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Metatrader 4: How to use the Forex Indicator ATR

On our last tip, we showed you How to Use the Forex Indicator RSI on Metatrader 4. Today, we will focus on the use of the Forex Indicator ATR, part of the indicators available on MT4.  This indicator has been used as a component of numerous other indicators and trading systems ever since it was introduced by Welles Wilder in his book “New concepts in technical trading systems”

True Range is the greatest of the following three values:

  • difference between the current maximum and minimum (high and low);
  • difference between the previous closing price and the current maximum;
  • difference between the previous closing price and the current minimum.

The Technical Analysis Forex Indicator, ATR (Average True Range), allows us to calcúlate the ADR (Average Daily Range) or daily Pips average in a pair.

How to add the Forex Indicator ATR on Metatrader 4:

How to use the Forex Indicator ATR

The parameters for this indicator are:

How to use the Forex Indicator ATR

In order to calculate the pips movement for the day (that is, the difference between the maximum and the minimum value), we use 1 period as the value.

In this Daily Chart, we see the days marked in yellow like the ones who had a high volatility, closet o the 500 pips, while the blue days were of low volitility, close to the 200 pips.

To know what the ADR of a pair is allows us to understand its volatility and, that way, could define our Take Profit and set the Stop Loss.

How to use the Forex Indicator ATR

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