{"id":26168,"date":"2026-01-22T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/?p=26168"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:06:59","slug":"the-dna-of-the-market-patterns-hiding-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/the-dna-of-the-market-patterns-hiding-in-plain-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"The DNA of the Market: Patterns Hiding in Plain Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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How often do you see a photo that stops you cold \u2013 mouth open, pulse racing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One that makes you question what you thought you knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s how Nobel Prize-winning biologist James Watson described seeing \u201cPhotograph 51\u201d for the first time in January 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a strange image taken by British chemist Rosalind Franklin with a technique called \u201cX-ray crystallography.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her X-ray captured a crucial pattern in our DNA that no one had detected before. The DNA strands twisted and crossed into what we now know as \u201cthe double helix\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo 51 showed for the first time that the DNA forms a double helix. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: King\u2019s College London Archives<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These scientists weren\u2019t the ones to discover DNA. That was back in 1869.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But 80 years went by before Franklin\u2019s X-ray crystallography began to reveal a hidden structure that had been there all along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out, patterns and cycles are pretty much everywhere in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s also true of the stock market. You\u2019ve just got to be able to spot them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And much like the DNA double helix \u2013 you can\u2019t really do it with the naked eye…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need an X-ray view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what our TradeSmith Seasonality software is designed to do. By analyzing more than 2.2 quintillion data points… across decades of market history… we have found historically reliable windows when specific stocks tend to rise and fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The patterns I\u2019m talking about have even held up through bull and bear markets, manias and panics, wars, pandemics, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And based on these signals, we created rapid-fire trading to pinpoint bullish seasonality windows on 5,000 stocks \u2013 to the day. In our backtests, the system\u2019s trades have won with 83% accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The long-term returns were also more than twice that of the broad market:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I walked through how this \u201cX-ray view\u201d works during my Prediction 2026 event on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also pointed out some fast-approaching seasonal patterns that every investor should be aware of… some that will hit as soon as Jan. 28. So if you missed it, make suer you catch the replay here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then read on for three opportunities TradeSmith Seasonality reveals now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy the Hidden Green Zones in Stocks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to price cycles in stocks, it\u2019s not really something you\u2019d try to find manually. That\u2019d be an enormous undertaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019d have to pull up a one-year chart like this…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Line up one-year charts, one after the other, going back a decade or more…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And keep track of how that index behaved across thousands of trading windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or \u2013 you could just type \u201cSPX,\u201d for the S&P 500, into the TradeSmith Seasonality tool. In a split second, it averages up as many years as you want…Then, it gives you one, simple seasonality trend line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of all, it highlights \u201cgreen zones,\u201d when it\u2019s gone up 80% of the time or more. Plus \u201cred zones,\u201d when it\u2019s fallen 80%+ of the time. You can do this for pretty much any stock you want and map out great trades \u2013 in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past 15 years, the S&P 500 has had green zones in late January, in April, and in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the absolute best one starts June 29:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Between June 29 and July 21, the S&P has gone up in all 15 of the past 15 years, with an average return of 3.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we can find larger short-term returns by training this tool on individual stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Quick, Bullish Trades for Your Radar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tesla (TSLA), for one, has four of these \u201cgreen zones\u201d throughout the year. The next one is March 18 through April 6. And in that window, the stock has returned 7.8%, on average, over the last 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, TSLA has an especially strong window starting May 20. Buying that day returned an average 12.7% in just one month \u2013 through June 22:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Those are the optimal patterns to follow our seasonality strategy, trading individual stocks at their absolute best times of year. And our seasonality data on the stock market tells a dramatic story now for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It paints a compelling picture of other companies, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In honor of Rosalind Franklin, the pioneer who took that crucial photograph of our DNA…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s look at a biotech company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the seasonality \u201cX-ray\u201d of Eli Lilly (LLY).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The optimal time to own LLY is also mid-year, although it also offers a nice, quick bullish trade from Feb. 11 to March 5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see, that mid-year green zone begins on June 4 and ends on July 17. It has an 86.7% historical accuracy rate. And over that time, it returned an average gain of 5.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll also notice all the other times of year that don\u2019t get these green or red windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s because we aren\u2019t willing to dive in at any random season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We only want to trade the deepest, most predictable cycles. So reliable, they\u2019re like the eternal rhythms of nature and biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using TradeSmith’s Seasonality tool, we’ve put this approach to the test across thousands of stocks, major indexes, and even commodities and currencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over an 18-year backtest, following seasonal patterns delivered 857% in total returns — more than twice what the S&P 500 returned over the same stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very worst year in our test was 2007 \u2013 and even then, our strategy still turned a profit. And it beat the S&P 500 by over 2-to-1 that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Your Calendar for These Key Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why, if you missed it, I hope you\u2019ll check out the replay of our Prediction 2026 event.<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll walk you through the seasonal patterns coming up that you need to watch for… why they keep working even when markets get chaotic… and how to put them to work in your own portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you\u2019ll see, getting your timing right could matter more to your wealth than any stock pick you make this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the first date to watch for is Jan. 28. If this seasonal pattern plays out as expected, it could unlock one of the best trading setups we’ve seen in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, check out the replay while there\u2019s still time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the best,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Kaplan
CEO, TradeSmith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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