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How to add technical analysis indicators to Kraken Desktop charts

Last updated: August 19, 2025

On Kraken Desktop, you can add as many indicators as you’d like to the Chart module. You can also add technical overlays, such as moving averages or Bollinger Bands, to other indicators on the chart.

  1. 1

    Open a new board, or add a Chart module to an existing board.

  2. 2

    In the top right corner of the Chart module, click the “Technical analysis” button to open the settings.

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  3. 3

    You can then click the + button next to Price to see the full list of available technical indicators, select any of them that you’d like to add to your chart.

  4. 4

    Now would also be a good time to edit the added indicators if necessary.

  1. 1

    Open a new board, or add a Chart module to an existing board.

  2. 2

    In the top right corner of the Chart module, click the “Technical analysis” button to open the settings.

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  3. 3

    You will now see the current indicators that are on the chart, in each row there is a + icon that you may click in order to add an overlay to your existing indicator.

    See step 4 for a full list of overlays.

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    The overlay (and indicator) can be edited by clicking the arrow next to its name.

    Note: Clicking the + icon in another indicator/overlay’s row under will add a new overlay to the indicator or overlay itself.

    Overlays available on Kraken Desktop

    Estimated Moving Average (EMA)

    Simple Moving Average (SMA)

    Bollinger Bands

    Alligator

    Arnaud Legoux Moving Average

    Chandelier Exit

    Donchian Channels

    Exponential Moving Average

    Hull Moving Average

    Ichimoku Cloud

    Kaufman's Adaptive Moving Average

    Keltner Channels

    Linear Regression

    Least Squares Moving Average

    Parabolic SAR

    Smoothed Moving Average

    Triple Exponential Moving Average

    Triple Exponential Average

    Volume Weighted Average Profile (VWAP)

On Kraken Pro web, the volume indicator includes an SMA (Simple Moving Average) line by default, but on Kraken Desktop it does not. Use the following guide to learn how you can add overlays to your chart, indicators, or other overlays.

  1. 1

    Add a volume indicator to your chart by clicking the Technical Analysis button on the top right of the Chart module.

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  2. 2

    Click the + icon next to Price, then select Volume.

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  3. 3

    A Volume module will now appear under Price, click the + sign within the Volume module to open another list of Technical Analysis modules.

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  4. 4

    Select Simple Moving Average (SMA), you will now see the SMA nested within the Volume module, and you may edit the SMA within the Volume module to your liking.

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