The Profit Magic of Stock Transaction Timing (1970) is Cyclepedia's main corpus. What follows is not in that book: it comes from JM Hurst's Cycles Course (Cyclitec, ~1973) and the modern teaching tradition (David Hickson, Sentient Trader, hurstcycles.com).
Three levels of the Hurst corpus
| Level | Source | Role in Cyclepedia |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Profit Magic (1970) | «Start» path — envelopes, VTL, Fourier |
| 2 | Cyclic Analysis (1999) + Cycles Course | Phasing analysis, diamond notation, full method |
| 3 | Hickson / Sentient Trader | Operational FLD, software, intraday extension |
Raw sources: raw/sources/hurst/.
Recommended path (post-1970)
- eight-principles-cyclic-model-hurst
- phasing-analysis-hurst
- diamond-notation
- underlying-trend
- time-translation
- fld
- synchronicity-trick-hurst
Profit Magic vs Cycles Course
| Book (1970) | Course (~1973) | |
|---|---|---|
| Method | Mathematical: nested envelopes, displaced MAs | Pattern recognition: phasing analysis |
| Projections | MA intersection extrapolation | Full cyclic model |
| Strength | Well-defined cyclicality, objective rules | Complex markets, chart skill |
| Limit | Fragile extrapolation if cyclicality is weak | Requires practice and interpretation |
Hurst himself treated the course as his operational method; the book covers only part of the theory.