Chaikin Oscillator

Chaikin Oscillator is a technical study that is related to the accumulation distribution line and used to predict changes in the accumulation distribution line.

The assertion of the accumulation distribution line is that the degree of buying or selling pressure can be quantified by the location of the close in relation to the high and low for the period. Buying pressure is signalled by the stock closing in the upper half of the range and selling pressure is indicated by a stock closing in the lower half of the range.

Chaikin Oscillator is the moving average convergence divergence indicator (MACD) applied to the accumulation distribution line. The formula is the difference between the short period exponential moving average and the long period exponential moving average of the accumulation distribution line.

• Short period length (days)
• Long period length (days)
• Value to use as basis for calculation (open, low, high, close, adjusted close)