Close Jerk 5Microstructure

Timeframe M1 · unit %

What it measures

Rate of change of close velocity - how quickly the average pace of price movement is accelerating or decelerating. Positive jerk means speed is increasing upward; negative means deceleration or reversal.

How Janira reads it (bullish vs bearish)

Positive: the latest bar moved faster in the upward direction than the preceding bars' average pace. Negative: the latest bar moved slower or reversed relative to recent velocity. Near zero: steady pace.

In plain language

If velocity is like a car's speedometer, jerk is like pressing the accelerator or the brake. Positive jerk means you just accelerated; negative means you just hit the brakes or reversed.

Scenarios

• Positive jerk after flat velocity: price just snapped into upward acceleration - a momentum ignition signal.
• Negative jerk after an uptrend velocity: the pace of rising is decelerating sharply - the move is losing energy.
• Negative jerk reaching large magnitude: a strong reversal of velocity - the most recent bar is moving significantly against the prior trend of closes.
• Jerk oscillating near zero: velocity is stable - the current pace of movement is self-consistent without sudden changes.

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Janira computes Close Jerk 5 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.