Parabolic SAR stop loss settings - acceleration vs acceleration step

[tradykat]

I'm seeking clarification on the three acceleration settings available in the parabolic stop settings in Strategy Builder. I'm new to the parabolic SAR concept, but from my research so far I see two settings generally mentioned for the parabolic SAR: the "step value", and the "maximum step". Can somebody please explain in practical terms the difference between the "acceleration" and "acceleration step" settings in NT? Please note that I am not a coder nor mathematically inclined.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello tradyKat,

Thanks for your post and welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!.

First, here is a link to the relevant help guide page: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...abolic_sar.htm

On that page is this link for a general explanation of the indicator: https://www.investopedia.com/trading...parabolic-sar/

Acceleration would be the initial start value that acceleration step it iterated on/from.

You can perform further internet searches for additional information as well as the book by J.Wells Wilder jr. that first provided the ParabolicSar.