Cauchy Derivative Indicator from Price Mean Differences

Summary

The Cauchy derivative indicator is described as the change between the estimated values of the current bar and the previous bar. Each estimated value is defined as the difference between the arithmetic mean and geometric mean of a price series. The price input is the average of a bar’s open, high, low, and close, and the indicator has a period setting that controls its calculation.

The document provides a compact definition rather than a trading system. It does not explain how the period is applied, whether the difference is normalized, how to interpret positive or negative readings, or how the indicator might generate entries or exits. No examples, backtest results, or risk discussion are included, so its usefulness as a signal cannot be assessed from this description alone. The indicator’s construction may be useful to researchers exploring alternative price transformations, but its behavior and trading value would require independent specification and testing.

Key ideas

• The indicator tracks the change in an estimated price value from one bar to the next.\nThe estimated value is the arithmetic mean minus the geometric mean of prices.\nIts input price is calculated from the bar’s open, high, low, and close.\nA period parameter affects the calculation, though its precise use is not explained.\nThe document gives no interpretation rules, trading examples, or performance evidence.

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