Chaikin money flow (CMF)

Whether volume has been arriving on closes near the high or near the low.

Formula

Money-flow volume = Volume × ((Close − Low) − (High − Close)) ÷ (High − Low)
CMF = Σ money-flow volume ÷ Σ Volume, over N

How to read it

Above zero is buying pressure, below zero selling pressure.

How to use it

Confirms breakouts: a move up with CMF above zero has volume behind it.

In Kereon

Charts · Superchart. Default 20; zero line drawn.

Also called: cmf, chaikin.

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