Raymond A. Merriman is President of the Merriman Market Analyst, Inc, a market timing advisory service and publisher of research, books, and products in financial market timing since 1981. In the field of finances, he is known as a market analyst and market timer. In the field of Astrology, he is known as a Financial and Mundane Astrologer.

As a financial market analyst, Ray edits several financial reports for traders and investors throughout the world. His flagship newsletter is known as the MMA Cycles Report, a monthly report for traders that covers the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P futures, Gold, Silver, Treasury Notes, Euro and Swiss Franc currency, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, and Crude Oil futures. Another monthly newsletter, known as the SOS Global Market Cycles report, offers a long-term cyclical outlook for various world indices, such as the DJIA, NASDAQ Composite, German DAX, Netherlands AEX, the Swiss SMI, the Hang Seng of Hong Kong, Australia’s All Ordinaries, and the XAU (Gold and Silver Mining) index. For shorter-term traders, MMA offers both a weekly and daily update of many financial futures. Several of Merriman’s clients are professional traders who have seats on the various exchanges, or work as traders for large funds.

As a professional commodities trading advisor, Merriman is a licensed CTA (Commodities Trading Advisor) through the NFA (National Futures Association) for over 25 years. He has also passed the series 7 and 3 exams while serving as an investment advisor for Prudential Securities, E.F. Hutton, and Paine Webber, 1986-1994. He left the Wall Street firms in 1994 as Accounts Vice President of Retail Commodity futures for Paine Webber, a post he had held for 4 years.

In 1994, Merriman returned to his passion, which is as a Financial Astrologer and researcher. At that time, he commenced writing a series of books showing the correlation between cycles in financial markets and planetary cycles. Previously, in 1982, he had written “The Gold Book: Geocosmic Correlations to Gold Price Cycles,” the first quantitative study ever published on the correlation of planetary cycles (as opposed to lunar cycles) to cycles in a financial market. In 1991, he published the first edition of “The Sun, the Moon, and Silver Market,” showing the correlation of various solar-lunar cycles to the tops and bottoms of filtered waves of at least 3%.

In 1994, he launched an entirely new campaign that first involved a basic primer on Cycles Studies (“Merriman on Market Cycles: The Basics”), then astrology (“Basic Principles of Geocosmic Studies for Financial Market Timing”). These were followed by four volumes of “The Ultimate Books on Stock Market Timing,” a very comprehensive study of the U.S. stock market cycles and its correlation to geocosmic studies, which were written from 1997 through 2005. The fifth and final part of this 5-volume set is expected to be completed in 2010, and will demonstrate the relationship between various technical analysis studies and both geocosmic and cyclical studies in long-term, intermediate-term, and short-term movements in stock indices.

Merriman also served as President for the International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR, Inc), a non-profit astrology membership organization dedicated to raising standards for the profession of astrology, as well as raising public understanding as to the value of Astrology to society and culture. He served in this role from 1994-2000, and again from 2002-2008.

In addition to his newsletters and constant research on the correlation of planetary cycles to cycles in human activity, Ray also trades his own account and makes time to speak to both financial and astrology groups throughout the world. His free weekly column is translated in seven different languages (English, German, Japanese, French, Dutch, Russian and Serbian). It is estimated that approximately 500,000 people per week read one of the versions of this free weekly report. In English, it can be read on Ray’s own website at www.mmacycles.com, www.stariq.com, or www.markettiming.nl.  

Complete and ordering information, for Ray's books can be found here

The Sun, the Moon and the Silver Market: Secrets of a Silver Trader

Raymond Merriman

Revised edition "A multi-faceted gem of a read is this one. Going for it is its research rigor, simplicity of expression, focus, and comprehensive use-ability. Well-referenced, the research results and summaries at the end of each chapter are listed for easy access and re-access by the trader. Mr. Merriman wrote this book with the trader and the material in mind, for it is easy to go through the varying levels of sophisticated research in order to learn by re-building the rationale of each trade presented. "Highly recommended." - World-Wide Trader's News and Technical Service. This popular book is now back in print, and completely revised with 25 years of daily prices studied for correlations between the Sun and Moon signs of isolated highs and lows in COMEX Silver (1981-2006). Instead of 3% reversals as explored in the first edition, this new work examines 4% reversals, and which signs have the highest (and lowest) correlations to such reversals. It also identifies correlations between Sun-Mercury and Sun-Venus signs for further support to high probability trades. And a new section has been added that examines "Big Range Days" - those days in which Silver has a range of at least 3.5% of the value of the low of that day. This is a fabulous tool for those who wish to be day-traders of this volatile precious metal. All in all, this book provides the maximum benefit that all traders seek: high probability trades with minimal market exposure, making it a great reference book for short-term traders (1-7 day positions). Price - $125.00.

Raymond A. Merriman
c/o MMA, Inc
PO Box 250012
W. Bloomfield, MI 48325
1-248-626-3034
raymond@mmacycles.com
www.mmacycles.com.