# Supertrend Channels

A channel reworking of the Supertrend built from trailing maximums and minimums: bands climb through uptrends, fall through downtrends, and their extremities double as support and resistance. A middle line filters out market noise, handing trend traders Donchian-style levels that reset with each trend flip.

- Indicator in the LuxAlgo Library, by LuxAlgo, published Apr 28, 2022.
- Access: free.
- Concepts: [Supertrend](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/supertrend/) (primary)
- Open on Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart?pineScriptCodeId=cmpwn626h008jvhsghfk101cq
- Page: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-channels/

**Supertrend Channels** reshape the single [Supertrend line](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/supertrend/) into a full price channel. Built on the original's trend detection and extended with trailing maximums and minimums, the channels rise while an uptrend is in force and decline through downtrends, giving the trend a width rather than just a direction, with extremities and a middle line to trade against.

## How to Trade the Supertrend Channels?

- **Rising channel**: the underlying Supertrend has detected an uptrend and the whole structure ratchets upward with it.
- **Falling channel**: a downtrend is in force and the channel steps lower.
- **Channel extremities**: usable as support and resistance, much as Donchian extremes are read.
- **Middle line**: the channel average keeps a useful distance from raw price fluctuations, filtering noise for cleaner trend reads.

Because the channel rebuilds from each trend flip rather than sliding over a fixed window, its levels reflect the current trend's own extremes, a subtle but meaningful difference from lookback-based channels.

## Supertrend Channels Settings

- **Length**: the ATR length used by the underlying Supertrend.
- **Mult**: the ATR multiplier; higher values widen the structure and slow trend flips, lower values tighten it.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do these differ from Donchian-style channels?

The reading style overlaps (extremes as support and resistance, a middle line as the mean), but Donchian structures track rolling highs and lows over a fixed window, while these channels restart from trailing extremes whenever the Supertrend flips. For a moving-average treatment of the fixed-window idea, see [Donchian MA Bands](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/donchian-ma-bands/).

### What is the middle line for?

It is the channel average, and it works as a noise filter: anchoring analysis to it rather than to raw price keeps you at a healthy distance from bar-to-bar fluctuations while preserving the trend's direction.

### How do I add Supertrend Channels to my chart?

The channels are free for everyone through the LuxAlgo Library, no plan required. One click from this page puts them on your chart. You can also copy the source code from this page and run it anywhere Pine Script® runs.

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- [SuperTrend Recovery](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-recovery/) (Supertrend): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-recovery.md
- [SuperTrend AI (Clustering)](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-ai-clustering/) (Supertrend): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-ai-clustering.md
- [SuperTrend Polyfactor Oscillator](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-polyfactor-oscillator/) (Supertrend): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-polyfactor-oscillator.md
- [Supertrend Parameter Sensitivity 3D](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-parameter-sensitivity-3d/) (Supertrend): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-parameter-sensitivity-3d.md
- [Evasive SuperTrend](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/evasive-supertrend/) (Supertrend): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/evasive-supertrend.md
- [KNN Supertrend Horizon](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/knn-supertrend-horizon/) (Supertrend): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/knn-supertrend-horizon.md
- [AI SuperTrend Clustering Oscillator](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/ai-supertrend-clustering-oscillator/) (Supertrend): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/ai-supertrend-clustering-oscillator.md

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Source: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/supertrend-channels/ (LuxAlgo Library). Free to use with attribution: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/license/