Average Percentage True Range — Indicator by MarcoValente

Avarage True Range Percentage is a volatility indicator that use percent value of the volability. It looks to react better to vol. change. It could be add to other indicator as volatility range value

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//@version=2
study("Average Percentage True Range")
len=input(14)
lh = high - low
pc = close[1]
hc = abs( high - pc )
lc = abs( low - pc )
MM = max( max( lh, hc ), lc ) 
atrs = iff( MM == hc, hc / (  pc + ( hc / 2 ) ), 
       iff( MM == lc, lc / ( low + ( lc / 2 ) ), 
       iff( MM == lh, lh / ( low + ( lh / 2 ) ), 0 ) ) )

APTR = 100*atrs*(2/(len+1))+nz(APTR[1])*(1-(2/(len+1)))
plot( APTR,title= "APTR"  ,color=red )