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Accumulative Swing Index - Explained

What is the Accumulative Swing Index?

Written by Jason Gordon

Updated at April 17th, 2022

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What is the Accumulative Swing Index?

The Accumulative Swing Index (ASI) refers to a strategy used by traders to measure the long-term trend in a security's price with the aim of determining whether the trend signals a buying time or selling time in the market. ASI is also referred to as a trend line indicator which traders use to gauge the trends in the price of a security. The opening price, closing price, as well as high and low prices are factored when using the ASI strategy.

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How Does an Accumulative Swing Index Work?

The Swing Index was first created before the Accumulative Swing Index (ASI) was developed Welles Wilder created these concepts. ASI add a trendline indicator helps investors by giving technical support relating to buying and selling signals in the market. Technical analysts determine but and sell signals using ASI. Trend lines of securities prices can also be added when a technical analyst's chart diagram is being created. Aside from ASI, moving average, weighted alpha and volume Weighted moving average are other popular trendline indicators. ASI can be effectively utilized by taking advantage of the available technical software such as NinjaTrader, INO Market Club, Wave59 PRO2, Vectorvest, EquityFeed Workstation, ProfitSource and others.

Swing Index

The Swing Index as formulated by Welles Wilder takes into consideration, trends in prices that serves as useful information to technical analysts and even investors. Swing Index was designed to give relevant information of a security's price after all prices (open, close, high and low) have been analyzed. The variance between the closing price for a previous day and the opening price for the day are represented with a variable R. In calculating Swing Index, the core value is multiplied by 50 and K/T. The degree of a price change for day is T.

Accumulative Swing Index

Typically, a trendline value is between the range of 100 and - 100, it reveals the trends in changes in the price of a stock over a period of time. The Accumulative Swing Index (ASI) takes in the trendline in change of securitys price. The Swing Index is essential for this to happen. All types of securities can be analyzed using ASI and Swing Index. A positive ASI indicates that the long-term trend in a securitys price will be higher while a negative ASI means it will be lower.

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