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Research method

Accumulation and distribution line

Accumulation and distribution line is a canonical archive-taxonomy method; this registry entry defines its inputs, output and use boundary.

Output
Signal
Input
OHLC price structure and chart scale
Horizon
From intraday to several weeks
Best use
Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.
Conceptual

Registry evidence level: conceptual. This is a navigation record, not a performance claim.

  • Input: OHLC price structure and chart scale.
  • Output: signal.
  • Use boundary: Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.
The archive

Where the method has been read

Read in the archive12 readings

1994Constructing the Chaikin oscillator from close-in-range volumeIndicators and filters1995Constructing an accumulative swing index from open-high-low-close comparisonsIndicators and filters2000Constructing a Chaikin oscillator from the accumulation-distribution lineIndicators and filters2001Confirming a price-box break with on-balance volume and the accumulation-distribution lineTrend and channels2004Why on-balance volume and the accumulation-distribution line disagreeIndicators and filters2006Lagged commercial nets and a weekly accumulation triggerSeasonality and regimes2007Constructing dominant cycles from participant accumulationWaves and ratios2011Linear regression overlays on volume-flow primariesIndicators and filters2014Lookalike money flow is not on-balance volumeIndicators and filters2014A 2014 research stack as a classroom for volume-flow hypothesesIndicators and filters2015Volume-free accumulation and a next-session bias overlayMarket breadth2017Small-cap swing entries that wait for accumulation and Chaikin to clearEntry and exit rules
This registry entry describes a research method. It is not investment advice and does not make a performance claim.