Indicator · Pine Script v6 · Own pane

Average Directional Movement Index (ADX)

by mihakralj

The indicator calculates the Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) along with +DI and -DI lines to measure trend strength and direction.

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GitHub stars99on the repository
Pine versionv6current
Lines of code41
Settings1inputs
LicenceApache-2.0
Last update4 weeks ago27 Sep 2026

Add It to Your TradingView Chart

  1. 1Copy the scriptPress Copy script above, or the copy button on the code below.
  2. 2Open the Pine EditorOpen a TradingView chart and choose Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.
  3. 3Paste over the templateCreate a new indicator, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
  4. 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart, then adjust the settings with the gear icon next to its name.

Source Code

41 lines of Pine Script v6 from lib/dynamics/adx/adx.pine, published under Apache-2.0. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.

adx.pine
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
// © mihakralj
//@version=6
indicator("Average Directional Movement Index (ADX)", "ADX", overlay=false)

//@function Calculates ADX using Wilder's smoothing with compensated RMA
//@param period Number of bars used in the calculation
//@returns tuple of ADX value, +DI, -DI
adx(simple int period = 14) =>
    if period <= 0
        runtime.error("Period must be greater than 0")
    float tr = na(close[1]) ? high - low : math.max(high - low, math.max(math.abs(high - close[1]), math.abs(low - close[1])))
    float plus_dm = na(high[1]) ? 0.0 : high - high[1] > low[1] - low and high - high[1] > 0 ? high - high[1] : 0.0
    float minus_dm = na(low[1]) ? 0.0 : low[1] - low > high - high[1] and low[1] - low > 0 ? low[1] - low : 0.0
    var float tr_sum = 0.0
    var float plus_dm_sum = 0.0
    var float minus_dm_sum = 0.0

    tr_sum := nz(tr_sum) - nz(tr_sum[period]) + tr
    plus_dm_sum := nz(plus_dm_sum) - nz(plus_dm_sum[period]) + plus_dm
    minus_dm_sum := nz(minus_dm_sum) - nz(minus_dm_sum[period]) + minus_dm

    float plus_di = tr_sum != 0.0 ? math.min(100 * plus_dm_sum / tr_sum, 50.0) : 0.0
    float minus_di = tr_sum != 0.0 ? math.min(100 * minus_dm_sum / tr_sum, 50.0) : 0.0
    float dx = plus_di + minus_di != 0.0 ? 100 * math.abs(plus_di - minus_di) / (plus_di + minus_di) : 0.0

    var float dx_sum = 0.0
    dx_sum := nz(dx_sum) - nz(dx_sum[period]) + dx
    float adx_value = dx_sum / period
    [adx_value, plus_di, minus_di]

// Inputs
i_period = input.int(14, "Period", minval=1, tooltip="Number of bars used in the calculation")

// Calculate ADX
[adx_value, plus_di, minus_di] = adx(i_period)

// Plot
plot(adx_value, "ADX", color=color.yellow, linewidth=2)
plot(plus_di, "+DI", color=color.yellow, linewidth=2)
plot(minus_di, "-DI", color=color.yellow, linewidth=2)

Overview

Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) plots ADX, +DI and -DI in a separate pane on the chart. The main setting is the period length for smoothing, defaulting to 14. The computation applies Wilder's smoothing with compensated RMA. This momentum indicator provides no automatic buy or sell signals and requires user interpretation.

Details

Published by

mihakralj on GitHub

Type

Indicator, Pine Script v6

Draws

Separate pane below the chart

Category

Trend, Oscillators & momentum

Markets

Any symbol

Timeframes

Any timeframe

Risk Notes

No repainting, lookahead or stacked entries were found in its code or README. That says nothing about how well it works: test it first.

Topics

algorithmic-tradingcsharpdotnetpinescriptpythonquantitative-financesimdta-libtechnical-analysistechnical-indicators

Settings

The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.

SettingTypeDefaultVariable
Periodint14i_period
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this script, and the summary above was generated automatically from its code and README. Indicators describe the past, and a strategy's backtest can look better than live trading, especially when a script repaints. Check it in the Strategy Tester and on a demo account before you rely on it.

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