gann time framework are in rare harmony. The 30-day momentum window overlaps with the 360-day annual rotation, reinforcing the $4,000 pivot as the key geometric and temporal fulcrum. As long as gold sustains closes above this level, the probability structure supports a continued advance toward $4,169–$4,288 by late October.
Gold has therefore entered its 30-360 Gann Expansion Phase, where the confluence of time, price, and geometry align to forecast a sustained, potentially explosive rally—a rhythm of balance now transforming into motion.
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