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Momentum % Back to Index



Momentum % is quite similar to Momentum. The difference lies in that rather than being the difference between today's price and the one of n days prior, Momentum % is a measure of the day as a percentage of the maximum Momentum.

So:

if Pt today's price and Pt-n the price n days ago,

Momentum is calculated as:

MOt = Pt - Pt-n

So if you define MOmax the highest absolute value of the momentum, the Momentum % is:

MO%t = MOt / MOmax

The interpretation for Momentum % is the same as that for Momentum, purchase when Momentum % changes from negative positive and sell when it is the reverse.