Up/Down Ratio 20Cross-asset & regime

Timeframe M1 · unit ratio

What it measures

Counts the number of upward versus downward close-to-close moves over 20 bars and expresses their imbalance as a signed score. Positive = more up bars, negative = more down bars.

How Janira reads it (bullish vs bearish)

Range -1 to +1. Values above +0.2 mean at least 60% of bars closed higher than the previous bar - buyers dominated the sequence. Below -0.2 means sellers dominated. Near 0 indicates a balanced alternation of up and down bars, consistent with low-conviction oscillation.

In plain language

Think of it as a vote count: each bar casts a vote for 'up' or 'down'. This score shows whether buyers or sellers won the most votes over the last 20 bars. A score near +1 means buyers won almost every bar.

Scenarios

• Score > 0.4: Persistent buying pressure at the bar level; price closed higher than the prior bar more than 70% of the time; upward momentum breadth is strong.
• Score -0.2 to +0.2: Mixed participation; up and down bars are nearly equally distributed; no directional dominance.
• Score < -0.4: Persistent selling pressure; most bars closed below the prior close; downward momentum breadth is strong.
• Score flipping sign (e.g., from +0.3 to -0.1): Momentum breadth is shifting; the prior directional dominance is being challenged.

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Janira computes Up/Down Ratio 20 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.