Waning Moon correction
Locked at publication · 05 October 2026, 16:21 UTC
- Prediction
- Following Bitcoin's post-Full-Moon advance and the FM+6 high/rejection around the $87k region, I predict that Bitcoin will enter a corrective/consolidation phase during the waning Moon. Between now and the next New Moon, I expect Bitcoin to form a sequence of lower highs rather than establish a sustained breakout to new highs. The correction does not necessarily require a major collapse. The principal prediction is declining upside momentum and lower highs as Bitcoin approaches the New Moon. Around the New Moon, I expect Bitcoin to establish a new local low/turning region. From that area, I expect the market to begin another bullish phase, ultimately resuming the larger daily Cup & Handle breakout and moving towards its existing measured target of approximately $100,000–$103,000. Invalidation: A sustained breakout above the current ~$87k resistance/high region before the New Moon, followed by acceptance and continued higher highs, would invalidate the lower-high portion of the prediction. Result: Pending.
- Objective test criteria
- The prediction will be considered supported if all three stages occur: 1. Waning-phase structure: Between 5 October and the next New Moon, Bitcoin fails to establish sustained acceptance above the current ~$87,000–$87,400 resistance/high region and produces a generally declining sequence of significant swing highs. 2. New Moon turning point: Bitcoin establishes a qualifying local low during the predefined New Moon T0:T+3 calendar-day window, using the existing frozen strict-local-low methodology: the candidate day's daily LOW must be below the lows of the preceding three and following three daily candles. 3. Post-New-Moon recovery: Following that qualifying low, Bitcoin reverses upward and subsequently resumes the larger bullish structure, initially demonstrated by breaking the final significant lower high formed during the waning phase. Longer term, progress toward the existing $100,000–$103,000 Cup & Handle target will be tracked separately rather than required immediately to score the lunar timing prediction.
- Invalidation criteria
- The waning-phase prediction is invalidated if Bitcoin establishes a sustained bullish breakout above ~$87,400 before the New Moon and subsequently forms higher highs rather than the predicted lower-high structure. The New Moon component fails if no qualifying strict local low occurs during T0:T+3 under the frozen methodology. The post-New-Moon bullish-resumption component fails if a qualifying New Moon low occurs but Bitcoin subsequently breaks materially lower rather than reversing and eventually reclaiming the final significant waning-phase lower high. A temporary intraday wick above ~$87,400 does not by itself invalidate the prediction; sustained acceptance/market structure above that level is required.
- Confidence / uncertainty
- moderate
- Made at
- 05 October 2026, 16:21 UTC
Evidence snapshot frozen at the time of the prediction
{
"as_of": "2026-10-05T16:21:01.068774",
"market": {
"as_of": "2026-10-05",
"price": 85255.58,
"change_24h_pct": -1.42,
"change_7d_pct": 2.1,
"change_30d_pct": 6.8,
"annualised_volatility_30d_pct": 38.36,
"ma50": 79476.52,
"ma200": 71578.33,
"rsi14": 42.51,
"regime": "uptrend (price > 50d > 200d)",
"support": [
83502.61,
77300.48,
75776.13,
75612.51
],
"resistance": [
86602.91
],
"all_time_high": 124752.53,
"pct_from_ath": -31.66
},
"lunar": {
"as_of": "2026-10-05T16:21:01.079311",
"phase_name": "Waning Crescent",
"illumination_pct": 26.87,
"age_days": 24.54,
"is_waxing": false,
"last_new_moon": "2026-09-11T03:26:55",
"last_full_moon": "2026-09-26T16:48:57",
"days_since_new_moon": 24.54,
"days_since_full_moon": 8.98,
"next_new_moon": "2026-10-10T15:50:01",
"next_full_moon": "2026-10-26T04:11:44",
"days_to_next_new_moon": 4.98,
"days_to_next_full_moon": 20.49,
"upcoming": [
{
"event_type": "new_moon",
"label": "New Moon",
"exact_at": "2026-10-10T15:50:01",
"strength_score": 35.6,
"nodal_distance_deg": 49.783
},
{
"event_type": "full_moon",
"label": "Full Moon",
"exact_at": "2026-10-26T04:11:44",
"strength_score": 39.7,
"nodal_distance_deg": 66.006
},
{
"event_type": "new_moon",
"label": "New Moon",
"exact_at": "2026-11-09T07:02:03",
"strength_score": 11.3,
"nodal_distance_deg": 80.881
},
{
"event_type": "full_moon",
"label": "Full Moon",
"exact_at": "2026-11-24T14:53:29",
"strength_score": 36.0,
"nodal_distance_deg": 82.862
}
]
},
"natal": {
"date": "2026-10-05",
"natal_moment_utc": "2009-01-03T18:15:05",
"notable_transits": [
{
"transiting_body": "Pluto",
"natal_point": "Mercury",
"aspect": "conjunction",
"orb_deg": 0.04,
"is_applying": true,
"weight": 1.943,
"event_date": "2026-10-05",
"label": "transiting Pluto conjunction natal Mercury"
},
{
"transiting_body": "Pluto",
"natal_point": "Jupiter",
"aspect": "conjunction",
"orb_deg": 3.28,
"is_applying": true,
"weight": 1.417,
"event_date": "2026-10-05",
"label": "transiting Pluto conjunction natal Jupiter"
},
{
"transiting_body": "Neptune",
"natal_point": "Moon",
"aspect": "conjunction",
"orb_deg": 2.07,
"is_applying": false,
"weight": 1.291,
"event_date": "2026-10-05",
"label": "transiting Neptune conjunction natal Moon"
},
{
"transiting_body": "Jupiter",
"natal_point": "Neptune",
"aspect": "opposition",
"orb_deg": 2.38,
"is_applying": true,
"weight": 1.25,
"event_date": "2026-10-05",
"label": "transiting Jupiter opposition natal Neptune"
},
{
"transiting_body": "Saturn",
"natal_point": "Sun",
"aspect": "square",
"orb_deg": 2.55,
"is_applying": false,
"weight": 1.23,
"event_date": "2026-10-05",
"label": "transiting Saturn square natal Sun"
}
],
"transit_count": 20,
"disclaimer": "Experimental interpretive layer. Astrology is not established financial forecasting and is reported here alongside price structure, volume, regime and real catalysts - never instead of them."
},
"active_experiments": [
{
"id": 4,
"ref": "",
"title": "September 2026: Full Moon Local High Test",
"status": "planned",
"summary": "Testing if the Full Moon on September 26, 2026, marks a local high in Bitcoin's price.",
"hypothesis": "This test is worth recording as it explores the potential correlation between lunar phases and Bitcoin price movements, contributing to our understanding of market dynamics.",
"prediction": "This experiment aims to determine whether the Full Moon on September 26, 2026, marks a local high in Bitcoin's price. We will observe the price action from the Full Moon date (September 26) and up to 4.4 days later (October 1, 2026). The hypothesis is that a local high will form during this window. A local high is defined as a price point that is higher than the prices immediately preceding and following it within the specified time frame. This test is consistent with previous observations that suggest lunar phases may influence market behavior. The strength of the Full Moon's influence will be recorded in advance as context only and is not evidence that a high must occur.",
"test_criteria": "A local high forms in the window from September 26, 2026, to October 1, 2026. A local high qualifies when the price on a given day is higher than the prices on the two preceding days and the two following days.",
"invalidation_criteria": "No local high forms in the specified window.",
"outcome": "pending",
"starts_at": null,
"ends_at": null
},
{
"id": 3,
"ref": "",
"title": "September 2026: Full Moon Local High Test",
"status": "planned",
"summary": "Testing if the Full Moon on September 26, 2026, marks a local high in Bitcoin's price.",
"hypothesis": "This test is worth recording as it explores the potential correlation between lunar phases and Bitcoin price movements, contributing to our understanding of market dynamics.",
"prediction": "This experiment aims to determine whether the Full Moon on September 26, 2026, marks a local high in Bitcoin's price. We will observe the price action from the Full Moon date (September 26) and up to 4.4 days later (October 1, 2026). The hypothesis is that a local high will form during this window. A local high is defined as a price point that is higher than the prices immediately preceding and following it within the specified time frame. This test is consistent with previous observations that suggest lunar phases may influence market behavior. The strength of the Full Moon's influence will be recorded in advance as context only and is not evidence that a high must occur.",
"test_criteria": "A local high forms in the window from September 26, 2026, to October 1, 2026. A local high qualifies when the price on a given day is higher than the prices on the two preceding days and the two following days.",
"invalidation_criteria": "No local high forms in the specified window.",
"outcome": "pending",
"starts_at": null,
"ends_at": null
},
{
"id": 2,
"ref": "EXP-2026-09-NM",
"title": "September 2026: the pre-registered New-Moon low test",
"status": "observing",
"summary": "A prospective, pre-registered test of the New-Moon / local-low correspondence, registered before the window opened and judged by rules fixed in advance.",
"hypothesis": "A strict local low forms in the window T0:T+3 following the New Moon (11-14 September 2026 inclusive).",
"prediction": "If a qualifying low forms, measure the maximum upside at exactly 7, 14 and 21 days from the pivot. The New-Moon geometry strength recorded in advance is context only and is not evidence that a low must occur.",
"test_criteria": "A strict 7-day pivot on the daily LOW: a day t in [T0, T+3] qualifies when LOW[t] < LOW[t-1], LOW[t-2], LOW[t-3] AND LOW[t] < LOW[t+1], LOW[t+2], LOW[t+3]. Strictly less-than on both sides; ties do not qualify. Defined on intraday lows, not closing prices. A qualifying pivot is not invalidated by a later lower low.",
"invalidation_criteria": "No day in T0:T+3 satisfies the strict 7-day low pivot. A lower low forming later, inside or outside the window, does NOT invalidate a pivot that has already qualified - it is recorded separately as context.",
"outcome": "partially_consistent",
"starts_at": "2026-09-11T03:26:55",
"ends_at": "2026-09-30T23:59:59"
}
],
"recent_predictions": [
{
"id": 4,
"title": "Prediction: FM+4 Triangle Breakout",
"text": "Bitcoin is currently consolidating near $83,500\u2013$84,000 within a mature 4-hour symmetrical triangle following the recent move from approximately $75,000 to above $87,000.\r\nMy prediction is that Bitcoin will resolve this triangle to the upside within the next 24 hours, with an initial breakout through the descending resistance around $84,000\u2013$84,500.\r\nA sustained breakout accompanied by increasing volume would strengthen the case for a move back toward $85,000\u2013$86,000, followed by a potential retest of the recent high around $87,000.\r\nWhy this prediction is being made\r\nThree independent factors are converging.\r\nLunar timing: Bitcoin is entering approximately FM+4, close to the FM+4.4 average identified in our recent historical Full Moon research. The broader historical study also found a median relationship around FM+6, making the next several days the predefined Full Moon observation window.\r\nTechnical structure: BTC has compressed into an increasingly tight 4H symmetrical triangle. Price is now approaching the apex, making a volatility expansion increasingly likely. The triangle itself is direction-neutral; the upward direction is the specific prediction being tested.\r\nMacro catalyst: Significant US economic data is scheduled for today at approximately 13:15\u201313:30 BST, including employment, GDP and inflation-related releases. These could provide a catalyst for the volatility required to resolve the technical compression.\r\nWhat counts as confirmation?\r\nThe prediction will be considered technically confirmed if Bitcoin produces a decisive breakout above the triangle's descending resistance, preferably followed by a 4H close above it and increasing trading volume.\r\nFurther confirmation would come from:\r\nUpside breakout within 24 hours.\r\nA wick above resistance that immediately returns inside the triangle will not be considered sufficient confirmation.\r\nWhat would invalidate the prediction?\r\nThe prediction should be considered unsuccessful if:\r\n- BTC decisively breaks the triangle to the downside;\r\n- support around approximately $82.5\u201383k fails with expanding selling volume; or\r\n- no meaningful upside breakout occurs within the stated 24-hour prediction window.\r\nThe time window will not be extended retrospectively if the breakout occurs later.\r\nExperimental significance\r\nThis prediction was recorded before the triangle resolved and before today's US economic data was known.\r\nThe Bitcoin vs The Moon hypothesis does not propose that the Full Moon causes a Bitcoin move. Instead, this experiment is testing whether lunar timing windows repeatedly coincide with significant Bitcoin turning points or volatility events when considered alongside technical structure, volume and identifiable real-world catalysts.\r\nIf today's economic releases trigger the breakout, the releases provide a plausible market catalyst. The experimental question remains whether the fact that the technical compression and catalyst occur during the predefined FM+4/+4.4 timing window proves repeatable across future observations.\r\n",
"criteria": "Upside breakout within 24 hours. Upside breakout within 24 hours.",
"outcome": "pending",
"status": "published",
"made_at": "2026-09-30T10:31:13",
"is_locked": true
},
{
"id": 3,
"title": "PREDICTION TYPO: FM not NM",
"text": "NOTE PREVIOUS PREDICTION SAID PUMP INTO 'NM' SHOULD HAVE SAID PUMP INTO 'FM' (FULL MOON) PREDICTIONS ARE LOCKED SO CXANT BE EDITED",
"criteria": "n/a",
"outcome": "pending",
"status": "published",
"made_at": "2026-09-30T10:14:14",
"is_locked": true
},
{
"id": 2,
"title": "Consolidation then pump into NM",
"text": "Seems to have found consolidation at 84K, based on previous moon data and the incomlete cup and handler we likely get a leg up over the weekend with an evenmtual pump to around 100k next week",
"criteria": "95-103k",
"outcome": "pending",
"status": "published",
"made_at": "2026-09-24T07:10:29",
"is_locked": true
},
{
"id": 1,
"title": "Pre-registered: a strict local low forms in T0:T+3 after the 11 September New Moon",
"text": "Following the New Moon of 11 September 2026 at 03:27 UTC, a strict local low will form in the window 11-14 September 2026 inclusive (T0:T+3).",
"criteria": "A strict 7-day pivot on the daily LOW: a day t in [T0, T+3] qualifies when LOW[t] < LOW[t-1], LOW[t-2], LOW[t-3] AND LOW[t] < LOW[t+1], LOW[t+2], LOW[t+3]. Strictly less-than on both sides; ties do not qualify. Defined on intraday lows, not closing prices. A qualifying pivot is not invalidated by a later lower low.",
"outcome": "consistent",
"status": "published",
"made_at": "2026-09-11T04:00:00",
"is_locked": true
}
],
"recent_results": [],
"frozen_protocols": [
{
"slug": "website-methodology-v1",
"version": "1.0",
"title": "Legacy website methodology (Full Moon / New Moon pivot matching)",
"is_frozen": true,
"rules": {
"price_source": "Yahoo Finance BTC-USD daily Close (auto-adjusted)",
"phase_source": "PyEphem next_full_moon / next_new_moon, reduced to calendar dates",
"pivot_detector": "scipy.signal.find_peaks",
"min_pivot_spacing_days": 30,
"prominence_pct_of_median_close": 15.0,
"max_lag_days": 14,
"signed_lag": "pivot_date - moon_date (positive = pivot AFTER the moon)",
"full_moon_matches": "nearest significant swing HIGH within +/-14 days",
"new_moon_matches": "nearest significant swing LOW within +/-14 days",
"published_benchmarks": {
"recent_two_year_full_moon": {
"mean_days": 4.4,
"median_days": 4,
"sd_days": 4.2,
"n": 5,
"window_from": "2024-09-21"
},
"2017_2026_full_moon": {
"pct_high_after_full_moon": 71.0,
"mean_days": 3.2,
"median_days": 6.0,
"n": 31
}
},
"caveats": [
"Phase-shift and null controls weaken any claim that the astronomical Full Moon uniquely causes the high.",
"The New-Moon / local-low correspondence is the stronger empirical lead.",
"Nodal strength is not a reliable timing predictor."
]
}
},
{
"slug": "september-2026-new-moon-test",
"version": "1.1",
"title": "Frozen protocol: September 2026 New-Moon low test",
"is_frozen": true,
"rules": {
"new_moon_utc": "2026-09-11T03:27:00",
"full_moon_utc": "2026-09-26T16:49:00",
"primary_test": "Does a strict local low form in the window T0:T+3 (11-14 September 2026 inclusive)?",
"strict_local_low_definition": "A strict 7-day pivot on the daily LOW: a day t qualifies when LOW[t] < LOW[t-1], LOW[t-2], LOW[t-3] AND LOW[t] < LOW[t+1], LOW[t+2], LOW[t+3]. The test is on INTRADAY LOWS, not closing prices.",
"price_basis": "Daily OHLC. The LOW column only. Closing prices are NOT used.",
"equality_handling": "Strictly less-than on both sides, as written. A low that merely ties a neighbouring low does not qualify. Applied identically on both sides, so a flat double bottom yields no pivot rather than two.",
"decidability": "A day cannot be judged until 3 subsequent daily bars exist. Until then the result is UNDETERMINED - never 'failed'.",
"invalidation": "A qualifying pivot is NOT invalidated by a lower low occurring later, inside or outside the window. The test asks whether a strict local low FORMED in T0:T+3, not whether it was the cycle's lowest price. The deepest low of the cycle is a separate, separately reported measure.",
"new_moon_strength_recorded_in_advance": 79,
"strength_caveat": "The 79/100 figure was recorded in advance as context only. It is NOT evidence that a low must occur, and it does not enter the Pattern Fit Score. The strength formula implemented in btcmoon.lunar.phases scores this same New Moon 69.2/100; the two numbers are kept separate rather than reconciled, because tuning a formula to reproduce a historical figure would breach the research constitution.",
"if_low_forms": "Measure maximum upside at exactly 7, 14 and 21 days from the pivot date.",
"secondary_tests": [
"Waxing return from the New-Moon low to the Full Moon (26 Sep).",
"Cycle-high alignment relative to the Full Moon.",
"Relationship to a website-defined major high (see website-methodology-v1)."
],
"distinct_concepts": {
"qualifying_strict_local_low": "The formal pre-registered test. LOW-based 7-day pivot in T0:T+3.",
"lowest_price_in_a_wider_window": "Descriptive only. Not the test.",
"absolute_cycle_low": "The deepest low between consecutive New Moons. Reported separately.",
"informal_nm_plus_0_4": "A private, never-pre-registered intraday timing idea. Requires hourly data. Must never stand in for, or be conflated with, the formal test.",
"legacy_website_new_moon_pivot": "CLOSE-based scipy.signal.find_peaks major pivot, spacing 30, prominence 15% of median close, matched within +/-14 days. A different measure entirely - see website-methodology-v1."
},
"final_review": "After 30 September 2026.",
"amendment_policy": "None. Lag windows, pivot definitions, scoring weights and the strength formula are fixed for the duration of this test."
}
},
{
"slug": "intraday-lunar-offset-v1",
"version": "1.0",
"title": "Exact intraday lunar offset (hours from syzygy to pivot)",
"is_frozen": true,
"rules": {
"measured_quantity": "pivot_instant_utc - syzygy_instant_utc",
"units": "hours (fractional days reported for readability only)",
"moon_instant_source": "PyEphem next_full_moon / next_new_moon, exact UTC instant. NOT reduced to a calendar date - that reduction is what this metric exists to avoid.",
"price_basis": "Intraday bars, hourly or finer. Pivot = highest HIGH (Full Moon) or lowest LOW (New Moon) in the window. Closing prices are not used.",
"window": "T0 to T0+14 days, forward only (no look-back into the prior phase).",
"minimum_bar_resolution": "60 minutes; daily bars are rejected outright.",
"effective_from": "2026-09-22",
"earliest_reliable_hourly_data": "2024-09-01",
"back_fitting": "FORBIDDEN. This metric is never applied to the historical sample that produced the published calendar-day statistics. Hourly history does not reach far enough back, and re-specifying the measurement that generated a published claim would invalidate the claim rather than refine it.",
"relationship_to_legacy": {
"website-methodology-v1": "Untouched. Its +4.4 d recent mean, +3.2 d 2017-2026 mean, 71% after-full-moon share and 6.0 d median remain the reproduced figures of the historical calendar-day sample.",
"comparability": "NONE at the value level. A fractional-hour offset and an integer calendar-day lag are different measurements. They may be reported side by side; they must never be averaged, differenced or presented as the same series."
},
"worked_example": {
"event": "Full Moon 2026-08-28 04:18:26 UTC",
"calendar_day_result": "FM+6 (high printed during 3 September 2026)",
"intraday_result": "Not measured - precedes effective_from, and is recorded under the legacy calendar-day methodology only."
}
}
}
],
"recent_news": [
{
"headline": "SEC Proposal Would Address How Investment Advisers and Funds Can Custody Crypto Assets Under the Federal Securities Laws",
"publisher": "U.S. SEC - Press Releases",
"url": "https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-100-sec-proposal-would-address-how-investment-advisers-funds-can-custody-crypto-assets-under-federal",
"category": "regulation",
"relevance": 96.0,
"published": "2026-10-01T16:16:07"
},
{
"headline": "CFTC Seeks Public Comment on Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Relating to Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets",
"publisher": "CFTC - Press Releases",
"url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9307-26",
"category": "regulation",
"relevance": 90.0,
"published": "2026-10-05T15:40:00"
},
{
"headline": "SEC approves a 3x fix for bitcoin and ether traders who miss the wild swings",
"publisher": "CoinDesk",
"url": "https://www.coindesk.com/daybook-us/2026/10/05/sec-approves-a-3x-fix-for-bitcoin-and-ether-traders-who-miss-the-wild-swings",
"category": "regulation",
"relevance": 79.2,
"published": "2026-10-05T11:14:35"
},
{
"headline": "Spot bitcoin ETFs log $2.7 billion in September inflows as institutional demand holds",
"publisher": "The Block",
"url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/markets/2026-10-02-spot-bitcoin-etfs-september-inflows-417547",
"category": "regulation",
"relevance": 79.2,
"published": "2026-10-02T05:50:41"
},
{
"headline": "CFTC proposes new federal framework for leveraged retail crypto trading",
"publisher": "The Block",
"url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/markets/2026-10-05-cftc-rulemaking-leveraged-retail-crypto-trading-regulation-ctx-cam-417701",
"category": "regulation",
"relevance": 66.0,
"published": "2026-10-05T16:09:02"
},
{
"headline": "U.S. CFTC joins SEC in proposing crypto regulations, though spot-market gap lingers",
"publisher": "CoinDesk",
"url": "https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/05/u-s-cftc-joins-sec-in-proposing-crypto-regulations-though-spot-market-gap-lingers",
"category": "regulation",
"relevance": 66.0,
"published": "2026-10-05T15:54:23"
},
{
"headline": "\u2018More orange than ever\u2019: Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy buys 334 bitcoin for $28.7 million as total holdings top 848,000 BTC",
"publisher": "The Block",
"url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-10-05-more-orange-than-ever-michael-saylor-strategy-bitcoin-417631",
"category": "regulation",
"relevance": 66.0,
"published": "2026-10-05T12:13:28"
},
{
"headline": "Kraken operator Payward and Singapore Gulf Bank platform for 24/7 institutional crypto settlement",
"publisher": "CoinDesk",
"url": "https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/05/kraken-operator-payward-and-singapore-gulf-bank-platform-for-24-7-institutional-crypto-settlement",
"category": "regulation",
"relevance": 66.0,
"published": "2026-10-05T09:26:24"
}
]
}This box is immutable. Corrections and outcomes are appended below as separate, separately timestamped records — the original is never edited.
Results
No result has been recorded yet. This prediction is still open.
Recorded as part of an ongoing experiment. Not investment advice, and not a
trade instruction.