Thanks for the explanation. Not that I understand Gann but the concept of the 45 degree angle being the most important angle does make more sense to me now. I do think that analyst that told me this years ago felt that while price periodically trends along a steeper or less angled line, his idea was he was not going to respond to them but just the 45 that was the most reliable. I don't think he cared if he missed a market trending on a steeper or less angled line. And from what I've learned over the years the steeper the uptrendline the sooner if fails. And so do low angled lines as well. Low angled lines like DX has had over the last 3 years from its lows often fail as they are very weak uptrends. So the guy had a point. It's only now dawning on me regarding this.