The Average True Range (ATR) is one of the simplest yet most powerful indicators for traders. It measures volatility — not direction — and can signal when markets are likely to break out or ...

Although many traders will look at other things in conjunction, having an idea of the historical volatility of the instrument you are trading is always a good idea when thinking about your stop loss ...

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 ...