The opening and closing bar positions can add depth to assess whether buyers of sellers commitment is changing and thus which side is in control at the close of the trading session.
Calculation: Open Today Versus Close Today (OTCT):
1) If the market opens near the low and closes near the high the buyers have had control during the entire day;
2) If the market opens near the high and closes near the low the sellers have had control during the entire day;
3) If the market opens near one extreme of the range and closes near the middle of the range the side who started in control has lost commitment;
4) If the market opens near one extreme and closes near the same extreme the side who started in control has lost control;
5) If the market opens near the middle of the range and closes near one extreme control has swung to the buyers;
6) If the close is near the high and if the close is near the low the control has swung to the sellers;
7) If the market opens near the middle of the range and closes similarly neither side is strongly committed;
PROFILE: Mount Gibson Iron (MGX.AX)
Stock Exchange: ASX
Company: Mount Gibson Iron
Ticker Codes: | MGX.AX | ASX:MGX |
Mount Gibson Iron Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mining, exploration, crushing, development, transportation, and sale of hematite iron ore deposits in Australia. The company primarily operates the Koolan Island hematite mine situated in the Kimberley coast of Western Australia; and the Extension Hill hematite project located in the Mount Gibson range in the mid-west region of Western Australia. Mount Gibson Iron Limited was founded in 1996 and is based in West Perth, Australia.
Open vs Close

Company | Close | Change (%) | Volume | Value | Signal |
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OGC Oceanagold Corporation | 4.73 | 6.3 | 557,211 | 0 | BEARISH |
GSW Getswift | 0.48 | 4.3 | 174,155 | 0 | BEARISH |
IMD Imdex | 1.21 | 4.3 | 561,356 | -1 | BEARISH |
DTL Data#3 | 1.64 | 2.2 | 169,028 | -1 | BEARISH |
GGG Greenland Minerals | 0.06 | 1.8 | 1,549,138 | -1 | BEARISH |
BWX BWX | 1.62 | 1.6 | 396,089 | 0 | BEARISH |
RBL Rib Loc | 1.01 | 1.5 | 97,143 | 0 | BEARISH |
SDG Sunland | 1.5 | 1.4 | 76,058 | 0 | BEARISH |
IGO Independence | 4.85 | 1.3 | 2,283,680 | 0 | BEARISH |
KGN Kogan | 4.23 | 1 | 442,268 | 0 | BEARISH |