Entered high-low-close-volume · cumulative location weight

Accumulation/Distribution Calculator

Calculate a cumulative A/D line from each entered close location inside its high-low range and one consistent volume measure.

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Enter ordered high-low-close-volume bars

Use one symbol, timeframe, broker feed and volume type throughout.

Entered

One row per line. Commas, semicolons or tabs are accepted. Volume may be zero but cannot be negative.

A/D boundary: The indicator name does not make the result a buying or selling classification. The page reports the multiplier, signed contribution and cumulative value only.

Entered-series Accumulation/Distribution

Entered Volume Indicators 1.0.0.

Derived
No A/D line calculated yetEnter at least two ordered high-low-close-volume bars, or load the audited example.

How Accumulation/Distribution is calculated

Multiplier = [(close − low) − (high − close)] ÷ (high − low)
Contribution = multiplier × volume
A/D = prior A/D + contribution

The multiplier is positive when the close is above the bar midpoint, negative below the midpoint and zero at the midpoint. The contribution is added to a running total starting from zero.

When high equals low, Version 1.0.0 follows the published MetaQuotes source and assigns a zero multiplier and zero contribution rather than dividing by zero.

Assumptions and limits

  • Rows must be oldest to newest and use one consistent symbol, timeframe, feed and volume type.
  • Spot-forex tick volume is a count of price changes rather than centralized exchange turnover.
  • A flat high-low bar contributes zero regardless of its entered volume.
  • The cumulative level depends on the entered starting point and available history.
  • Positive or negative contributions are not classified as accumulation, distribution, divergence or trade signals.

Worked example from the audited fixture

Reproduce it with “Load audited example”The seven-bar fixture’s final close is 11 inside a 10.5 to 14.5 range, giving money-flow multiplier −0.75. Multiplying by entered volume 140 gives contribution −105, and adding it to the prior cumulative line produces A/D 68.333333.

How to interpret the result

The negative contribution reflects the close’s location inside only the final entered bar. The cumulative A/D level also depends on every preceding contribution and the zero seed. It is not a cash flow, accumulation label or signal.

Frequently asked questions

  • Enter at least two ordered high-low-close-volume bars from one consistent symbol, timeframe, feed and volume type.
  • The distance from close to low minus the distance from high to close is divided by the high-low range.
  • The money-flow multiplier is multiplied by the entered volume.
  • Each signed contribution is added to a running total that starts from zero.
  • Version 1.0.0 follows the published MetaQuotes source and assigns a zero multiplier and contribution.
  • It commonly means tick volume, a count of price changes rather than centralized traded volume.
  • Not necessarily. Feed, volume type, entered history and starting point can change the absolute cumulative level.
  • No. The page reports arithmetic only and does not classify buying, selling, divergence, entries or exits.

Sources and methodology

On-Balance Volume CalculatorUse close-to-close direction rather than within-bar close location.Money Flow Index CalculatorCompare rolling positive and negative typical-price flows.Commodity Channel Index CalculatorMeasure typical-price deviation without a volume weight.

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