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ADX Quick Summary
Moving Averages (EMA, SMA, WMA)
Parabolic SAR
Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO) Trading with ADX indicator involves the following signals:
Triple Exponential Moving Average (TEMA)
ADX staying below 20 level — there is no trend or the trend is weak.
Triple Exponential Moving Average (TRIX)

MOMENTUM INDICATORS ADX moving above 20 level — trend is strong.

Accumulative Swing Index (ASI) ADX passing 40 level — trend is extreme.
Advance Decline Ratio (ADR)
ADX value rising — trend is going stronger, falling — trend is weakening.
Aroon
Aroon Oscillator +DI stays on top of -DI — uptrend is in place.
Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
-DI stays on top of +DI — downtrend is in place.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Stochastic Two DI cross — trend is changing.
Stochastic RSI
Average Directional Index (ADX)
VOLATILITY INDICATORS
Average True Range (ATR)
Bollinger Bands The Average Directional Index (ADX) depicts a presence or absence of a trend. ADX advices on the strength of the
Chandelier Exit dominant forces that move market prices here and now.
VOLUME INDICATORS In other words, ADX advices on trend tendencies: whether the trend is going to continue and strengthen or it is
Acceleration Bands about to lose its positions.
Chaikin Money Flow (CMF)
The author of Average Directional Index J. Welles Wilder considers his ADX indicator as a primary achievement;
Volume
and only because signals given by ADX are not an easy to take a grasp of from the first look, many Forex traders
CYCLE INDICATORS avoid using ADX in favor of more visually comprehensive indicators.
Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO)
Elliott Waves How to interpret ADX
Schaff Trend Cycle
Wolfe waves
ADX indicator has 2 lines: ADX itself (white), +DI (green) and -DI (red).
BILL WILLIAMS' INDICATORS Traders then need to draw a horizontal line at the level of 20.
Alligator Indicator All readings of ADX which are below 20 suggest a weak and unclear trend, while readings above 20 indicate that a
Awesome Oscillator trend has picked up.
Fractals
That is, basically, the simplest explanation of the purpose of ADX. ADX allows Forex traders to determine whether
Gator Oscillator
the trend is strong or weak and thus choose and appropriate strategy to trade with: a trend following strategy or a
Market Facilitation Index (MFI) strategy fit to consolidation market periods with no significant price changes.
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There is also additional line to be added to ADX indicator window - at 40 level.
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How to trade with ADX

Trading with ADX looks as follows:

If ADX is traded below 20 - there is no trend or the trend is weak, thus a non-trend-following strategies should be
used, otherwise losses may occur as a result of false signals and whip-saws taking place. An example of non-
trend-following method is channel trading.
If ADX is traded above 20 but below 40, it is time to apply trend following methods. An example would be: Forex
trading Moving averages or or trading with Parabolic SAR indicator.
When ADX reaches 40 level, it suggests an overbought/oversold (depending on the trend) situation on the market
and it is time to protect some profits of at least move Stop loss order to a break even.
When ADX passes 40 level, it is a good time to begin collecting profits gradually scaling out of the trades on rallies
and sell-offs and protecting remaining positions with trailing stops.
ADX -/+ DI lines are used for spotting entry signals. All -/+ DI crossovers are disregarded while ADX remains below
20. Once ADX peaks above 20 a buy signal occur when +DI (green) crosses upwards and above -DI (red). A sell
signal will be the opposite: +DI would cross -DI downwards.
If after a newly created signal another opposite crossover happens within a short period of time, the original signal
should be disregarded and position protected soon or closed.
ADX indicator is never traded alone, but rather in combination with other indicators and tools. ADX indicator most
of the time gives much later signals comparing to faster reacting moving averages crossover or Stochastic, for
example, however, reliability of ADX indicator is much higher than for other indicators in traders' toolkit, which
makes it a valuable tool for many Forex traders.
And just one more idea to test out:
When ADX rises above 20 for the first time and then goes flat for some time, there is believed to be a new trend
being born and the reason for ADX being currently flat is because market reacts to this new trend formation by
making first initial correction. During this correction it is a good time to initiate new orders.

ADX indicator formula

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Comments
trader

what settings can one use for the ADX in trading short term trades, like the 30min time frame?

 
FxIndicators

ADX indicator standard setting are 14. In most cases it is better to use standard settings just because majority of traders
use them; result - everyone sees the same picture and gets the same signals at the same time.

However, with ADX indicator specifically, Forex traders often look for alternative settings.
The nature of ADX indicator allows experimenting with settings to get best performance.
Common range for ADX is from 7 period ADX to 30 period.
For 30 minutes chart try ADX 30.

 
trader

Check out this link to know more uses of ADX: System Selection technique

 
trader

For Stock market ADX settig is set to 10 as default, but in Forex i think for the most case 14 is the best choice

 
trader

should i use ADX with the weekly, daily, or 15 minute chart?

 
FxIndicators

any chart, I use it even on 5 min as a trend filter for scalping here and there.

 
trader

will default settings for ADX (ie) ADX14 will suit trading on 15 Min chart?

 
FxIndicators

yes, it will.

 
trader

hi, does ADX come with all MT4 platform

 
trader

u are doing a wonderful job. God bless u

 
FxIndicators

Thank you! Glad you like it.

Yes, ADX comes with all MT4 platforms. You'll find it in MT4 under Trend indicators, under name "Average Directional
Movement Index".

 
trader

Found ADX useful, show sell signal... Google and found this page, short and simple. Thanks U Guys.

 
trader

ADX indicator is a good help but only with other supportive indicators like RSI or so.

 
trader

sir your is very good human,thanks all very very best explanation

 
trader
 I agree with the rest of the traders, this site ROCKS! thanx for your explanations. they are simple n easy to understand. I will
recommend this page to all my FX buddies, be blessed-Mightily.

 
trader

Google -> your site -> understanding :) thanks very much. I was searching long time for easy to understand explanation.

 
FxIndicators

Thank you!
It's great to have so many people discovering the powers of indicators!

 
trader

is there a bug in MDI formula? I'd prefer MAX(L(t-1)-L(t),0)

 
FxIndicators

No, I don't think so.

But double-check with other resources.

 
trader

I want to thank a friend for a novice not to have trading in the demo so real and yesterday I discovered your site.

Quero agradecer ao amigo pois sou novato nao to ainda negociando no real so na demo e ontem eu descobri seu saite
tenho apreendido muinto e embreve ja irei operar na conta real pois suas explicaçoes estao a me dar confiança obrigado
mesmo e sertamente estarei de olho no seu saite ok.

 
trader

When a strong trend is in play and reverses to a strong trend in the opposite direction, what should we look to see in the
ADX? If you wait for it to go back to 20 and rise above you have missed the strong trend in the opposite direction. How do
you recognize this situation before it's too late? Thank you!

 
trader

You should add E=MC2(r-xd)(rxl)-x2(m-lc=4)

 
FxIndicators

When a strong trend is changed by an opposite strong trend, ADX indicator is totally useless.
Basically, as soon as ADX starts to decline from the top 30-45 levels, it no longer posses any interest as it can't reflect a
change in a trend. Traders can only refer to +-DI for trend confirmations.

 
trader

Would you kindly show me where to add the new line. Thanks in advance

 
trader

keep the good jobs

 
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