FTB-C000644 / Formula component

Opposing Trough Retracement

Opposing Trough Retracement is the decline from the comparable high level to the intervening trough expressed as a fraction.

Intermediate Formula defined 1 linked topicEvidence-reviewed

Definitions

In plain terms

The trough must be far enough below the highs to count as a distinct test.

Technical

retracement = (mean_test_level - trough)/mean_test_level and it must be >= 0.05 for a top.

Scope

A shallow dip can be rejected even when two highs look close on a chart.

Formula

retracement=(mean_test_level-trough)/mean_test_level
LaTeX: r=\frac{\bar p-v}{\bar p}
SymbolMeaningUnit
vopposing troughprice

Output unit: fraction

Examples

  • A reviewer computes Opposing Trough Retracement on a deterministic close fixture and checks pivot timing, threshold equality, neckline behavior, and rejection diagnostics before publication.

Common misconceptions

  • A shallow dip can be rejected even when two highs look close on a chart.

Concept relationships

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Evidence and governance

  1. Members' Guide to 2021 Refresher Readings CFA Institute · first party methodology

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: The curriculum does not prescribe this package's pivot window, numeric thresholds, causal state machine, or performance claim.

  2. Foundations of Technical Analysis: Computational Algorithms, Statistical Inference, and Empirical Implementation Lo, Mamaysky, and Wang · first party technical publication

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: The paper's smoothing, sample, and empirical design are not copied into this package and do not validate its thresholds.

  3. Pine Script repainting concepts TradingView · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: Platform display behavior does not establish financial usefulness or predictive value.

  4. scipy.signal.find_peaks SciPy · first party technical publication

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: This retrospective signal function is not itself a causal OHLC pivot detector.

  5. Pine Script pivot techniques TradingView · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: The package freezes its own equality, separation, and OHLC policies rather than claiming one universal pivot definition.

  6. Zig Zag indicator QuantConnect · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: This package selects a close-only percentage-reversal variant and documents the difference.

  7. LEAN ZigZag source QuantConnect · first party technical publication

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: A maintained implementation is evidence for one convention, not a universal market rule.

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Last reviewed
2026-08-10
Next review
2027-08-10
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