In this review of Xyber 9, I will examine the Xyber 9 stock forecasting program developed by Robert Taylor, and offered online through a monthly membership site. The software is based on the research of Robert Taylor, a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Economics, who discovered that stock prices correlate with gravitational fluctuations as evidenced by the level of tides. 

You may question how gravitational forces have anything to do with the stock market, however, Taylor’s research does show a strong connection between the two.As a matter of fact, the research done by Taylor shows that major high and low points in the stock market over the last hundred years or so have had an inverse relationship to highs and lows in gravitational activity, as measured by tidal levels. Observing this, Taylor went on to develop a model that predicts stock market direction from calculating gravitational fluctuations, and Xyber 9 was born as a result.

People interested in making a closer examination of the research can refer to Taylor’s book, Paradigm, which explains his findings and theories through a fictional tale.But you need not read the story if you are only interested in the research, since a paper at the end of the book covers Taylor’s research in detail.”Taylor’s Law” describes the correlation Taylor found between the stock market and gravitational fluctuations, and states the following.

“The financial market’s expansion and contraction is quantitatively in direct correlation to the increases and decreases in gravitational fluctuations experienced at the human level. Increases in market price are in direct response to decreases in gravitational forces; and, decreases in market price are in direct response to the increases in gravitational forces.”

All this may be quite fascinating, but the real question is whether the model, and more specifically whether the Xyber 9 software can indeed predict stock prices. By going to the Xyber 9 website, you can view past forecasts and see for yourself. On the whole, the model does seem to do a lot better than what the random walk theory would suggest. But it is far from perfect. 

As a former subscriber of Xyber 9, one frustrating thing was trying to replicate the performance posted on the site. Taylor calculates gains and losses in an unrealistic way by taking the high or low of the day the forecast was made, and comparing it to the high or low at the end of the forecast. For a long position, this would mean that the low of the signal day would be used as the entry price, and the high of the final day would be used as the exit price. Of course, in real life, no trader would be able to capture the high or low of the signal day, and therefore the actual results tend to be a lot lower than what is posted, especially after commissions and slippage are taken into account.

But despite this, Taylor’s forecasts often do beat the market by quite a bit. During the market mayhem that unfolded at the end of 2008, the Xyber 9 program did seem to perform better than a traditional buy and hold strategy. However, the software did give out signals that went against several major moves, so its reliability is still not high enough for me to trust it too much. 

So in conclusion, although I think Taylor has unveiled an interesting relationship between gravitational fluctuations and stock prices, I believe he may need to tweak his program just a bit more to make the Xyber 9 program truly powerful. Right now, it shows lots of promise, but its accuracy is still not high enough for me to be comfortable with the signals, especially during a volatile market.

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