Chaikin Analytics is a stock trading idea platform. It was founded in 2011 by Marc Chaikin. The centerpiece of Chaikin Analytics is the Chaikin Power Gauge stock rating. In 2016 it was named one of "Two Top Websites for Quantitative Analysis" by Barron's.
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating is a stock rating that 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. 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. The rating was back-tested on 10 years of data. In April 2014, Chaikin collaborated with Nasdaq to overlay the Chaikin Power Gauge stock rating on three popular Nasdaq stock indexes: Large Cap, Small Cap, and Dividend Achievers. In 2017, Chaikin Analytics launched a collaboration with Nasdaq and IndexIQ to bring the Chaikin Power Gauge stock rating approach to the ETF marketplace for the first time.
The Chaikin Oscillator was developed in the 1970s. The indicator is based upon the momentum of the Accumulation/Distribution. 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: or where "AD" represents the Accumulation/Distribution cumulative total runningline, "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 of the AD to the 10-day EMA of the AD. 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.
Chaikin Money Flow measures Money Flow Volume over a period, typically 20 or 21 days. The indicator oscillates above and below the zero line which indicates a bullish or bearish trend. The indicator is also used to calculate Chaikin’s Accumulation/Distribution. 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. To determine the CMF one must first determine the Close Location Value as follows: or The next step is to take the CLV and determine the CMF, as follows: The formula, in Metastock format, for calculating the 21-period Chaikin Money Flow, is as follows: sum – ) /) * V,21) / sum
