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Force index

Price change times volume, smoothed.

Big move on big volume equals a big force. Elder used a short period (2) for entries and a long one (13) for the trend.

In TradeXtool

Entry: Force index(13) crosses above 0.

Watch out

One enormous volume spike can dominate the line for days.

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