Indicators for Traders: Donchian Channel

Dimitrios Gourtzilidis
The Capital Platform
3 min readMar 1, 2021

Created by the “father of trend following,” Donchian channel is a great indicator for every trader. This indicator is one of the most straightforward in calculation and reading.

It is categorized as an overlay, lagging, and volatility indicator.

History

Richard Donchian was an Armenian commodities and futures trader and a self-taught…

Dimitrios Gourtzilidis
The Capital Platform

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