By Islam BarakaDefinitions
In plain terms
A visually small bump can be rejected when it does not clear the declared margin.
Technical
s_high = H_i - max(H_left,H_right) and s_low = min(L_left,L_right) - L_i; publish when s >= s_min.
Scope
Separation is in price units, so it is not automatically scale invariant.
Formula
s_high = H_i - max(H_left,H_right); s_low = min(L_left,L_right) - L_is_i=\begin{cases}H_i-\max(H_{left},H_{right})\\\min(L_{left},L_{right})-L_i\end{cases}| Symbol | Meaning | Unit |
|---|---|---|
s_i | pivot separation | price |
Output unit: price units
Examples
- A reviewer computes Pivot Separation Floor on a small deterministic fixture and checks timing, units, and boundary behavior before publication.
Common misconceptions
- Separation is in price units, so it is not automatically scale invariant.
Concept relationships
Prerequisites
Related
Required by
- Pivot Neighborhood
- Double Top
- Comparable Test Level
- Normalized Level Spread
- Opposing Trough Retracement
- Prior Rise Requirement
- Double Top Neckline
- Neckline Break
- Candidate Availability
- Pattern Confirmation Window
- Double Top Rejection Reason
- Double Bottom
- Comparable Bottom Level
- Opposing Peak Retracement
- Prior Decline Requirement
- Double Bottom Neckline
- Upside Neckline Break
- Bottom Candidate Availability
- Bottom Confirmation Window
- Double-Bottom Rejection Reason
- Double Top–Bottom Polarity
Where this concept is used
Tutorials planned
These catalogued topics use this concept, but their complete build has not shipped yet.
- D08-F01-A01 Important
Evidence and governance
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Closing Price Investor.gov · official standard
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula
Limits: A close is not automatically an adjusted close and may vary by market session convention.
- Reviewed by
- fintech-builder-batch-011
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-09
- Next review
- 2027-08-09
- Record status
- evidence reviewed
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