The ADR – Average Daily Range is an important measure of volatility. Moreover it’s an excellent forex technical analysis tool to identify trend changes. Additionally, the combination of ADR levels, volume and momentum levels help forex traders identify range breakout. This indicator calculates three ADR values of 5, 10 and 20 periods to help traders identify the current market situation.
Features of ADR MT4 Indicator
The three different ADR periods help intraday traders, short and long term forex traders to effectively identify the best stop loss and take profit ranges. Moreover, the indicator plots the distance of the top and bottom ADR from the current market price at the chart comments area.
If price moves beyond the average daily range it indicates increased volatility and a potential change in trading range. So, traders should employ trading strategies to accommodate increased volatility. On the other hand, when the ADR values are low trading strategies effective for range trading are beneficial.
An increase in volume and momentum near an upper ADR line indicates a buy signal. Similarly, traders should enter sell trades in such conditions near a lower ADR line.
Benefits of ADR MT4 Indicator
Most trading strategies work beneficially either in a high volatile market condition or during low volatility. The ADR effectively helps traders to choose the best trading strategies according to volatility.
Forex traders tend to place a stop loss beyond the ADR as the possibility of triggering the stop loss is slim. On the other hand, profit targets are kept well within the ADR range with a highest possibility to hit them. This further enables the traders to calculate the risk reward ratio and calculate the lot size accordingly.
Additionally, the upper and lower ADR values help traders to identify potential support and resistance range.
Indicator Settings Description
Show_ADR5:, Show_ADR10:, Show_ADR20: Enables display of the values on chart comment area.
ExcludeSundayData: Enables exclusion of data and avoids inconsistent ADR calculation.
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