With respect to accumulation, I was referring tot he trend line in the TA I follow, refer to the TA link that was included in that same post.
Here's a helper as well:
"The Accumulation/Distribution Line is good means to measure the volume force behind a move.
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As a volume indicator, the Accumulation/Distribution Line will help to determine if the volume in a security is increasing on the advances or declines.
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The Accumulation/Distribution Line can be used to gauge the general flow of money. An uptrend indicates that buying pressure is prevailing, and a downtrend indicates that selling pressure is prevailing.
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The Accumulation/Distribution Line can be used to spot divergences, both positive and negative.
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The Accumulation/Distribution Line can be used to confirm the strength and sustainability behind a move.
There are some drawbacks to the Accumulation/Distribution Line, though.
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The indicator does not take gaps into consideration. A stock that gaps up and closes midway between the high and the low will not receive any credit for the advance off of the gap. A series of gaps could go largely undetected.
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Because the Accumulation/Distribution Line is clearly tied to price movement, specifically the close, it will sometimes move in step with the underlying security, and yield few divergences.
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It sometimes difficult to detect subtle changes in volume flows. The rate of change in a downtrend could be slowing, but it may be impossible to detect until the Accumulation/Distribution Line turns up. This drawback has been addressed in the form of the
Chaikin Oscillator or
Chaikin Money Flow, which are next in the education series.
