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title: atr
description: The page provides details on how to calculate the Average True Range
  using a specific stock ticker with the help of the Python package, OpenBB.
keywords:
- Average True Range
- stock ticker
- forecast
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Calculate the Average True Range of a variable based on a specific stock ticker.

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/forecast/forecast_model.py#L349)]

```python
openbb.forecast.atr(dataset: pd.DataFrame, close_column: str = "close", high_column: str = "high", low_column: str = "low")
```

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## Parameters

This function does not take any parameters.

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## Returns

This function does not return anything

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