FTB-C000591 / Implementation concept

Pivot Candidate Warm-Up

Pivot Candidate Warm-Up is the initial period before enough left bars exist to evaluate a pivot candidate.

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Definitions

In plain terms

The detector leaves the first left-span bars unavailable rather than inventing neighbors.

Technical

Candidate index i is eligible only when i >= left_span and a complete right neighborhood can be observed.

Scope

Warm-up nulls are unavailable states, not zero-valued prices.

Examples

  • A reviewer computes Pivot Candidate Warm-Up on a small deterministic fixture and checks timing, units, and boundary behavior before publication.

Common misconceptions

  • Warm-up nulls are unavailable states, not zero-valued prices.

Concept relationships

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Tutorials planned

These catalogued topics use this concept, but their complete build has not shipped yet.

  • D08-F01-A01 Important

Evidence and governance

  1. Pine Script pivot techniques TradingView · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

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

  2. Pine Script repainting concepts TradingView · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

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

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

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

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

  4. Closing Price Investor.gov · official standard

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

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

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Last reviewed
2026-08-09
Next review
2027-08-09
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