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Re: [amibroker] Efficiency & ATR (Al V. & Jayson)



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Agree that Raw ATR numbers are of little use. 
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class=706564004-31032003>Jayson, I presume you mean 'of little use' in relation 
to defining efficient stocks. However, ATR can be very useful in establishing 
positionsize. For example, many traders use a multiple of ATR to establish not 
only a max stoploss point but also to help calculate how big of an 
investment to make in a trade. Thus, risking 1% of current equity in a trade, 
you can decide to take a position using the formula: PositionSize = -1 * 
BuyPrice/(2*ATR(15)). Here, raw ATR is very useful because if you happen to buy 
during a highly volatile time, your position size is lower because the 2*ATR is 
in the denominator. Conversely, if the volatility is low at the time of the buy, 
your position size is higher. This is a very effective position sizing strategy. 

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Al V.






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