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Coppock Curve
A long-term momentum indicator combining two rate-of-change calculations, originally designed to identify major market buying opportunities.
The Coppock Curve, developed by Edwin Coppock, combines two rate-of-change calculations over different lookback periods, smoothed with a weighted moving average, and was originally designed for long-term monthly stock-market analysis.
It was historically used to identify major, long-term buying opportunities after a sustained downturn, rather than for short-term trading signals — applying it to a much shorter timeframe or a different asset class changes its historical behavior and reliability. See Kaavon's dedicated Coppock Curve article for the full calculation.
Examples
- The Coppock Curve turning upward from a deeply negative reading is its classic, historically-cited long-term buy signal.
- The Coppock Curve was originally designed and tested on long-term monthly stock market data, a different context from short-term crypto trading.