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Re: penny_foolish post# 5080

Thursday, 05/14/2009 12:48:32 PM

Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:48:32 PM

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What Does McClellan Oscillator Mean?
A market breadth indicator that is based on the difference between the number of advancing and declining issues on the NYSE. It is primarily used for short and intermediate term trading.
Usually, a small number of stocks making large gains characterizes a weakening bull market. This gives the perception that the overall market is healthy, but in reality it isn't, as rising prices are being driven by a small number of stocks. Conversely, when a bear market is still declining, but a smaller amount of stocks are declining, an end to the bear market may be near.
***Note how the McClellan has been going down while the market was still going up. Granted there is a little up for today; however, I still see this as a weakening up move.