Market Internals 003 – Advance Decline Line
The Advance/Decline Line or ‘A/D Line’ for short, is the second most important of the internals. This indicator tells us the net sum of advancing stocks minus declining stocks.
The Advance/Decline Line or ‘A/D Line’ for short, is the second most important of the internals. This indicator tells us the net sum of advancing stocks minus declining stocks.
The Breadth Ratio is a volume ratio composed of volume flowing into up stocks versus volume flowing into down stocks. This reading is important in relation to where it has been, especially where we are now compared to where we opened on the day.
Market Internals are similar to the instrument cluster on your car, without them you really do not know the condition of the market environment or how fast you are moving.
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