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CPR pivot derivation on Kite

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Central Pivot Range (CPR) is a popular intraday trading framework using three derived levels from the previous period’s OHLC: the central Pivot, the Bottom Central (BC), and the Top Central (TC). On Zerodha Kite, CPR is one of the available pivot indicators across both engines.

CPR formulas

For each trading session, CPR is computed from the previous session’s OHLC:

Pivot (P) = (High + Low + Close) / 3
Bottom Central (BC) = (High + Low) / 2
Top Central (TC) = (Pivot - BC) + Pivot = 2*Pivot - BC

The three lines are plotted as horizontal levels for the current day’s session.

Pivot points discrepancy on Kite

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Pivot points on Kite can sometimes show different values from third-party calculations or other broker platforms. The discrepancy is usually explained by differing input data conventions.

Sources of discrepancy

OHLC source

Pivot points (P, R1-R3, S1-S3, BC, TC, etc.) compute from previous-period OHLC. The “previous period” can be:

Previous trading day OHLC (most common).
Previous trading week OHLC.
Previous trading month OHLC.

Kite’s pivot indicators use one source; third-party calculations may use another. Mismatching sources produces different pivots.