FTB-C000247 / Financial concept

Trend Participation

Trend Participation describes how widely a directional trend is shared across an eligible security universe.

Also known asmarket trend participation

Intermediate 4 linked topicsPublished

Definitions

In plain terms

Percent-above-MA measures are common ways to observe whether strength or weakness is broad or narrow.

Technical

The concept requires a per-security trend test, point-in-time universe, aggregation rule, denominator, and cutoff.

Scope

A rising index alone does not prove broad trend participation.

Examples

  • A Fintech Builder lesson can compute or identify Trend Participation only after declaring its inputs, timing, and edge-case rules.

Common misconceptions

  • A rising index alone does not prove broad trend participation.

Concept relationships

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Broader concepts

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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.

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Evidence and governance

  1. Percent Above Moving Average StockCharts ChartSchool · secondary methodology

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: Threshold interpretation and universe composition are contextual and must not be treated as guaranteed signals.

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2026-07-27
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