🎲 Variations Following variations are provided in the form of settings.
🎯 Range Type Instead of ATR, different types of ranges can be used for stop calculation. Here is the complete list used in the script.
Plus/Minus Range* - Calculates plus range and minus range for each candle and uses them for different sides of stop calculation Ladder ATR - Based on the existing concept of Ladder ATR defined in Supertrend-Ladder-ATR True Range - True range derived from standard function ta.tr Standard Deviation - Standard deviation of close prices
🎯 Applied Calculation In standard ATR, rma of TR is used for calculations. But, the application calculation provides option to users to use different mechanisms. It can be a type of moving average or few other types of calculations.
Available values are
sma
ema
hma
rma
wma
high
median
🎯 Other options Few other options provided are Use Close Price - If selected stops are calculated based on the close price instead of high/low prices Wait for Close If selected, change of supertrend direction is calculated based on close price instead of high/low prices Diminishing Stop Distance - When selected, stop distance for the trend direction can only reduce and cannot increase. This option is useful for keeping the tight stops on strong trends.
🎯 Plus Minus Range* One of the range type used is Plus/Minus Range. What it means and how are these ranges calculated? Let's have a look.
Plus Range is an upward movement of a candle from its last price or open price whichever is lower. Minus Range is a downward movement of a candle from its last price or open price whichever is higher.
This divides True Range into two separate range for positive and negative side.
Note: Effectiveness on daily charts are quire visible. However, if you want to use it for lower timeframes, please play around with settings before settling on suitable configuration.