Pathshala: Accumulation Distribution

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Accumulation Distribution</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Accumulation Distribution uses volume to confirm price trends or warn of weak 
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Accumulation</b>: Volume is considered to be accumulated when the day's 
        close is higher than the previous day's closing price. Thus the term 
        "accumulation day" </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Distribution</b>: Volume is distributed when the day's close is lower 
        than the previous day's closing price. Many traders use the term "distribution 
        day" </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Therefore, when a day is an accumulation day, the day's volume is added to 
      the previous day's Accumulation Distribution Line. Similarly, when a day is a 
      distribution day, the day's volume is subtracted from the previous day's 
      Accumulation Distribution Line.</span></div>
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    The main use of the Accumulation Distribution Line is to <b>detect divergences 
      between the price movement and volume movement</b>. An example of the Accumulation 
      Distribution Line is shown below in the chart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The basic interpretation of
volume goes as follows:</span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Increasing and decreasing <b>prices are confirmed by
     increasing volume</b>. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Increasing and decreasing prices are not confirmed and
     warn of future trouble when volume is decreasing. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Nasdaq 100 made an equal
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Top formation) at High #2; however, the Accumulation Distribution Line
failed to make an equal high, in fact it made a lower high. On average, less
volume was transacted on the move higher at High #2 than occured on the first
move higher at High #1; thus, this could be interpreted as there being less
strength and conviction behind the rally in the Nasdaq the second move higher.
This failure of the Accumulation Distribution Line signaled a strong bearish
divergence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">High #3 to High #4</span></b></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Again, the Accumulation
Distribution line made a lower high, even though the Nasdaq 100 this time made
a higher high. This bearish divergence warned that the second move to make a
higher high in price lacked conviction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The bearish divergence from Low
#1 to Low #2 confirmed the later bearish divergence of High #3 to High #4. On
average, more volume was occuring on down days than up days, even while the
Nasdaq 100 was making higher highs and higher lows, which usually is considered
a sign of strength.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In summary, the Accumulation
Distribution Line is a very effective <b>tool to confirm price action</b> and
show <b>warnings of potential price reversals</b>. It is important to
incorporate volume into price analysis, and the Accumulation Distribution Line
is one of many indicators to do just this. Other indicators that include price
and volume analysis and could be considered more accurate than the Accumulation
Distribution Line include the Chaikin Oscillator (see: Chaikin
Oscillator), Money Flow Index (see: Money
Flow Index), and Price Volume Trend indicator (see: Price
Volume Trend).</span></span><br />
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