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15-minute price change

Also shown as Return (15m), Trailing 15-minute return

The percentage change in closing price over the 15 minutes ending at the selected minute. For example, -0.15% means price ended 0.15% lower than 15 minutes earlier.

Interactive illustration · not market data

Compare the two closes

Reading+2%(102 − 100) / 100 = +0.02
The closes are 15 minutes apart. This describes the past, not the next move.
Live monitoring
Binance Futures only; depends on the full setup
Observed
measured over the trailing 15 minutes
Unit
Return as a fraction (0.01 is 1%)
Valid range
-1 to 5
How to read it, with examples

How to read it

Calculated as the latest close divided by the close 15 minutes earlier, minus one. Positive means up; negative means down.

Compare earlier momentum with what happened after similar conditions.

What it does not prove

This describes the preceding 15 minutes. It is not the return over the whole selected move or a forecast.

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Technical details

Registry definition

Trailing 15-minute close-to-close return ending at the bucket.

Field ID

feature.ret_15m

Valid query operators

at least, at most, between

Window operators: lowest, highest, average, latest or change in, over a trailing window.

Editable query preset

Starting point only. Review and edit before running.

{
  "schema_version": "research_query.v2",
  "normalization_version": "archive_normalization.v1",
  "feature_version": "feature_defs.v1",
  "target": "record_occurrences",
  "where": {
    "all": [
      [
        "feature.ret_15m",
        "gte",
        0.01
      ],
      [
        "times.anchor_time",
        "gte",
        "2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "sort": [
    "times.anchor_time",
    "desc"
  ],
  "page": {
    "limit": 5,
    "cursor": null
  }
}

The search reports how often the record held this condition and what followed. It does not decide whether an idea works.

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