OVR - a new indicator by Fred Purifoy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...OVR - a new indicator
by Fred Purifoy
On-balance volume (OBV) has two generally recognized goals: to serve as a filter for trending and
non-trending markets, and to anticipate reversals by divergence from the price trend. (OBV, recall, is the
cumulative sum of volume where volume is added on up days and subtracted on down days.)
However, coupling price and volume may not be the only path. If we accept that vertical (or bar) chart
action is a function of volume and open interest (i.e., the activity of the market's participants), there
should be an indicator that would reflect that relationshi...
AUTHOR: Fred PurifoyDATE: APR 1988