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The ROC indicator shows when prices are surging or plunging. There is
no upper bound to the values from this indicator, but the maximum a
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Besides having a different unit than ROC, the VBM indicator has almost
an identical shape as the ROC indicator. Therefore, any technical
analysis and interpretation which would apply to ROC, applies equally
to VBM. Along these lines, below is an example chart for NVDA; this
chart illustrates the similar shapes of the ROC and VBM indicators,
even though they have different units:
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The chart used in the example above was created using the
TradingView charting website. In TradingView, custom indicators can
be created using their scripting language. The VBM indicator script
used in this example has been published on TradingView.
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First, the VBM indicator can be used with any type of security, such as
stocks or Forex. Unlike ROC, there is no need to reinterpret what a
percent gain or loss means for each. For example, below is a chart of
the EUR/USD Forex currency pair; using the VBM indicator, the values
can be interpreted in a similar manner as stocks/equities:
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