FTB-C000672 / Formula component

Three-Way Comparable Lows

Three-Way Comparable Lows is the shared normalized-spread test applied to all three triple-bottom lows.

Definitions

In plain terms

All three lows must fit within one declared similarity band around their mean.

Technical

spread = (max(p1,p2,p3)-min(p1,p2,p3))/mean(p1,p2,p3) with canonical limit <= 0.025.

Scope

A third low can reveal that the level is not genuinely comparable.

Examples

  • A reviewer computes Three-Way Comparable Lows on a deterministic close fixture and checks pivot timing, threshold equality, neckline behavior, and rejection diagnostics before publication.

Common misconceptions

  • A third low can reveal that the level is not genuinely comparable.

Concept relationships

Where this concept is used

Evidence and governance

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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fintech-builder-batch-012
Last reviewed
2026-08-10
Next review
2027-08-10
Record status
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