In this article we will test a trading system based on a trend-following breakout logic, applied to one of the world's most famous and most traded indexes, the Nasdaq. Since we are trading the CME ...

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’ ...

Volatility is important for position sizing, determining risk, calculating stops and profit-targets, and rebalancing portfolios. Average true range is a useful measure for position sizing in futures ...

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 ...