Summary
Average true range. An indicator providing the degree of price volatility.
Remarks
Average true range (ATR) is a technical analysis volatility indicator originally developed by J. Welles Wilder. The indicator provides the degree of price volatility. The average true range is an N-day exponential moving average of the true range values. Wilder recommended a 14-period smoothing.
Syntax
public AverageTrueRange AverageTrueRange(int periods, MovingAverageType maType)
public AverageTrueRange AverageTrueRange(MarketSeries marketSeries, int periods, MovingAverageType maType)
Parameters
| Name | Description |
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Example 1
private AverageTrueRange atrIndicator;
[Parameter(DefaultValue = 20)]
public int Period { get; set; }
[Parameter("MA Type", DefaultValue = MovingAverageType.Simple)]
public MovingAverageType MAType { get; set; }
[Parameter(DefaultValue = 0.002)]
public double ATRValue { get; set; }
protected override void OnStart()
{
atrIndicator = Indicators.AverageTrueRange(Period, MAType);
}
protected override void OnTick()
{
//If atrIndicator last value is greater than the ATRValue input
if (atrIndicator.Result.LastValue > ATRValue)
{
// Do something
}
//...
}