ClearPath Trader

Internal Bar Strength

Position of the close within the high-low range. Values near 1 show closes at highs; near 0 at lows.

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

Tags: technical, study-card, price

Study card — educational illustration only (no live overlay in Charts).

Internal Bar Strength chart illustration

Formula

Internal Bar Strength is computed from price, volume, breadth, or macro prints depending on class (Technical). See the description for the defining inputs.

How to read

Read Internal Bar Strength as a labeling tool: it describes a condition (trend, stretch, participation, or macro). Confirm with price structure, not the indicator alone. This entry is a study card — not every encyclopedia model has a live chart overlay.

Limitations

Internal Bar Strength can lag, repaint (some drawings), or stay extreme in trends. It is not financial advice and not a broker signal.

Typical settings

Use the author's original defaults first; change one parameter at a time.

Internal Bar Strength is part of the ClearPath Encyclopedia of Indicators — 190 models explained with standard SVG illustrations, so you can study an indicator before you put it on a live chart.

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