Supertrend calculator
Trend direction and ATR stop.
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ADX calculator
Whether the market is trending or ranging, how strongly, and which way.
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The bars
The trend strength
The ADX is 12.8 and rising: no clear trend, a range.
- Direction
- +DI 31.8 against -DI 16.9: buyers have pushed more new highs over the last 14 bars.
- How it is read
- Below 20, a range: trend tools tend to whipsaw there. Above 25, a trend: range tools tend to get run over. The ADX measures strength, not direction.
- Read it with care
- The ADX is slow: it rises after a trend has started and can stay high after it ends.
ADX, +DI and -DI on the last bars. The last bar is marked.
| Bar | Close price | ADX | +DI | -DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 ago | 2,374.90 | 9.2 | 31.4 | 21.1 |
| 2 ago | 2,381.30 | 10.3 | 32.2 | 19.9 |
| 1 ago | 2,376.40 | 11.5 | 32.2 | 18.5 |
| Last | 2,395.20 | 12.8 | 31.8 | 16.9 |
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Trend or range first
J. Welles Wilder's directional movement index splits each bar's range into new highs (+DM) and new lows (-DM), smooths them over 14 bars and divides by the average true range to get +DI and -DI. The ADX is the smoothed gap between the two: large when one side dominates, small when they take turns.
Many traders check it before choosing a method: breakout and trailing-stop rules when the ADX is high, fades back to the middle when it is low. Pair it with the Supertrend calculator or the RSI calculator, and size the trade with the position size calculator.
Not advice. Arithmetic on the bars you type; an indicator describes the past bars, not the next one.
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