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Indicator · Pine Script v4 · Own pane
Chaikin Oscillator
Calculates the Chaikin Oscillator by taking the difference between a fast exponential moving average and a slow exponential moving average of the Accumulation/Distribution line.
GitHub stars65on the repository
Pine versionv4older, still runs
Lines of code7
Settings2inputs
LicenceGPL-3.0
Last update4 days ago24 Oct 2026
Add It to Your TradingView Chart
- 1Copy the scriptPress Copy script above, or the copy button on the code below.
- 2Open the Pine EditorOpen a TradingView chart and choose Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.
- 3Paste over the templateCreate a new indicator, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
- 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart, then adjust the settings with the gear icon next to its name.
Source Code
7 lines of Pine Script v4 from examples/v4/tradingview-docs/v4-annotations-price-levels-hline-00.pine, published under GPL-3.0. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.
//@version=4
study(title="Chaikin Oscillator", shorttitle="Chaikin Osc")
short = input(3, minval=1)
long = input(10, minval=1)
osc = ema(accdist, short) - ema(accdist, long)
plot(osc, color=color.red)
hline(0, title="Zero", color=color.gray, linestyle=hline.style_dashed)
Overview
Chaikin Oscillator plots the resulting line in a separate pane alongside a dashed zero reference level. Traders can adjust the short and long lookback periods via the input settings to modify sensitivity.
- Accumulation/Distribution line momentum calculation
- Dual exponential moving average difference
- Zero line reference plot
- Customizable fast and slow lookback lengths
Details
Published by
be-thomas on GitHub
Type
Indicator, Pine Script v4
Draws
Separate pane below the chart
Category
Oscillators & momentum, Volume
Markets
Any symbol
Timeframes
Any timeframe
Risk Notes
No repainting, lookahead or stacked entries were found in its code or README. That says nothing about how well it works: test it first.
Topics
algorithmic-tradingbacktestingcompilerfintechjavascriptpinescripttechnical-analysistradingview
Settings
The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.
| Setting | Type | Default | Variable |
|---|---|---|---|
| short | int | 3 | short |
| long | int | 10 | long |
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this script, and the summary above was generated automatically from its code and README. Indicators describe the past, and a strategy's backtest can look better than live trading, especially when a script repaints. Check it in the Strategy Tester and on a demo account before you rely on it.
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