ClearPath Trader

Price Rate of Change

Percent (or absolute) change in price over N bars. Classic momentum speedometer.

Category: Technical · Complexity: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

Tags: technical, live-overlay, price

Live chart overlay: ROC

Price Rate of Change chart illustration

Formula

ROC = (C_t − C_{t-n}) / C_{t-n} (percent or raw)

How to read

Speedometer of price. Use with a trend filter so you are not fading strong thrust.

Limitations

Same as ROC — window artifacts and no volume context.

Typical settings

12

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