Robert Taylor’s Xyber 9 Reviewed

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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 program is based on Robert Taylor’s research showing a relationship between gravitational fluctuations and stock market movements, a finding which apparently also got him a Nobel Prize nomination in Economics. 

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. In fact, the research he conducted demonstrated that every significant high and low in the market over the last century has had an inverse relation to the highs and lows in tidal activity. From this finding, Taylor developed a model that predicts future stock market direction based on expected gravitational fluctuations, and Xyber 9 is the result of this research.

For those inclined to take a closer look at the research, Taylor has written a fictional book called Paradigm, which outlines the research behind his theories. Fortunately, people who are not interested in the fictional tale can skip to the paper at the end of the book which details Taylor’s findings.”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. The Xyber 9 site does post all past forecasts, so you can see for yourself. Overall, the Xyber 9 program does seem to perform better than what believers of the random walk theory would expect. 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’s calculations of gains and losses tend to be unrealistic, as he takes the high/low of the forecast day, and compares it against the high/low of the exit day. This means that for long positions, the low of the first day would be assumed to be the entry point, and the high of the last day would be assumed to be the exit point.In the real world, no investor could replicate this as it would require them to buy or sell at precise high or low points, and this means that the results you get will be lower than what the site posts, especially after slippage and commissions are factored in.

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.

The following site offers more information on Xyber 9, as well as a full Xyber 9 review article. 

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