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Market Timing Calculator

This tool helps you assess whether a proposed move is aligned with the current market phase, the readiness of your system and the level of risk involved.

Use it when considering an investment, purchasing an asset, entering a new market, launching a product or campaign, hiring, forming a partnership or scaling.

The purpose is not to predict the future. It is to examine whether the decision comes from informed recognition or from pressure, excitement or fear of missing out.

1definitely no2mostly no3partly4mostly yes5definitely yes

Total score

Level

Result interpretation

Lowest score

Area requiring the most attention

Further recognition

Market Phase Map

Choose the phase that best describes the current market.

The most appropriate strategy for this phase

My next move should be

A signal that could challenge my assessment

Three Wheel Scenarios

Check whether your decision includes a plan not only for success, but also for correction and delay.

Growth Scenario

If the market moves in my favour, my action plan is

What will I do with the profit, growth or opportunity?

How will I avoid excessive expansion driven by success?

Correction Scenario

If the market moves against me, my protection plan is

What will I reduce, protect, pause or change?

What level of loss, cost or delay will trigger a reassessment?

Delay Scenario

If the market moves more slowly than expected, my patience plan is

How long can I sustain this move without damaging the seed of my system?

What conditions must remain true for me to continue?

The wisest move at the current stage of the cycle is

The Custodian’s Question

Am I entering this move because I understand the cycle, or because I am afraid of missing the opportunity?

The Custodian is not opposed to risk. The Custodian is opposed to risk that is unconscious, unmeasured or greater than the structure can carry.

Market Timing Calculator

Market move and context

Assess four areas

Area requiring the most attention

Market Phase Map

Growth Scenario

Correction Scenario

Delay Scenario

Am I entering this move because I understand the cycle, or because I am afraid of missing the opportunity?