ClearPath Trader

Detrended Price Oscillator

Removes a longer-cycle trend from price to highlight shorter cycles. Useful for timing oscillations around a trend.

Category: Technical · Complexity: ★★☆☆☆ (2/5)

Tags: technical, live-overlay, price

Live chart overlay: DPO

Detrended Price Oscillator chart illustration

Formula

DPO = C_{t − n/2+1} − SMA_n(C_t)

How to read

Removes a longer cycle so shorter oscillations are easier to see. Peaks/troughs time cycle highs/lows.

Limitations

Displaced by design — not a real-time trend overlay.

Typical settings

20 or 21

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