The Mathematical Framework of Relative Price Velocity (RPV)

How to Compute True Market Outperformance and Defeat Information Decay

To identify genuine institutional market leaders, advanced practitioners shift away from subjective retail chart layouts and quantify Relative Price Velocity (RPV). This framework measures the rate of price acceleration of an individual asset compared directly against a baseline index regime.

First, we calculate standard price velocity (V) as the percentage rate of change over a designated rolling calculation window (n):

Where \(P_t\) represents the current evaluation closing price and \(P_{t-n}\) represents the historical closing validation data point. Next, we normalize this velocity into a relative matrix by dividing it directly against the baseline benchmark index velocity (\(V_{benchmark}\)):

Mathematical Interpretation Boundaries:

• RPV > 1.0: Accelerated outperformance. The asset is compounding value faster than the broader index matrix.
• 0 < RPV < 1.0: Lagging alignment. The asset moves in tandem with the index but lacks relative velocity.
• RPV < 0: Structural divergence. The asset is moving counter to the core institutional flow.

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