The Alligator indicator, that was developed by Bill Williams with the premise that markets tend to trend strongly in any set direction for only about 15 – 30% of the time. It inherently is a trend following tool that helps traders identify market direction and potential fractals or turning points. This it achieves by using a set of three smoothed moving averages (SMAs) that are not only set at different averaging periods, but are also shifted forward by varying amounts. more...