Barefootjoey — Indicators and Strategies

Benner Cycles 📜 Overview The Benner Cycles indicator is a visually intuitive overlay that maps out one of the most historically referenced market timing models—Samuel T. Benner’s Cycles—directly onto your chart. This tool highlights three distinct types of market years: Panic, Peak, and Buy years, based on the rhythmic patterns first published by Benner in the late 19th century. Benner's work is legendary among financial historians and cycle theorists. His original charts, dating back to the 1800s, remarkably anticipated economic booms, busts, and recoveries by following repeating year intervals. This modern adaptation brings that ancient rhythm into your TradingView workspace. 🔍 Background Samuel T. Benner (1832–1913) was an Ohioan ironworks businessman and farmer who, after losing everything in the Panic of 1873, sought to uncover the secrets of economic cycles. His work led to the famous Benner's Cycle Chart, which forecasts business activity using repeatable intervals of panic, prosperity, and opportunity. Benner’s method was based on a combination of numerological, agricultural, and empirical observations—not unlike early forms of technical and cyclical analysis. His legacy survives through a set of three rotating intervals for each market condition. George Tritch was the individual responsible for preserving and publishing Samuel T. Benner’s economic cycle charts after Benner's death. While Benner was the original creator of the Benner Cycle, Tritch is known for reproducing and circulating the Benner chart in the early 20th century, helping it gain broader recognition among traders, economists, and financial historians. 🛠️ Features Overlay Background Highlights shades the chart background to reflect the current year's cycle type Configurable Year Range defines your own historical scope using Start Year and End Year Fully Customizable Colors & Opacity Live Statistics Table (optional) displays next projected Panic, Peak, and Buy years as well as current year’s market phase Cycle Phase Logic (optional) prioritizes highlighting in order of Panic > Peak > Buy if overlaps occur 📈 Use Cases Macro Timing Tool – Use the cycle phases to align with broader economic rhythms (especially useful for long-term investors or cycle traders). Market Sentiment Guide – Panic years may coincide with recessions or major selloffs; Buy years may signal deep value or accumulation opportunities. Overlay for Historical Studies – Perfect for comparing past major market movements (e.g., 1837, 1929, 2008) with their corresponding cycle phase. See known limitations below. Forecasting Reference – Identify where we are in the repeating Benner rhythm and prepare for what's likely ahead. ⚠️ Limitations ❗ Not Predictive in Isolation: Use in conjunction with other tools. ❗ Calendar-Based Only: This indicator is strictly time-based and does not factor in price action, volume, or volatility. ❗ Historical Artifact, Not a Guarantee ❗ Data Availability: This indicator's historical output is constrained by the available price history of the underlying ticker. Therefore, it cannot display cycles prior to the earliest candle on the chart.

The Mayan Calendar This indicator displays the current date in the Mayan Calendar, based on real-time UTC time. It calculates and presents: 🌀 Long Count (Baktun.Katun.Tun.Uinal.Kin) – A linear count of days since the Mayan epoch (August 11, 3114 BCE). 🔮 Tzolk'in Date – A 260-day sacred cycle combining a number (1–13) and one of 20 day names (e.g., 4 Ajaw). 🌾 Haab' Date – A 365-day civil cycle divided into 18 months of 20 days + 5 "nameless" days (Wayeb'). The calculations follow Smithsonian standards and align with the Maya Calendar Converter from the National Museum of the American Indian: 👉 maya.nmai.si.edu The results are shown in a table overlay on your chart's top-right corner. This indicator is great for symbolic traders, astro enthusiasts, or anyone interested in ancient timekeeping systems woven into financial timeframes. Enjoy, time travelers! ⌛

The Investment Clock Orbital Graph The Investment Clock Orbital Graph is an advanced visualization tool designed to help traders and investors track economic cycles using a dynamic scatter plot of GDP growth vs. CPI inflation rates. This indicator is a fusion of two powerful TradingView indicators: LuxAlgo ’s Relative Strength Scatter Plot – A robust scatter plot for tracking relative strength. The Investment Clock Indicator – A cycle-based approach to market rotation. This indicator contains more information regarding The Investment Clock. By combining these approaches, the Investment Clock Orbital Graph enables traders to visualize economic momentum and inflationary trends in a unique, orbital-style scatter plot. Key Features & Improvements Orbital Graph Representation – Displays GDP growth and CPI inflation as a dynamic, evolving scatter plot, showing how the economy moves through different phases. Quadrant-Based Market Regimes – Identifies four key economic phases: 1)🔥 Overheating (High Growth, High Inflation) 2)📉 Stagflation (Low Growth, High Inflation) 3)🤒 Recovery (High Growth, Low Inflation) 4)🎈 Reflation (Low Growth, Low Inflation) Data-Driven Analysis – Utilizes FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) for accurate real-world GDP & CPI data. Trailing Path of Economic Evolution – Tracks historical economic cycles over time to show momentum and cyclical movements. Customizable Parameters – Set sustainable GDP growth and inflation thresholds, adjust trail length, and fine-tune scatter plot resolution. Auto-Labeled Quadrants & Revised Accurate Market Guidance – Each quadrant includes newly updated tooltips and annotations (like ETF suggestions) to help traders make informed decisions. Live Macro Forecasting Tool – Helps traders anticipate future market conditions, rate hikes/cuts, and sector rotations. How to Use for Trading Decisions The Investment Clock Orbital Graph helps traders and macro investors by identifying market phases and providing insights into asset class performance during different economic conditions. 📌 Step 1: Identify the Current Quadrant Locate the most recent point on the orbital graph to see if the economy is in Overheating, Stagflation, Recovery, or Reflation. 📌 Step 2: Forecast Market Trends The trajectory of the points can predict upcoming economic shifts: Overheating → Stagflation ➡️ Expect economic slowdowns, bearish stock markets. Stagflation → Reflation ➡️ Interest rate cuts likely, bonds and defensive stocks perform well. Reflation → Recovery ➡️ Risk-on rally, technology and cyclicals perform best. Recovery → Overheating ➡️ Commodities surge, inflation rises, and central banks intervene. 📌 Step 3: Align Trading & Investing Strategies 🔥 Overheating – Favor commodities & energy (Oil, Industrial Stocks, Materials). 📉 Stagflation – Favor defensive assets (Cash, Utilities, Healthcare). 🤒 Recovery – Favor growth stocks (Technology, Consumer Discretionary). 🎈 Reflation – Favor bonds, value stocks, and financials. 📌 Step 4: Monitor Trends Over Time The indicator visualizes economic movement over multiple months, allowing traders to confirm long-term trends vs. short-term noise. The Investment Clock Orbital Graph is an essential macro trading tool, providing a real-time visualization of economic conditions. By tracking GDP growth vs. CPI inflation, traders and investors can align their portfolios with major macroeconomic shifts, predict sector rotations, and anticipate central bank policy changes.

SemiCircle Cycle Notation Pivots For decades, traders have sought to decode the rhythm of the markets through cycle theory. From the groundbreaking work of HM Gartley in the 1930s to modern-day cycle trading tools on TradingView, the concept remains the same: markets move in repeating waves with larger cycles influencing smaller ones in a fractal-like structure, and understanding their timing gives traders an edge to better anticipate future price movements🔮. Traditional cycle analysis has always been manual, requiring traders to painstakingly plot semicircles, diamonds, or sine waves to estimate pivot points and time reversals. Drawing tools like semicircle & sine wave projections exist on TradingView, but they lack automation—forcing traders to adjust cycle lengths by eye, often leading to inconsistencies. This is where SemiCircle Cycle Notation Pivots indicator comes in. Semicircle cycle chart notation appears to have evolved as a practical visualization tool among cycle theorists rather than being pioneered by a single individual; some key influences include HM Gartley, WD Gann, JM Hurst, Walter Bressert, and RayTomes. Built upon LonesomeTheBlue's foundational ZigZag Waves indicator , this indicator takes cycle visualization to the next level by dynamically detecting price pivots and then automatically plotting semicircles based on real-time cycle length calculations & expected rhythm of price action over time. Key Features: Automated Cycle Detection: The indicator identifies pivot points based on your preference—highs, lows, or both—and plots semicircle waves that correspond to Hurst's cycle notation. Customizable Cycle Lengths: Tailor the analysis to your trading strategy with adjustable cycle lengths, defaulting to 10, 20, and 40 bars, allowing for flexibility across various timeframes and assets. Dynamic Wave Scaling: The semicircle waves adapt to different price structures, ensuring that the visualization remains proportional to the detected cycle lengths and aiding in the identification of potential reversal points. Automated Cycle Detection: Dynamically identifies price pivot points and automatically adjusts offsets based on real-time cycle length calculations, ensuring precise semicircle wave alignment with market structure. Color-Coded Cycle Tiers: Each cycle tier is distinctly color-coded, enabling quick differentiation and a clearer understanding of nested market cycles.

Astro: Celestial Body Channel Lines This is fork of the previous Astro: Planetary Channel Lines indicator that now includes over a dozen different celestial bodies, made possible after the most recent update of the AstroLib library. Celestial Body Channel Lines is an approach to financial astrology that involves using the positions of the celestial bodies to predict trends and patterns in the stock market. The idea behind celestial body lines is that the positions of the bodies in the sky at the time of a market event can significantly influence that event. The celestial body lines approach involves mapping the bodies' positions onto a stock market graph, with each body's position representing a specific line. These lines are thought to indicate areas of support and resistance, as well as potential turning points in the market. This indicator includes geocentric/heliocentric celestial body lines on the chart for up to two bodies, price scaling & vertical offset, mirror/inversion switch, retrograde highlighting, and aspect recognition with customizable precision.

Astro: Planetary Speed Planetary speed refers to the rate at which a planet moves along its orbit around the Sun. The speed of a planet can vary depending on its distance from the Sun, and is generally fastest at the point in its orbit where it is closest to the Sun (perihelion) and slowest at the point where it is farthest from the Sun (aphelion). The significance of planetary speeds lies in their astrological interpretation. In astrology, the speed of a planet is thought to influence its energy and influence earthly affairs. Fast-moving planets, such as Mercury and Venus, are believed to have a more immediate and fleeting influence, while slower-moving planets, such as Jupiter and Saturn, are thought to have a more long-lasting and significant impact. Astrologers use the speed of the planets, along with their positions, aspects, and other factors, to interpret their influence. By understanding the energy and symbolism associated with each planet, astrologers can provide insight and guidance to individuals seeking a greater understanding.

Astro: Planetary Aspects In astrology, planetary aspects refer to the angles formed between two or more planets in a horoscope or birth chart. These angles are created by the positions of the planets in the sky and are thought to represent a particular energy or influence that can impact events on Earth. The most common planetary aspects are the conjunction (when two planets are in the same position in the zodiac), the opposition (when two planets are direct across from each other in the zodiac), the trine (when two planets are 120 degrees apart in the zodiac), and the square (when two planets are 90 degrees apart in the zodiac). This oscillator plots the current geocentric/heliocentric aspect for up to two planets and features a customizable precision of degree (up to +/- 15 degrees) for each aspect.

Hurst Diamond Notation Pivots This is a fairly simple indicator for diamond notation of past hi/lo pivot points, a common method in Hurst analysis. The diamonds mark the troughs/peaks of each cycle. They are offset by their lookback and thus will not 'paint' until after they happen so anticipate accordingly. Practically, traders can use the average length of past pivot periods to forecast future pivot periods in time🔮. For example, if the average/dominant number of bars in an 80-bar pivot point period/cycle is 76, then a trader might forecast that the next pivot could occur 76-ish bars after the last confirmed pivot. The numbers/labels on the y-axis display the cycle length used for pivot detection. This indicator doesn't repaint, but it has a lot of lag; Please use it for forecasting instead of entry signals. This indicator scans for new pivots in the form of a rainbow line and circle; once the hi/lo has happened and the lookback has passed then the pivot will be plotted. The rainbow color per wavelength theme seems to be authentic to Hurst (or modern Hurst software) and has been included as a default.