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Williams Alligator

Williams Alligator: three smoothed moving averages of the median price shifted to the right (jaw, teeth, lips), to tell trending from ranging markets.

Williams Alligator on BTCUSDT 1h (Binance), with only this indicator on.
Williams Alligator on BTCUSDT 1h (Binance), with only this indicator on.

How to read it

  • Intertwined lines mean the Alligator is sleeping: no trend.
  • Lines fanning out in order (lips, teeth, jaw) mean a trend is under way.
  • Lines converging again suggest the trend is ending.

Key settings

  • Jaw 13 shifted 8, teeth 8 shifted 5, lips 5 shifted 3 (SMMA of the median price).

Good to know

  • Drawn on the price pane, over the candles.