The Ultimate Oscillator combines a stock's price action during 3 different time frames into one bounded oscillator. These 3-time frames are short, intermediate, and long term market cycles - or 7, 14 and 28-period. This Oscillator was created by Larry Williams.It's important to remember that all these time periods overlap - the 28-period time frame comprises the 14-period time … [Read more...]
McClellan Oscillator (McClellan Osc) Explained
McClellan oscillator is developed by Sherman and Marian McClellan.It represents the total difference of the advancing and declining issues on the New York Stock Exchange.McClellan oscillator is a breadth indicator and is based on the advancing and declining issues.It finds out the extent of the involvement in the stock market fluctuations through declines and advances. A big … [Read more...]
Volume Rate of Change (VROC)
Volume Rate of Change (VROC), is an important indicator of gauging an instrument's volume changes. It mathematically resembles Price ROC but indicates the ROC of the security's volume and not its closing price. The Volume ROC demonstrates the speed at which volume is shifting. This can turn out to be rather helpful as almost each essential chart formation, such as peaks, … [Read more...]
Volume Accumulation Oscillator
The Volume Accumulation Oscillator (VAO) is more sensitive to volume versus price than the On Balance Volume indicator. The formula for Volume Accumulation is: VAC = Volume * ( Close - High + Low / 2 ) A rising price trend will be confirmed by a rising VA line. An uptrend paired with a rising Volume Accumulation line is considered bullish while a Volume Accumulation … [Read more...]
On Balance Volume (OBV) : An Overview
Joe Granville introduced the On Balance Volume (OBV) indicator in his 1963 book, Granville's New Key to Stock Market Profits.A method used in technical analysis to detect momentum, the calculation of which relates volume to price change. OBV provides a running total of volume and shows whether this volume is flowing in or out of a given security.OBV attempts to detect when a … [Read more...]