Aroon Indicator
The Aroon indicator measures how recently price made its highest high and lowest low over a period, using two lines — Aroon Up and Aroon Down — on a 0-100 scale. This article explains how a high Aroon Up signals a fresh uptrend, how crossovers flag trend changes, how both lines being low marks consolidation, and how Aroon differs from ADX by emphasising the timing of new extremes rather than raw trend strength.
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