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Institutional Accumulation vs Distribution Engine

The Institutional Accumulation vs Distribution Engine is a professional-grade TradingView Pine v6 indicator built to detect whether a stock is being quietly accumulated by institutions or distributed after a rally.
It combines price action, volume behavior, relative strength, volatility structure, and smart-money flow into a single weighted institutional score.
🔍 What the Indicator Detects
✅ Accumulation Signals
Higher highs & higher lows
Tight volatility contraction before breakout
Rising smart-money absorption near VWAP/support
Low-volume pullbacks during uptrends
Relative outperformance vs Nifty and sector
Breakouts with expanding volume
❌ Distribution Signals
Failed breakouts and heavy-volume reversals
Gap-up exhaustion candles
Weak relative strength
Breakdown after volume spikes
Repeated rejection near resistance
📊 Weighted Institutional Model
Price–Volume Structure → 20%
Smart Money / Delivery Proxy → 20%
Institutional Activity Proxy → 15%
Fundamental Momentum → 15%
Relative Strength → 10%
Technical Structure → 10%
Volatility Compression → 5%
Market Cycle Positioning → 5%
📈 Outputs
Institutional Score (0–100)
Accumulation / Distribution Phase
Confidence Level
Smoothed Trend Strength
The indicator uses Accumulation/Distribution (A/D) concepts widely used in institutional trading to analyze underlying supply-demand dynamics.
It combines price action, volume behavior, relative strength, volatility structure, and smart-money flow into a single weighted institutional score.
🔍 What the Indicator Detects
✅ Accumulation Signals
Higher highs & higher lows
Tight volatility contraction before breakout
Rising smart-money absorption near VWAP/support
Low-volume pullbacks during uptrends
Relative outperformance vs Nifty and sector
Breakouts with expanding volume
❌ Distribution Signals
Failed breakouts and heavy-volume reversals
Gap-up exhaustion candles
Weak relative strength
Breakdown after volume spikes
Repeated rejection near resistance
📊 Weighted Institutional Model
Price–Volume Structure → 20%
Smart Money / Delivery Proxy → 20%
Institutional Activity Proxy → 15%
Fundamental Momentum → 15%
Relative Strength → 10%
Technical Structure → 10%
Volatility Compression → 5%
Market Cycle Positioning → 5%
📈 Outputs
Institutional Score (0–100)
Accumulation / Distribution Phase
Confidence Level
Smoothed Trend Strength
The indicator uses Accumulation/Distribution (A/D) concepts widely used in institutional trading to analyze underlying supply-demand dynamics.
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Script de código abierto
Fiel al espíritu de TradingView, el creador de este script lo ha convertido en código abierto, para que los traders puedan revisar y verificar su funcionalidad. ¡Enhorabuena al autor! Aunque puede utilizarlo de forma gratuita, recuerde que cualquier republicación del código está sujeta a nuestras Normas internas.
Exención de responsabilidad
La información y las publicaciones no constituyen, ni deben considerarse como, asesoramiento o recomendaciones financieras, de inversión, de trading u otro tipo, proporcionadas o respaldadas por TradingView. Obtenga más información en Condiciones de uso.