The Aroon Oscillator is a trend-following indicator to gauge the strength of a current trend. It uses aspects of the Aroon indicator like the Aroon Up & Aroon Down and is the difference between them. Besides that, this oscillator helps traders analyse whether a trend will continue.
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What is the Aroon Oscillator?
How To Analyse Chart Using the Aroon Oscillator
Category
Trend
Type
Leading
This trend indicator is the difference between the Aroon Up and Aroon Down. Traders can use it to measure the strength of a trend and whether the stock price is trending.
Developed in 1995 by Tushar Chande, it helps measure the number of periods since the last 25th-period low and high. Before drawing this indicator on a chart, it’s vital to calculate the Aroon Up and Aroon Down.
Aroon-Up = [(Period Specified – Periods Since the Highest High within Period Specified) / Period Specified] x 100
Aroon-Down = [(Period Specified – Periods Since the Lowest Low for Period Specified) / Period Specified] x 100
Aroon Oscillator = (Aroon Up - Aroon Down)
This indicator oscillates between -100 and +100 with zero as its middle line. The Aroon Up, Aroon Down, and Aroon oscillator are plotted for easy comparison.
The latter is the difference between the prior two. An uptrend is present when the Aroon oscillator’s reading is above zero. Conversely, a downtrend is present when the Aroon oscillator is below zero.
Moreover, the farther away the zero line is from the Aroon oscillator, the stronger the trend. When the Aroon Up is above 70, it shows a strong uptrend. Traders like to buy in such scenarios.
On the other hand, when Aroon Down is above 70, it points towards a strong downtrend. Traders like to sell in such situations.