Place Average Directional Movement Index, ADX Indicator

This Tutorial will explain how to place the Average Directional Movement Index, ADX indicator on Forex charts on the MetaTrader 4 Platform. For Technical analysis: ADX Technical Analysis.

How to Place Indicators on MT4 Forex Charts

Step 1: Open The Navigator Window

Open the Navigator window as shown below; Go to " View " menu (click), then select the " Navigator " window (click), or From Standard Toolbar click the "Navigator" button or press keyboard short cut keys "Ctrl+N"

On the Navigator window, select "Indicators" , (Double Click)

Step 2: Expand the Indicators Menu on the Navigator

Expand the indicator menu by clicking the expand button marker (+) or double click the "indicators" menu, after this the button will appear as (-) and will now display a list as shown below.

From the Above window you can then place any indicator that you want on the forex chart.

Placing Average Directional Movement on a Chart

Step 1: Select the Average Directional Movement Index button on the MetaTrader 4 list of indicators as shown below:

Step 2: Double click the ADX Button, and click okay to place the indicator on the chart as shown below:

Edit ADX Settings

To Adjust Settings, right click on the ADX, select properties and then edit the properties of the indicator using the popup menu that appears and then click ok after changing the settings.

The following popup window appears and ADX settings can be edited from this popup window.