Force index calculator
Price change times volume.
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Ease of movement calculator
How easily price moves for the volume it takes, and in which direction.
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The bars
The ease of movement
The 14-bar ease of movement is +143.14. Price has been rising with ease.
- The last bar
- The middle of the bar fell 9.70 on 5,020 volume, scoring -378.73. The average was +169.81 a bar before.
- How it is read
- Above zero, price has risen without needing much volume; below zero, it has fallen without much. Near zero, it took heavy volume to move price at all. Many traders read a cross of zero as a change of side.
- Read it with care
- The size of the number depends on the market and its volume, so compare it only with itself. Tick volume from a broker is a stand-in for real volume.
Midpoint move, ease per bar (volume in units of 10,000) and its 14-bar average. The last bar is marked.
| Bar | Move | Ease | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 ago | -16.60 | -2,498.86 | – |
| 6 ago | -19.35 | -626.57 | -171.44 |
| 5 ago | -7.30 | -270.00 | +28.64 |
| 4 ago | +4.85 | +177.96 | +64.96 |
| 3 ago | +13.70 | +459.66 | +71.30 |
| 2 ago | +10.00 | +374.21 | +152.29 |
| 1 ago | +4.95 | +213.78 | +169.81 |
| Last | -9.70 | -378.73 | +143.14 |
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Price against the effort behind it
Richard Arms built this indicator to show how much volume it takes to move price. For each bar it takes the move of the bar's middle from the bar before, multiplies by the bar's range and divides by its volume. A wide bar that climbs on thin volume scores high; a narrow bar on heavy volume scores close to zero.
Weigh volume another way with the force index calculator and the on-balance volume calculator, and size the trade with the position size calculator.
Not advice. Arithmetic on the bars you type; an indicator describes the past bars, not the next one.
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