The Average True Range indicator is defined by Wilder to be the greatest of the following for each period:
The Average True Range is simply the average of the true ranges over the past selected lookback period. It determines a security’s volatility over a given period. That is, the tendency of a financial instrument to move, in either direction. The value returned by the average true range is simply an indication as to how much a financial instrument has moved either up or down on average over the defined period. High values indicate that prices are changing a large amount during the day. Low values indicate that prices are staying relatively constant. Note that both trending and non-trending markets can have high or low volatility.
