Definitions
In plain terms
Positive values indicate an upward one-period change and negative values a downward change.
Technical
The calculation inherits close field, ordering, adjustment basis, gap, missing-value, and revision rules.
Scope
It is an absolute price change, not rate of change or return.
Examples
- A governed lesson calculates or identifies Price Momentum only after its inputs, window, state, scale, and edge cases are declared.
Common misconceptions
- It is an absolute price change, not rate of change or return.
Concept relationships
Prerequisites
Required by
Where this concept is used
Evidence and governance
- True Strength Index TA-Lib · first party technical publication
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: Long/short ordering, EMA seeds, warm-up suppression, optional signal line, and zero denominator vary by implementation.
- Reviewed by
- fintech-builder-batch-008
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-29
- Next review
- 2027-07-29
- Record status
- published