Definitions
In plain terms
Both names use A/D, but one is bar-location-weighted volume and the other aggregates advancing and declining securities.
Technical
Use the full indicator name and its inputs—high, low, close, volume—to keep the two constructs distinct.
Scope
The ADL here is not the breadth line used for market-wide participation.
Examples
- A reviewer computes ADL Breadth Disambiguation from a small OHLCV fixture and checks readiness, units, and edge cases before publication.
Common misconceptions
- The ADL here is not the breadth line used for market-wide participation.
Concept relationships
Where this concept is used
Evidence and governance
- Accumulation/Distribution (A/D) Line TradingView · official platform documentation
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, variant distinction
Limits: Does not turn the line into market breadth, identify trade initiators, or eliminate gap blind spots.
- Chaikin Oscillator TradingView · official platform documentation
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, variant distinction
Limits: The oscillator is not adopted as a causal or predictive claim for CMF or ADL.
- Volume indicators function group TA-Lib · first party technical publication
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, variant distinction
Limits: Library compatibility does not by itself prove a project's seed, warm-up, or missing-data policy.
- Closing Price Investor.gov · official standard
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition, variant distinction
Limits: A close is not automatically an adjusted close and may vary by market session convention.
- Reviewed by
- fintech-builder-batch-010
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-01
- Next review
- 2027-08-01
- Record status
- evidence reviewed
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