What Does Price Action Oscillator Actually Read on M2K 15-minute Charts?
Educational reference. Measured from 5,546 recorded values on Micro E-mini Russell 2000 15-minute charts through October 2, 2026.
The middle half of all readings sat between 0 and 4,788, with a median of 0.
Price Action Oscillator measures the volume carried by the swings up and down, so it describes which side has done more business. This page reports what it actually read on Micro E-mini Russell 2000 15-minute charts — not what it is supposed to do, but the distribution of 5,546 recorded values over the last 90 days.
| Series | Median | Middle half | 5th / 95th | Full range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up-swing volume | 0 | 0 – 4,788 | 0 / 36,045 | 0 – 71,198 |
| Down-swing volume | 139.50 | 0 – 7,346 | 0 / 46,194 | 0 – 95,369 |
| Current up-swing volume | 0 | 0 – 348.00 | 0 / 7,805 | 0 – 49,292 |
| Current down-swing volume | 0 | 0 – 266.00 | 0 / 5,456 | 0 – 43,764 |
The median is the middle reading, so a single unusual session cannot drag it. The middle half is where Price Action Oscillator sat on half of all bars — the range you should expect to see most of the time on this chart.
How this was measured
Every 15-minute bar of Micro E-mini Russell 2000 recorded in the last 90 days was read, and the values grouped without smoothing or filtering. Series with fewer than 400 readings are omitted rather than shown on thin evidence. These are recorded values, not predictions.