17-Year Cycle in Silver & Stocks; Late-Jan ’26 = Watershed Time!
01-05-26 – “Outlook 2026 – The 17-Year Cycle Redux?
2026 presents a unique opportunity – from a cycle perspective – to provide dual fulfillment to one of the most intriguing and consistent multi-year cycles addressed (continuously) in this publication:
The 17-Year Cycle.
In late-2024/early-2025, INSIIDE Track detailed expectations – based on that cycle and a myriad of corroborating Cycle Progressions & timing indicators – for stocks & stock indexes to suffer a multi-month plunge of 20 – 30% and bottom in late-March/early-April ‘25.
That would fulfill the ongoing 17-Year Cycle of Stock Market Declines dating back over a century AND set the stage (’4-Shadow’) for a potentially more challenging time in 2026.
At the time, the forecast was for stocks to plummet into early-April ‘25 but then rebound rapidly. A rally to higher highs – based on monthly trend indicators & 21 MACs as well as multi-year Cycle Progressions – was the ideal scenario.
That would lead into 1Q 2026 – when the 2-Year Cycle & 4-Year Cycle would return to portend new declines.
What could trigger this?…
Stock Indices remain in overall uptrends that were expected to stretch, in some indexes, into 1Q 2026. They were expected to see a series of highs in late-July, late-Sept & late-Nov ’25 with a final high potentially stretching into (late-) January ’26.
That remains the case.
That would also fulfill the recurrence of ~2-Year & ~4-Year Cycle Progressions that converge in 1Q/January ’26 and portend a larger sell-off following January ’26 peaks…
Gold & Silver are reinforcing the outlook for divergent rallies that are expected to extend into April/May ’26 – with Silver repeatedly attaining new highs…
Silver continues to project higher highs into April/May ’26 – along with the other white metals (Platinum & Palladium) – so each new set of highs are more likely stepping stones in an upward path. Gold also clarified that higher highs are a much greater probability in ~April ’26.
Metals accelerated higher into late-Dec/early-Jan ’26 and could still see final spikes high before new 1 – 2-month tops take hold. Intervening cycle lows have corroborated that…
Gold’s late-Oct ’25 low fulfilled a ~5.5-month/23 – 24-week low-low-low Cycle Progression that recurs in early-April ’26 – the same time longer-term cycles recur.
What Gold does during the mid-point – primarily during the week of Jan 19 – 23, ’26 – should provide additional clues regarding April ’26 cycles and Cycle Progressions.
On a daily wave & trend basis, Gold is arguing for a final spike high after pulling back to the level of its Nov 13th high (wave iv low = wave i high; another form of range-trading and resistance turning into support) without turning its daily trend down…
Platinum & Palladium surged into late-Dec ’25, fulfilling weekly Cycle Progressions while reinforcing the overall outlook for major bull markets from April ‘25 into April/May ‘26 (or later). Palladium is capable of extending that bull market into 3Q 2026.
They both surged into late-Dec ‘25, fulfilling a ~5-month/~23-week low (Sept ‘24) – high (Feb ‘25) – high (July ‘25) – (high; Dec 26 – Jan 2, ‘26) Cycle Progression.
(Platinum set its Oct ‘25 peak near the midpoint of that cycle – reinforcing the likelihood for a more significant peak in late-Dec ’25.)
Platinum peaked near 2500/PL – the latest phase of ~200.0/PL & ~400/PL range-trading targets – and then sold off. It has a more synergistically-significant range target near 2700/PL.
Copper remains in a 4+-month uptrend and would not turn that neutral until a weekly close below 5.660/HGH. It is on track for new highs, in fulfillment of the prevailing weekly uptrend (which could not turn down during the July plunge).”
3-29-25 INSIIDE Track – “Gold & Silver are in broader bullish trends and their outlook remains positive. Gold & Silver perpetuated a ~7-year low (4Q ‘01) – low (4Q ‘08) – low (4Q ‘15) – low (4Q ‘22) Cycle Progression in October ‘22 and have been projected to undergo a multi-year advance into 2026 or later…
Platinum triggered some intriguing – and potentially very bullish – signals… This could be one of the ‘golden’ (or is that ‘platinum’) trading opportunities of 2025! Platinum is on the cusp of turning its monthly 21 High MAC up… for the first time since October ‘23… it would generate a very bullish confirmation signal that would likely reverberate for 6 – 12 months to follow…
Platinum could rally into 2026 – a 50% rebound in time (12 years down/6 years up) and the latest phase of a ~5-year high (2011) – high (2016) – high (2021) – (high; 2026) Cycle Progression that parallels the Silver outlook. With Platinum closing the week at 996/PLN, it is a good place for traders to be adding to long positions…
Palladium remains above its August ‘24 low and in a constructive weekly trend pattern… Its weekly 21 MAC is also nearing the time (April 7 – 11, ‘25) when a reversal higher would become much easier to achieve… Palladium is expected to enter a new bull market in 2025 and stretch that into 3Q 2026 – when the next multi-year peak appears most likely.”
10-15 & 18-25 Weekly Re-Lay Alert – “Gold peaked on April 22nd – in fulfillment of those intervening/ reinforcing cycles and also the Date of Aggression – and held that high for over 4 months. An interim high was set on July 22/23, ’25 – a geometric 3-months/90 degrees from the April 22nd peak – further reinforcing the late-Oct ’25 time frame. October 22/23, ’25 is exactly 3 months/90 degrees from the July 22/23rd peak…
Gold & Silver remain strong and are accelerating higher (90/10 Rule of Cycles), reinforcing the overall bullish outlook… They have initially fulfilled an ~2.5-month Cycle Progression linked to Gold’s late-July ’25 low that fulfilled an ~11-week/~76-day low (Feb 28) – low (May 15) – (low; July 30, ’25) Cycle Progression and projected future highs on Oct 13 – 17th…
On an even broader basis, they remain in multi-year bull markets, initiated in 4Q 2022 when an uncanny 7-Year low (4Q 2001) – low (4Q 2008) – low (4Q 2015) – low (4Q 2022) Cycle Progression combined with a myriad of other monthly & yearly cycles to project a multi-year advance.”
“Platinum & Palladium extended their gains into Oct ’25 – the ideal time for 1 – 3 month highs in a series of ascending highs (stretching into April/May ’26).”
Future highs in Jan ’26 & April ’26 likely. See current Weekly Re-Lay & INSIIDE Track publications for the most updated analysis.