Stock Trader's Almanac 2025

58th Annual Edition of the leading resource on US stock market trend, patterns, and cycles

Neatly organized in an accessible calendar format, Stock Trader''s Almanac 2025 enables traders around the world to make sense of the complexities of the US stock market by recognizing historical cycles, trends, and patterns that are essential to making sound investment decisions. This 58th Annual Edition has been thoroughly revised for 2025 to help readers on monthly and daily basis, explaining a wealth of proven proprietary strategies including the “January Barometer,” the “Santa Claus Rally,” the “Best Six Months,” and the four-year “Presidential Election Cycle.”

Edited by veteran trader and market strategist Jeffrey Hirsch, this 2025 Almanac is a testament to the original iconic work founder Yale Hirsch created in the first 1968 edition and the over five decades of behavioral finance thought leadership it has provided since. The Almanac remains the most valuable trader''s desk reference on Wall Street and this year''s edition is packed with seasonal and historic investing insights for the year ahead including:

• How our Presidential Elections affect the economy and the stock market—just as the moon affects the tides
• Post-Election Years Best Year of the 4-Year Cycle Since 1985
• How the passage of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution fathered the January Barometer
• Why there is a significant market bias at certain times of the day, week, month and year
• Market behavior three days before and after the holidays
• Updates investment knowledge and informs you of new techniques and tools.
• Is a monthly reminder and refresher course.
• Alerts you to both seasonal opportunities and dangers.
• Furnishes a historical viewpoint by providing pertinent statistics on past market performance.
• Supplies forms necessary for portfolio planning, record keeping and tax preparation

On the desks of Top Money Managers since 1968, Stock Trader''s Almanac 2025 is an essential resource for both retail and institutional investment professionals seeking to understand recurring patterns in the US stock market and consistently maximize profit potential.

7 Introduction to the Fifty-Eighth Edition

10 2025 Outlook

12 2025 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 74 Years

20 Bulls Win When Market Hits The January Trifecta

22 February Almanac

24 Down Januarys: A Remarkable Record

26 Market Charts of Post-Presidential Election Years

28 Post-Election Year Performance by Party

30 March Almanac

32 Post-Election Years: Paying the Piper

34 Market Fares Better Under Democrats; Dollar Holds Up Under Republicans

36 The December Low Indicator: A Useful Prognosticating Tool

38 How to Trade Best Months Switching Strategies

40 April Almanac

42 Dow Jones Industrials One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1901

44 S&P 500 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1930

46 NASDAQ, Russell 1000 & 2000 One-Year Seasonal Pattern Charts Since 1971

48 May Almanac

50 Summer Market Volume Doldrums Drive Worst Six Months

52 Top Performing Months: Standard & Poor’s 500 and Dow Jones Industrials

54 “Best Six Months”: Still an Eye-Popping Strategy

56 MACD-Timing Triples “Best Six Months” Results

58 June Almanac

60 Top Performing NASDAQ Months

62 Get More out of NASDAQ’s “Best Eight Months” with MACD Timing

64 Triple Returns, Fewer Trades: Best 6 + 4–Year Cycle

66 July Almanac

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