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Alligator Method

Alligator

Summary

Legendary trader Bill Williams, an early pioneer of market psychology, developed the trend-following Alligator indicator,which follows the premise that financial markets and individual securities trend just 15% to 30% of the time while grinding through sideways ranges the other 70% to 85% of the time.

Signature

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public abstract Alligator Alligator(int jawsPeriods, int jawsShift, int teethPeriods, int teethShift, int lipsPeriods, int lipsShift)

Parameters

Name Type Description
jawsPeriods int The jaws period of Alligator
jawsShift int The jaws shift of Alligator
teethPeriods int The teeth period of Alligator
teethShift int The teeth shift of Alligator
lipsPeriods int The lips period of Alligator
lipsShift int The lips shift of Alligator

Return Value

Alligator

Declaring Type

cAlgo.API.Internals.IIndicatorsAccessor


Last update: March 23, 2023