A Daily Swing Trade

Based on the smoothed difference between the number of advancing and declining issues on the New York Stock Exchange, similar to MACD, the McClellan Oscillator is a breadth indicator that uses advances and declines to determine the amount of participation in the movement of the stock market. One sign of a healthy bull market is a large number of stocks making moderate upward advances in price. A small number of stocks making large advances in price is a sign of a weakening bull market. This situation gives the false appearance that all is well and is the type of divergence that often signals an end to a bull market.

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