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MOMENTUM INDICATOR [3 records]

Record 1 2017-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
OBS

momentum indicator : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
OBS

indicateur de dynamique : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

A technical momentum indicator that compares the magnitude of recent gains to recent losses in an attempt to determine overbought and oversold conditions of an asset.

CONT

The indicator [RSI] is plotted between a range of zero to 100 where 100 is the highest overbought condition and zero is the highest oversold condition. The RSI helps to measure the strength of a security’s recent up moves compared to the strength of its recent down moves. ... In the RSI, the overbought line is typically set at 70 and when the RSI is above this level the security is considered to be overbought. The security is seen as oversold when the RSI is below 30.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
CONT

Un [...] type d'oscillateur à bandes est l'indice de force relative [...] Il indique des prix sur achetés à des niveaux supérieurs à 70 et des prix sur vendus à des niveaux de moins de 30.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

A technical momentum indicator that compares a security's closing price to its price range over a given time period.

OBS

The oscillator’s sensitivity to market movements can be reduced by adjusting the time period or by taking a moving average of the result.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Les investisseurs achètent souvent lorsque l’oscillateur stochastique passe d’une position survendue à un point situé au-dessus de 20 et vendent quand l’oscillateur descend en dessous de 80.

Spanish

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