MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING NOVEMBER 17, 2025

REVIEW

 Bitcoin and the broader crypto market are limping toward a painful weekly loss, fueled by investors’ retreat from riskier and more speculative trades. The largest cryptocurrency is now down about 7% for the week and trading more than 20% below its all-time high of above $126,000, touched on Oct. 6. Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, has fallen nearly 8% for the week to around $3,200. Crypto stocks were also hit hard. Strategy, the bitcoin-accumulation firm run by Michael Saylor, has fallen nearly 15% this week. The company’s market cap briefly slipped below the value of its bitcoin holdings on Thursday, raising questions about the sustainability of similar bitcoin treasury companies.

—Vicky Ge Huang, “Bitcoin Ends Week In a Slump,” The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2025.

Gold and silver futures are sinking along with speculative technology stocks, bitcoin, and other of Wall Street’s most crowded trades.

—Markets & Finance, “Gold Slides Amid Selloff, Lower December Fed Rate-Cut Expectations,” The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2025.

The Trump administration plans to remove tariffs on certain goods from four Latin American countries that are not produced in the U.S. The planned tariff relief aims to address high food prices and reduce grocery bills for consumers at home.

— Seeking Alpha, “Easing Prices,” Wall Street Breakfast, www.seekingalpha.com, November 14, 2025.

Eliminating tariffs is a great idea (and a bad policy IMHO, unless this was the plan all along), but it may be too little too late. Or it may be just what the markets need to embark upon another powerful rally to new all-time highs as we head into the bullish seasonal holiday period of the year.

Not only the stock market, but commodities and crypto markets could also use some good news after last week’s drubbing, which coincided with the return of “The Trickster” (Mercury retrograde) on November 9. Mercury retrograde will probably bring more chaos until its current term ends on November 29. This is usually a time when matters don’t go precisely as planned, due to lack of sufficient information and data to make an intelligent decision, combined with a tendency to make mistakes (like pressing the “buy” button when you meant to “sell” those crypto and metals’ positions, or agreeing to end a government shutdown when you got next to nothing in return other than a non-binding promise by other politicians).

Stock markets around the world looked good until Wednesday and Thursday. Several were making new all-time highs, like the DJIA, London FTSE, and Brazil’s Bovespa. China’s Shanghai Composite made a new 10-year high. Others made secondary highs on Wednesday and Thursday just as the Moon entered the discerning sign of Virgo, one of the signs that rules Mercury. Then the Trickster went to work. Fears of an AI bubble bursting erupted, and the mood turned sour on Friday. Several indices fell to new multi-week lows quickly, and it now looks like the primary cycle crest for this period is in.

Gold and Silver fared poorly too, as it looks like a liquidity crisis and/or a margin call scare is unfolding. Silver soared to a new all-time high on Thursday, just as forecasted in our “X” posting (@mmacycles) given earlier in the week. After reaching 54.42, it fell below 50.00 on Friday. Gold made a secondary high (but not a new ATH) of 4250 on Thursday. On Friday, it fell as low as 4032. This appears to be the next leg down into the 31.3-month cycle lows by January s I called for it in last week’s monthly and weekly MMA Cycles Reports.

Fear was also rampant in cryptoland. Bitcoin fell to 94,000 on Friday, its lowest mark in six months. Here, too, our call for the ATH in October seems to be working well. This looks like the start of the downside to the 4-year cycle trough as projected in our recent webinars and special update reports. But wait. This might just be the Trickster doing what it does best – confusing investors with alarms. We already see what our dear Gemini leader is doing in response, just as Chinese leaders predicted he would do if the stock markets started to fall. Many of his unilaterally decreed tariffs are suddenly ending—for now.

 SHORT-TERM GEOCOSMICS AND LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS

 Next year will define the new world order because 2025 demolished the old one.

—Zanny Minton Beddoes, “How 2026 Will Shape the Next Decade,” The Economist, November 14, 2025.

 The first coin of the realm reached its last moment. The U.S. Mint struck the final five U.S. pennies Wednesday afternoon, ending the country’s 232-year history of making one-cent pieces.

—Richard Rubin, “After 232 Years, U.S. Is Down to the Last Penny,” Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2025.

“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”

–Yogi Berra.

 The currency world is changing rapidly. A penny may soon be worth a lot more for collectors, while a nickel still isn’t worth a dime, but a bitcoin – which once traded at one cent (a penny) 15 years ago – is now worth almost $100,000. And don’t get me started on baseball cards or athletic sneakers. Uranus (disruption) in Taurus (money and values) in the past seven years has made a bit of a mess over the worth of articles and coins.

But have no fear: the Trump administration is going to eliminate tariffs on bananas (with banana republics) so everyone can still afford to eat. It may be a start to an end of a very controversial policy that angered a lot of allies (who weren’t banana republics), disrupted efficient world trade routes, and showed no real economic gains for anyone (except the U.S. Treasury and now some banana republics), unless this was the end game to begin with that (almost) no one ever knew about. I just wish they would have applied such unsustainably high tariffs on potatoes and white socks.

However, everyone is beginning to see what the cosmos has been signaling since the “New Aira” began with the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in 0° Aquarius on December 21, 2020. It just took until the new and even more remarkable “Aries Vortex” of 2025-2026 to realize that the world is changing. The old world order and its traditions (Saturn) are dissolving (Neptune), and a new world order (Aries world point) is being born. And the birthing process can be painful, dangerous, and exciting.

The excitement may be on full display in the cosmos these next two weeks as first the Sun, and then Venus, will enter into a grand water trine with Jupiter and the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, while at the same time forming a powerful rectangle formation with their opposition to Uranus. It is not only exciting (Uranus) but also probably leading to another bout of economic disruption and market chaos. Perhaps economic data reports will unexpectedly be released, and if so, the news will be surprising.

The Sun begins this wild dance next week, November 17–21, just as it leaves the dark, mysterious, and unknown realms of Scorpio (where little economic data was released because of the shutdown) for the revolutionary and freedom-loving sign of Sagittarius. The following week, Venus repeats the same steps but with its own flair for both starting new friendships and exploding established ones. This social swinging may be reflected in steep price gyrations of various financial markets, then, too, for Uranus is both a breakout and reversal signature. It rules extremes, especially with Sagittarius approaching as a backdrop for the planets. And all this ends with a thud around November 30, just two days after Saturn turns stationary direct and only one day after the Trickster (false breakouts) starts its own hibernation ritual for the next three months.

November will not likely go out with a whimper. Traders who are nimble can have a field day with an abundance of short-term trading opportunities suggested by these stellar movements. It would be a fine time to see the culmination of several primary cycles. If so, it has the potential to offer some exceptional option plays – just in time for MMA’s November 23 special Options webinar with Derek Panaia, Wyatt Fellows, and me. Hope to see many of you there. Until then, enjoy the tariff-free bananas, but stay clear of potatoes that should be taxed in a just world.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 NOTE 1: THE MMA MONTHLY TECHNOLOGY REPORT BY WIEBKE HELD WILL BE RELEASED THIS WEEK, ON NOVEMBER 18. Wiebke’s excellent research papers at MMTA3 were based on extensive studies of long-, intermediate-, and short-term cycles in the NASDAQ spot index. This new report, drawing on those studies, provides an outlook not only for the NASDAQ but also for the QQQ (ETF), NASDAQ futures, and specific technology stocks, including Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Tesla, and Apple. It also includes CRDs (critical reversal dates) specific to the NASDAQ, based on Wiebke’s meticulous research. Focusing on the NASDAQ is crucial because of the outsized role technology will play in financial markets — especially with Pluto already in Aquarius for the next 20 years and Uranus entering Gemini for seven years starting in July 2025 (with a return to Taurus from November 8, 2025, through April 26, 2026). If you want to receive this week’s issue of the November report, sign up now by clicking here.

 NOTE 2: ONE MORE WEEK!!! THE NEXT “SPECIAL MMA OPTIONS WEBINAR” WITH DEREK PANAIA, HOSTED BY RAYMOND MERRIMAN AND WYATT FELLOWS, WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, AT 12:00 PM EDT.

 Here’s how it works: Ray will be the emcee. He will introduce Wyatt, who, along with Ray, will provide the outlook on cycles and geocosmic turning points in five markets (S&P, Gold, T-Notes, Soybeans, and one other market TBD). Derek will then present the option strategies with the best risk/reward potential based on Ray and Wyatt’s analysis and his own interpretation of additional supporting factors.

Derek will then continue providing updates over the next seven weeks (November 25–January 15) for those who sign up for the Options+ group that follows. The Options Plus experience will be offered at a special price of $100. The total cost for both the webinar and the Options Plus updates will be $195. The new Options+ subscription service will be very active and interactive. It is the perfect complement for active traders who also subscribe to the daily and weekly MMA reports, as it builds on the outlooks in those reports and monitors them on a daily or as-needed basis to identify optimal option trades that arise intraday or intraweek within their forecasts. Derek will guide subscribers through the strategy behind each trade as it develops. It is an excellent way to experience MMA’s methodology operating in real time!

The cost for the November 23 Options webinar is $95 for this 2.5-hour session (it may run longer). The special introductory rate for the seven-week Options+ group, which will continue through January 17, is $100 (the total is $195 if you order both).

Registration for the November 23 MMA Options Webinar and the Options+ follow-up is now open. To register, click here.

 Note: Keep in mind that options trading is speculative. This webinar and the new subscription service that follows are designed for speculators who have a basic understanding of options. For those who do not, MMA offers a recording of Derek’s webinar on option principles, available on its website.

 NOTE 3: FORECAST 2026 IS ON SCHEDULE TO BE MAILED OUT BY DECEMBER 15!!! Order by December 1 to be included in the first shipment.

 MMA’s annual Forecast book is an astrological-themed almanac that has served students of cycles and markets since 1976. It provides a cyclical outlook on the collective world psychology, the national economy, geopolitical overview, socio-cultural trends, weather and natural-calamity potential, as well as financial market projections for the U.S. stock market (DJIA and NASDAQ this year!), the U.S. Treasury market, interest rates, Gold and Silver, currencies (the Euro, U.S. Dollar, Swiss Franc, and Japanese Yen), Bitcoin, Crude Oil, and Grain markets. Additionally, it provides the three-star critical reversal dates for each market for the year, which have maintained an 80+% accuracy rate over the years for trading-cycle highs and lows when given an orb of three trading days. The book is approximately 250 pages (our largest ever because it’s the special 50-year anniversary edition), 8.5″ × 11″. The price of the Forecast 2026 print edition is $66, and the eBook is $55.

To pre-order this year’s 50th-year edition, click here. It’s special! The printed edition is limited. When they sell out, there will be no further printings.

Additional offers: MMA is also offering a special bundle discount for those who order both the eBook and printed editions of Forecast 2026 for $86. The eBook typically becomes available one to two weeks before the print edition and avoids delays caused by the postal system — especially for those living overseas.

There will be 50 autographed copies by Raymond Merriman (no autopen!) of our 50^th-year print edition of the Forecast 2026 book available for $195. Orders must be placed by December 10, or until all 50 copies are requested, whichever comes first.

An audiobook will also be available for only $30.00 if ordered before December 15. The Forecast 2026 Audiobook will include all chapters from the Forecast 2026 book except the financial markets and the calendar/ephemeris pages in the back of the annual book. It provides an excellent overview of what’s in store for the coming year(s) for the world and the nation (USA, President Trump, the Federal Reserve Board, the economy, Lunar Nodal Cycles, each outer planet in each sign, and the remarkable “Aries Vortex”). It makes for great listening. Narrated by the silky-smooth voice of Thomas Miller. To order, click here.

 NOTE 4: SPECIAL ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SALE ON THE JUPITER REPORT — YOUR MOMENTS OF OPPORTUNITY! The Jupiter Report was first introduced one year ago, in late September 2024. If you were one of the first to order then, it’s now time to update your outlook for the year ahead. The cost of your 14-month Jupiter Report is $69. However, starting this week, we’re launching a special one-year anniversary sale at $55 (a 21.5% discount) for those who order their next 14-month Jupiter Report.

The Jupiter Report is written by Raymond Merriman. It is a 30- to 40-page report that all traders (and even non-traders) will find highly valuable. It identifies the times during the year when Jupiter transits are highlighted in your natal chart and explains the meaning of Jupiter’s transits to your natal planets and angles over a 14-month period (including one month before your order date and one month after the year ends). As an added bonus, each transit is ranked on a scale from –3 to +3 in terms of favorability for trading. Traders may find this especially valuable! Would you like to know when you are under a +3 transit and therefore most likely to experience trading success? Or a –3 transit, with a stronger-than-usual potential for misjudgments and losses?

The Jupiter Report also makes an excellent holiday or birthday gift.

Here is a recent letter from our options expert, Derek Panaia, to the Options+ group, which closed out exceptional gains on five option trades presented in the July 13 webinar:

On a side note, I started using MMA’s Jupiter Report this year, so I only have a few months of history with it. But my first positive Jupiter aspects came in March/April this year. I was trading copper and had made a nice long trade and started buying puts for a dip. The puts did nothing for a week or so, then copper prices collapsed, and my puts went up sharply in one week. This started exactly on the same day my Jupiter Report showed a positive aspect. Well, fast forward a few months, and I have copper put spreads (the same put spreads you guys bought), and yesterday copper prices collapsed, and the puts made a lot of money. And guess what? This was one day before my Jupiter aspects started positive again. For me, it is amazing how accurate this report has been. I just wanted to share this, FWIW. The Jupiter Report from MMA is not very expensive, so if you guys use astrology in your trading, you might want to check it out.

 NOTE 5: THE MMA SOLAR-LUNAR APP NOW OFFERS REVERSAL SIGNALS FOR THE DJIA, NASDAQ, GOLD, AND SILVER. It is an ideal tool to have in your back pocket if you are a short-term swing trader looking for high-probability dates that identify isolated lows and highs in these markets. The app is currently available only on Apple devices (iPhone and iPad). Plans are in progress to create an Android version of this app within the next 3-5 months, and a crypto app shortly thereafter. To learn more about the MMA app, click here. To order, go to the Apple App Store and search for Merriman Solar/Lunar Reversals.

 NOTE 6: RECORDINGS OF MMA’S SPECIAL SIX-WEEK COURSE ON “THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GEOCOSMIC STUDIES FOR FINANCIAL MARKET TIMING” ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!! Led by Gianni Di Poce and supported by Ray Merriman, this course is designed to teach students the basic principles of planets, signs, and aspects (including retrograde and direct stations) as used in MMA’s market-timing methodology — one of its most important tools. The course explains which planets and signs rule the various sectors of the economy and financial markets. In addition, it covers how to use an ephemeris and astrological software (Solar Fire) for important routines such as calculating charts, generating transit “hit lists,” and identifying signs, ingresses, planetary stations, and aspects — the essential cosmic features necessary for determining market reversal periods.

 The course is especially useful for those interested in taking the MMTA4 program, which began on September 27, or for anyone wishing to deepen their astrological knowledge. The cost for these six introductory lessons, each lasting about two hours, is $300. This is a great opportunity to learn basic astrology from a master economic astrologer! Click here to order now!

 NOTE 7: COMING SOON! EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGY: THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL THROUGH STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS, by Raymond Merriman, written in 1993, is being released as an audiobook narrated by Thomas Miller. The first edition, originally published in 1977, introduced this remarkable subject to the astrological community, where it has since become one of the field’s major branches. Get ready to listen to the original work on Evolutionary Astrology that brought a spiritual perspective to the study of astrology from the late 1970s through today. More information about the availability of this audiobook will be announced shortly.

 EVENTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2025: OPTIONS WEBINAR WITH DEREK PANAIA, RAY MERRIMAN, AND WYATT FELLOWS — NOON EST.

 MAY 20-24, 2026: MMA’S NEXT INVESTMENT RETREAT, LAKE BLED, SLOVENIA. Save the date! Registration will open in December. The presentations will also be available via Zoom for those unable to attend in person. The theme will focus more on market timing and trading at this event. It’s going to be great!

 Disclaimer and Proper Use of This Information

 Futures and options trading involve the risk of large losses as well as large gains.

 Information is provided herein with sincere intent and according to MMA’s original research studies and methodologies. These reports are provided mainly for “speculators.” By its very nature, “speculation” means “willing to take the risk of loss.” “Speculators” must be willing to accept the fact that they are going to have losing trades — many more than, say, “investors.” That is why they are “speculators.” The way “speculators” become profitable is not so much by a high percentage of winning trades but by controlling the amount of loss on any given trade, so that the average gain on winners is considerably greater than the average loss on losing trades.

 MMA’s comments, strategies, and data are given to serve as guidelines for traders for each day and/or week. Comments and strategies are based upon intraday and intraweek highs, lows, and closes at the end of the day or week. Traders are advised to use these only as guidelines — and to use intraday analysis to establish positions in the directions suggested, so long as those support and resistance (entry) areas look favorable according to intraday analysis as well. Support and resistance are areas for day traders to look to buy and sell intraday. No guarantees are made for accuracy.

 Support may represent favorable risk/reward levels to buy if the trend is up. If prices trade below support and then close back above it, this is considered a bullish “trigger” and often represents a good buy signal. Resistance may represent favorable risk/reward levels to sell short if the trend is down. If prices trade above resistance and then have a weekly close back below it, this is considered a bearish “trigger” and often represents a good sell signal.

By signing up for these reports, the reader agrees that he or she is solely responsible for any actions taken in markets, and neither the author, publisher, analyst, nor any person associated with MMA assumes any responsibility whatsoever for the reader’s decisions.