FTB-C000415 / Financial concept

Range-Position Oscillator

Range-Position Oscillator expresses a value's location relative to declared lower and upper bounds.

Also known asrange-location measure

Intermediate 2 linked topicsPublished

Definitions

In plain terms

Stochastic percent K and Williams percent R are differently shifted and signed expressions of the same close location.

Technical

The measure freezes bounds, value, scale, zero-width policy, inclusivity, window, timestamps, and missing data.

Scope

Range position is not the probability that price will move in either direction.

Examples

  • A governed lesson calculates or identifies Range-Position Oscillator only after its inputs, window, state, scale, and edge cases are declared.

Common misconceptions

  • Range position is not the probability that price will move in either direction.

Concept relationships

Prerequisites

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Where this concept is used

Tutorials planned

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

  • D07-F03-A02 Important
  • D07-F03-A04 Important

Evidence and governance

  1. Stochastic Oscillator Slow TA-Lib · first party technical publication

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: Moving-average types, zero-range policy, and first-ready indexes can differ across implementations.

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