Accumulation/Distribution Technical Analysis & Accumulation/Distribution Trading Signals
Conceived and Engineered by Marc Chaikins
This indicator is utilized to evaluate the cumulative flow of money into and out of indices.
Volume was first used for stock trading: in stocks, "volume" refers to the amount of shares traded for a certain stock, and this volume clearly shows how much money is entering and leaving a stock.
The main idea of AD is that how much is being traded (or the flow of money) helps predict where the price will go. (Trading comes before price).
Tick volume shows how much the price changes (ticks) that a broker gets within a specific amount of time. Many brokers use tick volume in the software they use for charting.
Interpretation
This volume indicator serves to assess whether volume is increasing or decreasing as the market price on a chart rises or falls.
Up Index Trend
If prices rise on a chart, the Accumulation Distribution line should also go up. This means volume backs the price move. The upward trend has real power and can last.
If price moves up but volume doesn't follow, the momentum's fading. This sets up divergence between price and indicator, warning you that a reversal could be on the way.
Down Indices Trend
If the price on a trading chart is going down, then the AD tool should also be going down. This shows that the price drop is supported by the amount of trading and that the drop has power behind it.
But if the price goes down but the trading amounts don't, the power behind the move is getting weaker: this makes a difference between the price and AD and suggests the market might move the other way.
Technical Analysis and How to Generate Trading Signals
Shown Below is an example of a chart and the technical analysis explanation
From the chart above, we can divide the trading chart into three segments: part A, part B, and part C.
A - Upwards trend line on chart & also on the Accumulation/Distribution
B - Downward trend-line on chart & also on the Accumulation/Distribution
C - Upwards trend-line on chart & also on the Accumulation Distribution
When the price movement and the corresponding indicator are aligned in the same direction, it suggests the market move possesses sufficient momentum to maintain its current trajectory, as illustrated previously.
Trendline Break
Looking at the chart above, we can see that when the trend line on the AD indicator broke, the price trend line also broke.
On the chart below, vertical lines mark breaks in trendlines. They show on both price and indicator.
Trend lines on the AD indicator broke first. Chart lines followed. Volume leads price changes.
Signals
Exit
Exit signals are triggered once the trend line drawn on the Accumulation Distribution indicator is breached. A break in the indicator's trend line suggests a potential shift in market direction is imminent.
Entry
When the trendline on the AD indicator is breached, it indicates a potential reversal in the price direction.
But, if we want to trade in the opposite direction, it's always best to wait for a trading signal that confirms our decision.
A confirmation signal is deemed complete once both the indicator and the price have successfully broken beyond their respective trend-lines.
Entry Trading Signal Derived and Generated by Trend Reversal
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