# Price–Indicator Pivot Alignment

`D08-F05-A01` · Geometric Chart Patterns → Indicator Divergence Detection · archetype `record-transform` · difficulty 3/5 · verification **contract**

Full page: https://docs.thefintechbuilder.com/geometric-chart-patterns/indicator-divergence-detection/price-indicator-pivot-alignment/
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## Install and import

```bash
npm install fintech-algorithms
```

```ts
import { priceIndicatorPivotAlignment } from "fintech-algorithms/geometric-chart-patterns/indicator-divergence-detection/price-indicator-pivot-alignment";
```

## Signature

```ts
priceIndicatorPivotAlignment(payload)
```

Aligns confirmed price and indicator pivots of the same kind within an explicit lag bound while preserving both event and knowledge indexes.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `payload` | `{ topic_id: string; data_class: string; as_of: string; bars: { timestamp: string; open: number; high: number; low: number; close: number; finalized: boolean }[]; price_pivots: { kind: string; event_index: number; confirmation_index: number; price: number; prominence: number }[]; indicators: { name: string; family: string; polarity: number; scale: number; pivots: { kind: string; event_index: number; confirmation_index: number; value: number; prominence: number }[] }[]; parameters: { max_lag: number; min_separation: number; max_separation: number; min_price_fraction: number; min_indicator_delta: number; confirmation_horizon: number; invalidation_buffer: number; minimum_indicators: number }; weights: { RSI: number; MACD-Histogram: number; Stochastic-K: number }; as_of_index: number; universe: { symbol: string; state: string; divergence_type: string; confluence_score: number; freshness: number; liquidity: number; data_quality: number; available_index: number; eligible: boolean }[] }` | yes | Topic payload containing price pivots, indicator definitions, and `parameters.max_lag`. |

## Returns

`{ topic_id, state, alignments, alignment_count?, reason }`

One alignment record. `state` is `warmup` when no indicator pivots or fewer than two alignments are available and `ready` otherwise; it does not describe leading null positions in a returned series.

## Warm-up

The first `2 eligible aligned pivots` positions are `state: warmup`. The function returns one alignment record when fewer than two causal alignments are available; it does not emit a positional null prefix.

## Errors

- When pivot identity, chronology, value, scale, polarity, or max-lag input is invalid — throws

## Complexity

Time `undefined`, space `undefined`.

## Worked example

Captured by running this function on the input its own test provides. Real output of real code — but not asserted against a published figure.

### Input

`payload`:

```json
{
  "topic_id": "D08-F05-A01",
  "data_class": "synthetic-teaching",
  "as_of": "2026-01-08T13:30:00Z",
  "bars": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2026-01-05T14:30:00Z",
      "open": 105.75,
      "high": 107,
      "low": 105,
      "close": 106,
      "finalized": true
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2026-01-05T15:30:00Z",
      "open": 106.112,
      "high": 107.362,
      "low": 105.362,
      "close": 106.362,
      "finalized": true
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2026-01-05T16:30:00Z",
      "open": 106.4614,
      "high": 107.7114,
      "low": 105.7114,
      "close": 106.7114,
      "finalized": true
    }
  ],
  "price_pivots": [
    {
      "kind": "low",
      "event_index": 18,
      "confirmation_index": 21,
      "price": 98,
      "prominence": 0.72
    },
    {
      "kind": "low",
      "event_index": 42,
      "confirmation_index": 45,
      "price": 94,
      "prominence": 0.84
    }
  ],
  "indicators": [
    {
      "name": "RSI",
      "family": "bounded-momentum",
      "polarity": 1,
      "scale": 100,
      "pivots": [
        {
          "kind": "low",
          "event_index": 19,
          "confirmation_index": 22,
          "value": 28,
          "prominence": 0.76
        },
        {
          "kind": "low",
          "event_index": 41,
          "confirmation_index": 44,
          "value": 36,
          "prominence": 0.86
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "MACD-Histogram",
      "family": "moving-average-momentum",
      "polarity": 1,
      "scale": 5,
      "pivots": [
        {
          "kind": "low",
          "event_index": 18,
          "confirmation_index": 21,
          "value": -2.2,
          "prominence": 0.7
        },
        {
          "kind": "low",
          "event_index": 42,
          "confirmation_index": 45,
          "value": -1,
          "prominence": 0.81
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Stochastic-K",
      "family": "range-momentum",
      "polarity": 1,
      "scale": 100,
      "pivots": [
        {
          "kind": "low",
          "event_index": 17,
          "confirmation_index": 20,
          "value": 18,
          "prominence": 0.68
        },
        {
          "kind": "low",
          "event_index": 43,
          "confirmation_index": 46,
          "value": 29,
          "prominence": 0.78
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "parameters": {
    "max_lag": 3,
    "min_separation": 5,
    "max_separation": 40,
    "min_price_fraction": 0.005,
    "min_indicator_delta": 0.05,
    "confirmation_horizon": 12,
    "invalidation_buffer": 0.005,
    "minimum_indicators": 2
  },
  "weights": {
    "RSI": 0.4,
    "MACD-Histogram": 0.35,
    "Stochastic-K": 0.25
  },
  "as_of_index": 71,
  "universe": [
    {
      "symbol": "SYNTH-A",
      "state": "confirmed",
      "divergence_type": "regular-bullish",
      "confluence_score": 86,
      "freshness": 92,
      "liquidity": 80,
      "data_quality": 98,
      "available_index": 47,
      "eligible": true
    },
    {
      "symbol": "SYNTH-B",
      "state": "candidate",
      "divergence_type": "regular-bearish",
      "confluence_score": 91,
      "freshness": 98,
      "liquidity": 72,
      "data_quality": 94,
      "available_index": 54,
      "eligible": true
    },
    {
      "symbol": "SYNTH-C",
      "state": "confirmed",
      "divergence_type": "hidden-bullish",
      "confluence_score": 74,
      "freshness": 70,
      "liquidity": 96,
      "data_quality": 90,
      "available_index": 39,
      "eligible": true
    }
  ]
}
```

### Call

```ts
priceIndicatorPivotAlignment(payload)
```

### Returns

object with 5 fields: topic_id, state, alignments, alignment_count, reason

```json
{
  "topic_id": "D08-F05-A01",
  "state": "ready",
  "alignments": [
    {
      "kind": "low",
      "price_event_index": 18,
      "price_confirmation_index": 21,
      "price": 98,
      "price_prominence": 0.72,
      "indicator_event_index": 19,
      "indicator_confirmation_index": 22,
      "indicator_value": 0.28,
      "indicator_raw_value": 28,
      "indicator_prominence": 0.76,
      "lag": 1,
      "knowledge_index": 22,
      "indicator": "RSI",
      "indicator_family": "bounded-momentum"
    },
    {
      "kind": "low",
      "price_event_index": 42,
      "price_confirmation_index": 45,
      "price": 94,
      "price_prominence": 0.84,
      "indicator_event_index": 41,
      "indicator_confirmation_index": 44,
      "indicator_value": 0.36,
      "indicator_raw_value": 36,
      "indicator_prominence": 0.86,
      "lag": 1,
      "knowledge_index": 45,
      "indicator": "RSI",
      "indicator_family": "bounded-momentum"
    }
  ],
  "alignment_count": 2,
  "reason": "aligned"
}
```

## Other exports

`adaptIndicator`, `alignPivots`, `detectDivergences`, `scoreDivergence`, `advanceState`, `combineConfluence`, `rankUniverse`, `runTopic`, `regularBullishBearishDivergenceDetection`, `hiddenBullishBearishDivergenceDetection`, `multiIndicatorDivergenceAdapters`, `divergenceStrengthAndQualityScoring`, `divergenceConfirmationAndInvalidationStateMachine`, `multiIndicatorDivergenceConfluence`, `marketWideDivergenceScannerAndRanking`. Every module additionally exports `run` as an alias of its primary
function, and a `meta` object carrying its catalog id, domain, family, shape and article URL.

## Verification and provenance

Tier: **contract**.

The module loads, the entry point is callable and its declared signature matches the compiled code. The example below is real captured output, but no independently published figure asserts the numbers.

Both tiers guarantee the signature. Full explanation: https://docs.thefintechbuilder.com/guides/verification/

Generated from the docs.json payload shipped inside fintech-algorithms@0.12.0.
The signature and parameter list are checked against the compiled implementation at build time,
so a description that contradicts the code fails the build rather than reaching this file.

## Links

- Article (how it works, step by step): https://thefintechbuilder.com/geometric-chart-patterns/indicator-divergence-detection/price-indicator-pivot-alignment/
- Implementation source: https://github.com/IslamBaraka90/Fintech-Algorithms-Library/blob/main/src/geometric-chart-patterns/indicator-divergence-detection/price-indicator-pivot-alignment/impl.ts
- Package on npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/fintech-algorithms
- Domain index for agents: https://docs.thefintechbuilder.com/geometric-chart-patterns/llms.txt