The Sawtooth Statistic gives a clue to the general mood of the markets, functioning as a sort of sentiment indicator. The chart represents the sawtooth percentage of (approximately) monthly cycles over the past year, and of the (approximately) bi-weekly cycles, averaged over the past six months.

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Semi-Annual Avg. of Bi-weekly Sawtooth Signals at 75 and 25	Signaled Appreciation minus non-signaled Appreciation	Annualized %
Buy Signals - 3 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	11.82 % minus 2.73 % = 9.08 %	76.89 %
Future5SesAvgClose	4.72 % minus 0.55 % = 4.17 %	211.87 %
Future2SesAvgClose	1.56 % minus 0.28 % = 1.28 %	162.65 %
Sell Signals - 6 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	3.62 % minus 2.73 % = 0.88 %	7.47 %
Future5SesAvgClose	-0.02 % minus 0.55 % = -0.57 %	-29.06 %
Future2SesAvgClose	-0.15 % minus 0.28 % = -0.43 %	-54.61 %
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Semi-Annual Avg. of Bi-weekly Sawtooth Signals middle Crossing	Signaled Appreciation minus non-signaled Appreciation	Annualized %
Buy Signals - 48 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	1.68 % minus 2.73 % = -1.05 %	-8.93 %
Future5SesAvgClose	0.22 % minus 0.55 % = -0.33 %	-16.90 %
Future2SesAvgClose	-0.01 % minus 0.28 % = -0.29 %	-36.57 %
Sell Signals - 49 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	2.82 % minus 2.73 % = 0.09 %	0.73 %
Future5SesAvgClose	0.18 % minus 0.55 % = -0.37 %	-19.03 %
Future2SesAvgClose	0.31 % minus 0.28 % = 0.03 %	3.24 %
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Semi-Annual Avg. of Bi-weekly Sawtooth Signals at 70 and 30	Signaled Appreciation minus non-signaled Appreciation	Annualized %
Buy Signals - 11 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	4.90 % minus 2.73 % = 2.17 %	18.37 %
Future5SesAvgClose	1.35 % minus 0.55 % = 0.80 %	40.64 %
Future2SesAvgClose	0.13 % minus 0.28 % = -0.15 %	-18.91 %
Sell Signals - 16 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	7.87 % minus 2.73 % = 5.14 %	43.51 %
Future5SesAvgClose	1.02 % minus 0.55 % = 0.47 %	24.03 %
Future2SesAvgClose	0.27 % minus 0.28 % = -0.02 %	-2.13 %
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Projection of Representative Monthly Cycle	Signaled Appreciation minus non-signaled Appreciation	Annualized %
Buy Signals - 170 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	1.89 % minus 2.73 % = -0.84 %	-7.12 %
Future5SesAvgClose	0.26 % minus 0.55 % = -0.29 %	-14.83 %
Future2SesAvgClose	0.14 % minus 0.28 % = -0.14 %	-17.85 %
Sell Signals - 183 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	2.93 % minus 2.73 % = 0.20 %	1.66 %
Future5SesAvgClose	0.78 % minus 0.55 % = 0.23 %	11.82 %
Future2SesAvgClose	0.48 % minus 0.28 % = 0.20 %	25.37 %
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Projection of BiWeekly Modal Cycles	Signaled Appreciation minus non-signaled Appreciation	Annualized %
Buy Signals - 376 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	2.85 % minus 2.73 % = 0.11 %	0.96 %
Future5SesAvgClose	0.66 % minus 0.55 % = 0.10 %	5.31 %
Future2SesAvgClose	0.31 % minus 0.28 % = 0.03 %	3.24 %
Sell Signals - 384 instances
Future30SesAvgClose	2.32 % minus 2.73 % = -0.41 %	-3.47 %
Future5SesAvgClose	0.49 % minus 0.55 % = -0.06 %	-3.24 %
Future2SesAvgClose	0.19 % minus 0.28 % = -0.09 %	-11.95 %
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The best buy signal for 30 future sessions was 9.08 % from the Semi-Annual Avg. of Bi-weekly Sawtooth Signals at 75 and 25,and the best sell signal for was -0.41 % from the Projection of BiWeekly Modal Cycles.

For 5 future sessions the best buy signal was 4.17 % from the Semi-Annual Avg. of Bi-weekly Sawtooth Signals at 75 and 25,and the best sell signal was -0.57 % from the Semi-Annual Avg. of Bi-weekly Sawtooth Signals at 75 and 25.

The best buy signal for 2 future sessions was 1.28 % from the Semi-Annual Avg. of Bi-weekly Sawtooth Signals at 75 and 25,and the best sell signal was -0.43 % from the Semi-Annual Avg. of Bi-weekly Sawtooth Signals at 75 and 25.

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