Chaikin Oscillator is a technical analysis tool used to measure accumulation-​distribution of moving average convergence-divergence (MACD).LinkedInwithBackgroundYourPrivacyRightsInvestopediaandourthird-partypartnersusecookiesandprocesspersonaldatalikeuniqueidentifiersbasedonyourconsenttostoreand/oraccessinformationonadevice,displaypersonalizedadsandforcontentmeasurement,audienceinsight,andproductdevelopment.TochangeorwithdrawyourconsentchoicesforInvestopedia.com,includingyourrighttoobjectwherelegitimateinterestisused,clickbelow.Atanytime,youcanupdateyoursettingsthroughthe"EUPrivacy"linkatthebottomofanypage.Thesechoiceswillbesignaledgloballytoourpartnersandwillnotaffectbrowsingdata.ListofPartners(vendors)Weandourpartnersprocessdatato:Activelyscandevicecharacteristicsforidentification.Useprecisegeolocationdata.Storeand/oraccessinformationonadevice.Selectpersonalisedcontent.Createapersonalisedcontentprofile.Measureadperformance.Selectbasicads.Createapersonalisedadsprofile.Selectpersonalisedads.Applymarketresearchtogenerateaudienceinsights.Measurecontentperformance.Developandimproveproducts.ListofPartners(vendors)IAcceptShowPurposesTechnicalAnalysisGuidetoTechnicalAnalysisTechnicalAnalysisBasicEducationAdvancedTechnicalAnalysisConceptsTechnicalAnalysisTechnicalAnalysisBasicEducationWhatistheChaikinOscillator?TheChaikinoscillatorisnamedforitscreatorMarcChaikin.Theoscillator measurestheaccumulation-distributionlineofmovingaverageconvergence-divergence(MACD).TocalculatetheChaikinoscillator,subtracta10-dayexponentialmovingaverage(EMA)oftheaccumulation-distributionlinefroma3-dayEMAoftheaccumulation-distributionline.Thismeasures momentum predictedbyoscillationsaroundtheaccumulation-distributionline.TradingView.KeyTakeawaysTheChaikinIndicatorappliesMACDtotheaccumulation-distributionlineratherthanclosingprice.Acrossabovetheaccumulation-distributionlineindicatesthatmarketplayersareaccumulatingshares,securitiesorcontracts,whichistypicallybullish.TheFormulafortheChaikinOscillatori