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How to add technical analysis indicators to Kraken Desktop charts
Kraken Desktop is currently in a private beta. If you have been granted early access, you would have received an email invitation. If you haven’t received an email, you can join our waitlist here.
On Kraken Desktop, you can add 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.
Adding a technical analysis indicator to 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.
Adding a technical overlay to an indicator
  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.
  4. 4
    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)
Example: Adding a Simple Moving Average to the Volume indicator
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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