Syntax : An Introduction to Minimalism

57th edition of the gold standard in US stock market trend, patterns, and cycles In Stock Trader’s Almanac 2024 , veteran trader and market strategist Jeffrey Hirsch delivers the latest edition of the most trusted source used by traders around the world to make sense of the complexities of the US stock market. You’ll master key cycles and trends, including the “January Barometer,” the “Santa Claus Rally,” the “Best Six Months,” and the four-year “Presidential Election Cycle” as you learn to trade and invest with confidence. You’ll explore strategies for getting a handle on increased market volatility, identifying past periods of exceptional price movement in the market, as well as streaks of positive and negative performance likely to repeat themselves. You’ll also find: Month-by-month strategies that deliver reliably outsized market returns based on cyclical trends Key explanations and descriptions of seasonal and annual cycles that consistently repeat themselves, year after year Strategies and techniques that promise―and deliver―a sizeable impact on your investing bottom-line For 57 years, the Almanac has offered savvy investors the freshest data and most insightful advice. Stock Trader’s Almanac 2024 is the comprehensive roadmap to investing eagerly anticipated by day traders, long-term investors, and portfolio managers alike. Cover Page 1 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Contents 5 Introduction to the Fifty-Seventh Edition 9 2024 Outlook 12 2024 Strategy Calendar 14 January Almanac 16 January’s First Five Days: An “Early Warning” System 18 The Incredible January Barometer (Devised 1972): Only 12 Significant Errors in 73 Years 20 Bulls Win When Market Hits The January Trifecta 22 February Almanac 24 Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record 26 2024 Presidential Election Year Perspectives 28 Market Charts of Presidential Election Years 30 March Almanac 32 How the Government Manipulates the Economy to Stay in Power 34 Incumbent Party Wins & Losses 36 The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool 40 How to Trade Best Months Switching Strategies 42 April Almanac 44 Dow Jones Industrials One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1901 46 S&P 500 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1930 48 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 & 2000 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1971 50 May Almanac 52 Summer Market Volume Doldrums Drive Worst Six Months 54 Top Performing Months: Standard & Poor’s 500 and Dow Jones Industrials 56 “Best Six Months”: Still an Eye-Popping Strategy 58 MACD-Timing Triples “Best Six Months” Results 60 June Almanac 62 Top Performing NASDAQ Months 64 Get More out of NASDAQ’s “Best Eight Months” with MACD-Timing 66 Triple Returns, Less Trades: Best 6 + 4-Year Cycle 68 July Almanac 70 First Month of Quarters Is the Most Bullish 74 2022 Daily Dow Point Changes (Dow Jones Industrial Average) 76 Don’t Sell Stocks on Monday or Friday 78 A Rally for All Seasons 80 August Almanac 82 Take Advantage of Down Friday/Down Monday Warning 84 Only Two Losses Last 7 Months of Election Years 86 Fourth Quarter Market Magic 88 September Almanac 90 Market Gains More on Super-8 Days Each Month Than on All 13 Remaining Days Combined 92 A Correction for All Seasons 94 First-Trading-Day-Of-The-Month Phenomenon 96 October Almanac 98 Sector Seasonality: Selected Percentage Plays 100 Sector Index Seasonality Strategy Calendar 102 Market Behavior Three Days Before and Three Days After Holidays 106 November Almanac 108 Traders Feast on Small Stocks Thanksgiving Through Santa Claus Rally 110 Trading the Thanksgiving Market 112 Aura of the Triple Witch—4th Quarter Most Bullish: Down Weeks Trigger More Weakness Week After 114 December Almanac 116 Most of the So-Called January Effect Takes Place in the Last Half of December 118 January Effect Now Starts in Mid-December 120 Wall Street’s Only “Free Lunch” Served Before Christmas 122 If Santa Claus Should Fail to Call, Bears May Come to Broad and Wall 124 2025 Strategy Calendar 126 DIRECTORY OF TRADING PATTERNS & DATABANK 128 Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2024 129 Recent Dow Jones Industrials Market Probability Calendar 2024 130 S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2024 131 Recent S&P 500 Market Probability Calendar 2024 132 NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2024 133 Recent NASDAQ Market Probability Calendar 2024 134 Russell 1000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2024 135 Russell 2000 Index Market Probability Calendar 2024 136 Decennial Cycle: A Market Phenomenon 137 Presidential Election/Stock Market Cycle: The 190-Year Saga Continues 138 Dow Jones Industrials Bull and Bear Markets Since 1900 139 Standard & Poor’s 500 Bull and Bear Markets Since 1929/NASDAQ Composite Since 1971 140 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: January and February 141 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: March and April 142 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: May and June 143 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: July and August 144 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: September and October 145 Dow Jones Industrials 10-Year Daily Point Changes: November and December 146 A Typical Day in the Market 147 Through the Week on a Half-Hourly Basis 148 Tuesday & Wednesday Most Profitable Days of Week 149 NASDAQ Strongest Last 3 Days of Week 150 S&P Daily Performance Each Year Since 1952 151 NASDAQ Daily Performance Each Year Since 1971 152 Monthly Cash Inflows into S&P Stocks 153 Monthly Cash Inflows into NASDAQ Stocks 154 November, December, and January: Year’s Best Three-Month Span 155 November Through June: NASDAQ’s Eight-Month Run 156 Dow Jones Industrials Annual Highs, Lows, & Closes Since 1901 157 Standard & Poor’s 500 Annual Highs, Lows, & Closes Since 1930 159 NASDAQ Annual Highs, Lows, & Closes Since 1971 160 Russell 1000 and 2000 Annual Highs, Lows, & Closes Since 1979 161 Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Percent Changes Since 1950 162 Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Point Changes Since 1950 164 Dow Jones Industrials Monthly Closing Prices Since 1950 166 Standard & Poor’s 500 Monthly Percent Changes Since 1950 168 Standard & Poor’s 500 Monthly Closing Prices Since 1950 170 NASDAQ Composite Monthly Percent Changes Since 1971 172 NASDAQ Composite Monthly Closing Prices Since 1971 174 Russell 1000 Monthly Percent Changes Since 1979 176 Russell 1000 Monthly Closing Prices Since 1979 177 Russell 2000 Monthly Percent Changes Since 1979 178 Russell 2000 Monthly Closing Prices Since 1979 179 10 Best Days by Percent and Point 180 10 Worst Days by Percent and Point 181 10 Best Weeks by Percent and Point 182 10 Worst Weeks by Percent and Point 183 10 Best Months by Percent and Point 184 10 Worst Months by Percent and Point 185 10 Best Quarters by Percent and Point 186 10 Worst Quarters by Percent and Point 187 10 Best Years by Percent and Point 188 10 Worst Years by Percent and Point 189 STRATEGY PLANNING AND RECORD SECTION 190 Portfolio at Start of 2024 191 Additional Purchases 192 Short-Term Transactions 194 Long-Term Transactions 196 Interest/Dividends Received During 2024/Brokerage Account Data 2024 198 Weekly Portfolio Price Record 2024 199 Weekly Indicator Data 2024 201 Monthly Indicator Data 2024 203 Portfolio at End of 2024 204 If You Don’t Profit from Your Investment Mistakes, Someone Else Will/Performance Record of Recommendations 205 Individual Retirement Accounts: Most Awesome Mass Investment Incentive Ever Devised 206 G.M. Loeb’s “Battle Plan” for Investment Survival 207 G.M. Loeb’s Investment Survival Checklist 208 EULA 211