Advance-Decline Line

advance-decline line (A/D) investment & finance definition
The line that results from plotting the advance-decline index over a period of time. The direction of the advance-decline line is used to confirm movements in a stock or the market.

The advance-decline line is an indicator used to measure the breadth of a stock market advance or decline. The indicator uses the number of advancing stocks and compares that figure with the number of declining stocks.

Advance-Decline Line
A traditional advance-decline line compares the number of stocks which have closed up for the day to the number which have closed down for the day. This can be a quick way to view the strength of the market.

Advance-Decline Line
The Advance-Decline Line is a market breadth indicator and should be compared to the other market indices like the Dow Jones or S&P 500. Daily or weekly NYSE data is used in the calculation.

Advance-Decline Line
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The Advance-Decline Line is the most cited and least understood of all market indicators.

Advance-Decline Line »Advance-Decline (AD) Line definition
Is a market breadth indicator, providing a very good measure of overall market strength. (see report)
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Advance-Decline Line
Each day's number of declining issues is subtracted from the number of advancing issues.

Advance-Decline Line : One of the most widely used indicators to measure the breadth of a stock market advance or decline. Each day or week the number of advancing issues is compared to the number of declining issues.

Advance-Decline Line
The Advancing/Declining Issues indicator represents the total difference between advancing and declining issues. The advance/decline line is considered one of the best indicators of market movement as a whole.

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The "advance-decline line" ("A-D line") can be defined as follows:
If the term is applied to issues (securities), the "A-D issues line" represents the difference between the number of advancing and declining issues.

Along with the Advance-Decline line, the Advance Decline Ratio is considered one of the best indicators of the overall wellbeing of the market.

Advance-Decline Line: A line on a graph representing the advance-decline index over a period of time.
The direction of the advance-decline line is used to confirm movements in a stock or the market.

Advance-Decline Line This is one the best known market breadth indicators. Each day, a certain number...

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Advance Decline Ratio: The ratio of advancing issues over declining issues. Taking the moving average of the AD ratio will smooth it so it can be used as an overbought and oversold indicator.

Investors using technical analysis often use the advance-decline line, a tool that determines the difference between the number of stocks dropping in price and the number of stocks rising in price.

See also: Advance, Decline Line, Market, Index, Indicator