McClellan oscillator

The momentum of market breadth: a fast average of advance–decline minus a slow one.

Formula

Oscillator = EMA₁₉(ADD) − EMA₃₉(ADD)

How to read it

Above 0: breadth is improving. The summation index adds the oscillator up over time.

How to use it

Breadth momentum: a turn in the oscillator often leads a turn in the index.

In Kereon

Market. Over this server's own record of ADD readings, not daily exchange closes, so it needs a history to accumulate before it reads.

Also called: mcclellan, mcclellan oscillator, oscillator, summation.

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