Best ADX Setting for H1 Crude Oil Trading Chart
Adding MT4 ADX Crude Oil Trading Chart Indicator
Step 1: Open MT4 Software Navigator Window Panel
Open the MT4 Navigator window as shown below - Go to 'View' menu (then click it) and then select 'Navigator' window (click), or From the Standard Tool Bar click 'Navigator' button key or use keyboard short cut keys 'Ctrl +N'
On the MetaTrader 4 Navigator window, choose "Technical Indicators", (Double Click)
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Adding ADX MT4 Indicator
Expand menu by clicking the expand button key marker (+) or double-click the 'indicators' menu, after this the button key will appear as (-) and will now display & illustrate a list as shown below - select the ADX indicator from this list of oil indicators in order to add the ADX indicator on the crude oil trading chart.
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How to Add Custom ADX Crude Oil Indicator on MT4
If the ZDX oil technical indicator you want to add is a custom indicator - for example if the ADX technical indicator you want to add is a custom ADX indicator you will need to first add this custom ADX indicator in the MT4 software and then compile custom ADX indicator so that the newly added ADX custom MetaTrader 4 indicator pops up on the list of custom indicators in MetaTrader 4 software.
To learn how to install ADX indicators on MT4, how to add ADX indicator window to MT4 and how to add ADX custom MetaTrader 4 technical indicator on MT4 platform - How to add custom ADX oil Indicator on MT4.
About ADX Crude Oil Technical Indicator Guide
Average Directional Movement Index
ADX indicator is a momentum indicator used to determine the strength of crude oil price trend: ADX indicator is derived from the DMI - Directional Movement Index which has two lines.
+DI - Positive Directional Movement Index
–DI - Negative Directional Movement Index
ADX is calculated by subtracting these 2 values and applying a smoothing function.
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The ADX is not a directional oil technical indicator but a measure of the strength of the crude oil price trend which has a scale of Zero to Hundred.
Higher the ADX technical indicator value the stronger the oil price trend.
ADX value of below 20 indicates that the crude oil price isn't trending but moving in a range.
ADX value of above 20 confirms a buy or sell oil signal & indicates a new crude oil price trend is emerging.
Values above 30 indicates a strong oil price trend.
When ADX turns down from above 30, it trading signals that the current crude oil price trend is losing momentum.
ADX combined with DMI Indicator
Since the ADX alone is a directionless indicator it is combined with the DMI index to determine the direction of the oil price trend.
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ADX and DMI Index
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When the ADX is combined with DMI index a trader can determine the direction of the crude oil price trend and then use the this ADX indicator to determine the momentum of the prevailing crude oil price trend direction.
ADX Crude Oil Trading Technical Analysis & How to Generate Trading Signals
Buy Trading Signal
A buy crude oil signal is generated when the +DI is above –DI, and the ADX trading technical indicator is above 20
The Exit oil signal is generated when the ADX indicator turns down from above 30.
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Sell Trading Signal
A sell oil signal is generated when the –DI is above +DI, and the ADX trading technical indicator is above 20
The Exit oil signal is generated when the ADX indicator turns down from above 30.
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