A plain-English explainer — then the honest backtest, because knowing what it is isn't the same as knowing whether it works.
SuperTrend is a trailing trend line built from price and the Average True Range (ATR), a volatility measure. It sits below price in uptrends and above it in downtrends, flipping sides when the trend changes.
The standard strategy is simple: go long when price flips above the line, exit (or flip) when it drops below. Because ATR widens the line in volatile markets, it tries to avoid getting shaken out by normal noise.
On honest data SuperTrend is one of the stronger textbook trend-followers, though still not a guarantee — and the exact ATR period and multiplier change the answer a lot.
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SuperTrend is a trailing trend line built from price and the Average True Range (ATR), a volatility measure. It sits below price in uptrends and above it in downtrends, flipping sides when the trend changes. The standard strategy is simple: go long when price flips above the line, exit (or
On its own, the SuperTrend indicator is an indicator, not a guarantee. We backtested the strategies built on it with survivorship-free data — see the honest scores linked below.
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