FTB-C000580 / Evidence concept

Force Index versus VPT

Force Index versus VPT contrasts absolute price-change force with cumulative percentage-return-weighted volume.

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Definitions

In plain terms

Force Index smooths price-change times volume, while VPT accumulates percent-return times volume.

Technical

Force Index has price×volume units and a declared EMA; VPT has volume units and a cumulative return-weighted contribution.

Scope

Similar sign does not imply equivalent scale, lag, or interpretation.

Examples

  • A reviewer computes Force Index versus VPT from a small OHLCV fixture and checks readiness, units, and edge cases before publication.

Common misconceptions

  • Similar sign does not imply equivalent scale, lag, or interpretation.

Concept relationships

Prerequisites

Related

Where this concept is used

Evidence and governance

  1. Elder's Force Index (EFI) TradingView · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, variant distinction

    Limits: Exact warm-up, seed, and smoothing settings remain an implementation contract.

  2. Volume indicators function group TA-Lib · first party technical publication

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, variant distinction

    Limits: Library compatibility does not by itself prove a project's seed, warm-up, or missing-data policy.

  3. Closing Price Investor.gov · official standard

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, variant distinction

    Limits: A close is not automatically an adjusted close and may vary by market session convention.

  4. What Is Volume? CME Group · official exchange

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, variant distinction

    Limits: Futures contract conventions do not define every equity or digital-asset volume feed.

  5. Price Volume Trend (PVT) TradingView · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, variant distinction

    Limits: Does not prescribe an adjustment policy, forecast, or trade direction.

Reviewed by
fintech-builder-batch-010
Last reviewed
2026-08-01
Next review
2027-08-01
Record status
evidence reviewed

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