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ATR (average true range)

How much the price usually moves per candle.

ATR measures volatility, not direction. TradeXtool uses ATR(14) for every stop, target and trailing distance, so they adapt when the market gets calmer or wilder.

The series 'pct' is ATR as a % of price, which lets you compare volatility between coins.

In TradeXtool

Gate: ATR(14) % is below 4, so you skip the wildest markets.

Watch out

A stop of 1 ATR is inside the normal noise of one candle; most strategies need 1.5 to 3.

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