Central Pivot Range

Central Pivot Range draws the prior period's three-line band, the classic floor-trader pivot between its top central (TC) and bottom central (BC) companions, across the session that follows, then adds the width analysis it is known for: each new range is classed narrow or wide against recent history, compared with its predecessor, and tracked forward as a virgin CPR if price never touches it. It is the definitive clean build of the central pivot range with its width playbook attached.

How to Trade the Central Pivot Range?

• Narrow CPR: the prior session closed near its midpoint: balance. Narrow ranges are watched for expansion or a trend day.
• Wide CPR: the prior session closed near an extreme. Rotation tendencies are favored.
• Acceptance beyond the band: a close above TC carries a bullish lean while it holds; below BC, the mirror. Back inside signals balance, where fading the edges is more common.
• Two-period relationship: a range entirely above the prior one leans continuation higher, entirely below lower; overlap suggests a developing trading range.
• Virgin CPRs: untested ranges carry forward as dashed boxes and freeze when finally tested.

Central Pivot Range Settings

• Anchor Period (default Daily): the completed prior period supplying high, low, and close.
• Width Comparison Window (default 20): completed periods forming the width reference.
• Narrow / Wide Percentile (default 25): Width% at or below this rank is Narrow; at or above the mirrored rank, Wide.
• Track Virgin CPRs (default on): carries untested ranges to the right.
• Show Dashboard (default on): Width% and its read, prior-range relationship, price location, and virgin count.
• Style: pivot, TC, and BC colors, Range Gradient Fill (default on), the virgin CPR color, Line Width (default 1), and Level Labels (default on).

Frequently Asked Questions

CPR or Camarilla: which levels should I use?

What does the width actually tell me?

Do the lines repaint?