FTB-C000567 / Implementation concept

VPT Equal-Close Contribution

An equal close creates a zero VPT contribution regardless of positive volume.

Definitions

In plain terms

No percentage price change means no return-weighted volume is added.

Technical

If C_t=C_(t-1), r_t=0 and Contribution_t=0.

Scope

Equal-close volume remains visible in raw volume even though it adds nothing to VPT.

Examples

  • A reviewer computes VPT Equal-Close Contribution from a small OHLCV fixture and checks readiness, units, and edge cases before publication.

Common misconceptions

  • Equal-close volume remains visible in raw volume even though it adds nothing to VPT.

Concept relationships

Where this concept is used

Evidence and governance

  1. Price Volume Trend (PVT) TradingView · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: Does not prescribe an adjustment policy, forecast, or trade direction.

  2. On-Balance Volume (OBV) TradingView · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: Does not establish predictive power, trading profitability, or a universal divergence rule.

  3. Volume indicators function group TA-Lib · first party technical publication

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: Library compatibility does not by itself prove a project's seed, warm-up, or missing-data policy.

  4. 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.

  5. What Is Volume? CME Group · official exchange

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, formula

    Limits: Futures contract conventions do not define every equity or digital-asset volume feed.

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fintech-builder-batch-010
Last reviewed
2026-08-01
Next review
2027-08-01
Record status
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