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Average True Range Calculator

Calculate the simple average of entered true ranges.

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What the Average True Range Calculator is for

Calculate the simple average of entered true ranges.

It makes the prices, cash flows, rates, time periods, weights, and model conventions explicit so you can inspect an entered scenario without hidden live-market assumptions.

Calculation structure

Follow the stated model and units

Visual explanation

See how the inputs become the result

Read the estimate correctly

Use the result within its boundaries

Enter chronological high, low, and close rows, then select a lookback period.

The first row uses high minus low; this page uses a simple average rather than Wilder smoothing.

Quick guide

How to use this calculator

  1. Enter observations in chronological order and choose the visible period or convention.
  2. Use prices and volumes with consistent units and equally spaced periods where required.
  3. Read the formula and seeding convention before comparing results with another platform.

Calculation method

Calculation method

TR = max(high−low, |high−previous close|, |low−previous close|); ATR = mean of latest n TR values.

Technical indicators are deterministic transformations of entered historical data. Approximate floating results are explicitly formatted as estimates.

Worked example

Worked example

Enter chronological high, low, and close rows, then select a lookback period.

TR = max(high−low, |high−previous close|, |low−previous close|); ATR = mean of latest n TR values.

Supported inputs

Precision and limits

Visible input limits

Lists accept up to 2,000 fixed-decimal rows. Period fields disclose their whole-number limits. Approximate indicators reject observations whose significant differences cannot be represented reliably at their entered scale.

No live market data

The page does not fetch prices, volumes, corporate actions, exchange calendars, or benchmark data. Enter adjusted or unadjusted observations deliberately.

Decision boundary

Indicators describe entered history. They do not predict price direction, identify a suitable trade, measure every risk, or recommend an investment.

Calculator-specific assumptions

The first row uses high minus low; this page uses a simple average rather than Wilder smoothing.