markets predecessor chaikin stock research founder marc chaikin headquarters philadelphia website homepage chaikin analytics formerly chaikin stock research is a company founded by marc chaikin that produces tools utilized by individuals in the financial markets industry based upon chaikin indicators . contents 1 chaikin indicators 1.1 chaikin oscillator 1.2 chaikin money flow 2 chaikin analytics 3 references chaikin indicators edit chaikin analytics a philadelphia stock market analytics firm produces chaikin power tools for individuals and chaikin analytics professionals . 1 the firm was founded by its namesake marc chaikin who spent over forty years developing stock market tools for institutional investors . the tools utilize algorithms to estimate the future direction of stock prices for individual investments distributed via desktop and app models . chaikin oscillator edit the chaikin oscillator was developed in the 1970s . 2 the indicator is based upon the momentum of the accumulation distribution ad . 3 ad calculates the position of a stock s daily closing price as a fraction of the daily price range of the stock a fraction that is multiplied by the daily volume in order to quantify the net accumulation or distribution of a stock . ad is expressed mathematically as a d c u m c l h c h l v displaystyle ad cum frac c l h c h l times v where ad represents the accumulation distribution cumulative total running line cum is an instructive abbreviation meaning calculate a cumulative total running line c is the daily closing price h is the daily high price l is the daily low price and v is the daily total volume . the indicator is measured as the difference between the 3 day exponential moving average ema of the ad to the 10 day ema of the ad . 4 5 it signals when crossing above or below the zero line or when bullish bearish departures take place . these signals anticipate the change in direction of the ad . stock analysts observe a chaikin oscillator graph to look for the signal to buy or sell a stock . 6 chaikin money flow edit chaikin money flow also referred to as cmf measures money flow volume over a period typically 20 or 21 days . 4 the indicator oscillates above and below the zero line which indicates a bullish or bearish trend . 7 the indicator is also used to calculate chaikin s accumulation distribution ad . 8 it is based on the concept that buying support is normally demonstrated by increased volume and repeated closes in the top half of the daily range and that selling pressure is shown by increased volume and recurrent closes in the lower half of the daily range . rising prices typically accompany buying support and decreasing prices usually occur with selling pressure . the end result is a picture of how money is flowing into or out of a stock . 9 10 to determine the cmf one must first determine the close location value clv as follows c l v c l o s e 1 l o w 1 h i g h 1 c l o s e 1 h i g h 1 l o w 1 displaystyle clv frac close 1 low 1 high 1 close 1 high 1 low 1 the next step is to take the clv and determine the cmf as follows 10 c m f t 20 t c l v t v o l u m e t t 20 t v o l t displaystyle cmf frac sum t 20 t clv t times volume t sum t 20 t vol t chaikin analytics edit chaikin analytics is a suite of analytics that combine fundamental and technical indicators with proprietary analytics in easy to use desktop or ipad applications . the proprietary chaikin power gauge rating analyzes 5 000 stocks using a 20 factor model . chaikin power tools were developed for self directed investors in order to provide them with access to information generally available only to institutional investors . 11 chaikin analytics professionals was developed for traders and professionals as well as experienced individuals . the chaikin power gauge rating uses a basic color scale to indicate the investment potential of a stock red shows that a stock is bearish yellow that it has a neutral rating and green that it is bullish . 12 the 20 factors which make up the rating are organized into four categories financial metrics earnings performance price volume activity and expert opinions . one of the factors in the rating is chaikin money flow cmf . the rating was back tested on 10 years of data and provided positive results in terms of being able to predict stock performance for individual companies over a range of three to six months . 13 references edit reid kanaley april 7 2011 . get data expert advice for stock market moves . philly.com the philadelphia inquirer . retrieved march 27 2012 . john dobosz january 18 2012 . separating chumps from champs in retail banks and tech . forbes market blaster . retrieved march 28 2012 . michael c. thomsett 2010 . cmf chaikin money flow changes anticipating price reversal . the financial times press . a b charles d. kirkpatrick julie r. dahlquist 2012 . technical analysis the complete resource for financial market technicians . financial times press . pp. 421 422 . robert w. colby 2003 . the encyclopedia of technical market indicators . mcgraw hill professional . p. 51 . berni moestafa december 21 2009 . london sumatra may fall on chaikin turn technical analysis . bloomberg . buff dormeier 2011 . investing with volume analysis identify follow and profit from trends . financial times press . pp. 136 137 . michael c. thomsett 2012 . bloomberg visual guide to candlestick charting . john wiley & sons . p. 265 . martin j pring 2002 . momentum explained volume 2 . mcgraw hill professional . pp. 60 68 . a b asli celikyilmaz and i. burhan t rk en 2009 . modeling uncertainty with fuzzy logic with recent theory and applications . springer . p. 368 . alan butler march 6 2012 . marc chaikin founder of chaikin power tools tells us how to invest like the pros . interview with marc chaikin . butler on business . retrieved march 28 2012 . theresa w. carey march 26 2011 . optionsxpress gives schwab a leg up . barron s. retrieved march 28 2012 . alan earls november 15 2011 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