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OI Changes

OI changes: the change in open interest per bar, coloured by price and OI direction, to see whether longs or shorts drive the move.

OI Changes on BTCUSDT 1h (Binance), with only this indicator on.
OI Changes on BTCUSDT 1h (Binance), with only this indicator on.

How to read it

  • Price up, OI up: longs building. Price down, OI up: shorts building.
  • Price down, OI down: longs unwinding. Price up, OI down: shorts covering.
  • Building regimes show new conviction; unwinding regimes show positions closing.

Key settings

  • Colours for the four regimes; no period input.

Good to know

  • Drawn in its own pane below the chart.
  • Perpetual futures data from the venue.

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