Keltner
Keltner channel
Description
The Keltner channel indicator shows a central
moving average line plus channel lines at a distance avove and below. The
indicator is named afer Chester W. Keltner who described it in his 1960 book
"How To Make Money in Commodities". Keltner called this indicator the Ten-Day
moving average trading rule. His intention was to regard a close above the upper
line as a strong bullish signal, and below the lower line as a strong bearish
signal.
Category
Bands Indicators
Parameters
Length ( Default:
16 Min: 1 Max: 100 )
Factor ( Default:
1.3 Min: 0 Max: 100 )
Chart Script
Shift := FACTOR * ATR(Length);
Avg := EMA(C,
Length);
Upper : Avg + Shift;
Lower : Avg - Shift