FTB-C000349 / Indicator

Percentage Price Oscillator

Percentage Price Oscillator is a fast-minus-slow moving-average spread expressed as a percentage of the slow average.

Also known asPPO

Definitions

In plain terms

It makes the spread more comparable across instruments or price levels than an absolute-unit MACD line.

Technical

The method freezes moving-average type, fast and slow periods, denominator, scale factor, zero-denominator policy, seeds, and readiness.

Scope

PPO normalization improves scale comparability but does not make instruments economically comparable in every respect.

Examples

  • A governed lesson calculates or identifies Percentage Price Oscillator only after its parameters, state, timing, and edge cases are declared.

Common misconceptions

  • PPO normalization improves scale comparability but does not make instruments economically comparable in every respect.

Concept relationships

Where this concept is used

Evidence and governance

  1. Percentage Price Oscillator TA-Lib · first party technical publication

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: Moving-average type, denominator-zero handling, signal line, and histogram must be frozen by the consuming methodology.

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Last reviewed
2026-07-27
Next review
2027-07-27
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