The first step in calculating ATR is to find a series of true range values for a security. The price range of an asset for a given trading day is its high minus its low. To find an asset's true range ...

Today’s MT Driver’s Manual segment will focus on how we use the “Average True Range” or ATR indicator as a tool for setting up our individual trades. To begin, let’s take a look at what the ATR ...

In technical analysis, investors use quantifiable metrics to gauge potential stock movements based on behavior. Many of these variables stem from measuring the stock’s volatility. And this includes ...

When trading stocks and other securities, it can be helpful to use technical indicators to assess volatility. Average true range, or ATR, is one such indicator that’s often used to track securities’ ...

Bollinger Bands are one of the most widely used technical tools for spotting potential breakouts or reversals. But as John Rowland, CMT, explained in his recent webinar, using them alone can sometimes ...

In this lesson, we explore the average true range indicator (ATR), how to calculate it and what it's got to do with turtles (it will make sense when we get there!). What is the average true range (ATR ...