Choppiness Index 14Cross-asset & regime

Timeframe M1 · unit 0-100

What it measures

Quantifies how much price movement is directional versus fragmented across 14 bars, using the ratio of cumulative bar ranges to the total high-low span.

How Janira reads it (bullish vs bearish)

Scale 0-100. Values above ~61.8 (Fibonacci level) indicate choppy, non-directional action where individual swings cancel each other out. Values below ~38.2 signal highly directional price movement with sustained momentum in one direction. The midpoint (~50) represents balanced chop/trend.

In plain language

Imagine measuring how far you actually walked versus how far you moved from your starting point. If you zigzagged a lot but ended up close to where you started, that's a high choppiness score. A straight walk gives a low score.

Scenarios

• CI > 61.8 (choppy zone): Price oscillates without building momentum; mean-reversion patterns tend to dominate; breakout attempts frequently fail.
• CI 38.2-61.8 (transitional): Mixed structure; neither persistent trending nor reliable oscillation; context from other regime indicators needed.
• CI < 38.2 (trending zone): Price has been sustaining direction efficiently; trending setups historically perform better in this environment.
• CI declining from > 61.8 toward < 50: Potential regime transition from chop to trend; directional structures are starting to dominate.

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Janira computes Choppiness Index 14 deterministically from live price action, the same way for every reading - no discretion, no hidden weighting. This page explains the method; it is not a live reading and not advice.