For example, you may want to know what the rate of change is in a price. If you are focusing on momentum, you may want to know what the rate of change was in momentum between two quarterly earnings. The rate of change can bring telling signs about a company or how price is reacting to certain conditions.
Rate of change is important for investors because you want to begin spotting the changes in conditions as that may be an indication for you to take some chips off the table. Be sure to read up on the different types of changes and what that means for you as an investor.
Lastly, the rate of changes can be used as potential directional plays because it can signal if there is strength in the market or not. There is no one blanket statement on how rate of change should be used because it may be different depending on your situation. The goal here is to test it out with your current setup and beginning to see if it fits your current model. Macroaxis has wonderful tools throughout to help you narrow in on your search. Rate of change is a wonderful topic to know and will go a long way to increasing edge in the market.
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