ADX using EMA rather than Wilder's formula

Azrael · (login for full post details)

Hi guys,

I read somewhere that there is a version of the ADX/DMI that is calculated using EMA instead of Wilder's formula.

I couldn't find it in the forums, does anyone have it?

Thanks in advance =)

Fat Tails · (login for full post details)

Azrael

Hi guys,

I read somewhere that there is a version of the ADX/DMI that is calculated using EMA instead of Wilder's formula.

I couldn't find it in the forums, does anyone have it?

Thanks in advance =)

Wilder's average and the EMA are basically identical.

The only difference is the way that the smoothing constant of the EMA is calculated from the period.

For Wilder's average the smoothing constant is k = 1/n

For the EMA (as described by Jack K. Hutson in one of the early issues of the TASC magazine) a period of k = 2/(n+1) is used.

The advantage of the Hutson formula is that

- the EMA can be compared to a SMA with the same period
- that you can easily calculate higher timeframe EMAs by multiplying the period with the timeframe factor

Example: You can approximate an EMA(20) on an hourly chart with an EMA(80) calculated from 15 minute bars, but you cannot do this with Wilder's average.

Therefore today, all EMAs use the Hutson formula ( I call it Hutson formula, but in reality it is based on the single exponential model described in Robert G.Brown's "Smoothing, Forecasting and Prediction of Discrete Time Series, which was first published in 1963).

You do not need the modified ADX based on the EMA.

All you need to do is to adapt the period. Let us call the modified ADX "ADXmod". And now let us assume that you wish to display an ADXmod(21). Then you know that this indicator uses a smoothing constant of 2/(21+1) = 1/11. It is therefore identical with the ADX(11) of Wilder.

That said, you cannot approximate even periods of the ADXmod with the Wilder ADX, as it will not allow you to set the period to 10.5, although this is mathematically possible. If you wish, I will modify the NinjaTrader ADX to allow you to select broken periods.

Azrael · (login for full post details)

Thanks for the reply Fat Tails!

Actually, I was trying to get an ADX with the EMA reference in it to then substitute with the various MAs like HMA, ZELMA, T3, etc for experimentation =)

Something like the MACDplus in the forums where you can just swap the MA for the calculations part.

Like something of wikipedia,

Quoting

+DI = 100 times exponential moving average of +DM divided by average true range
−DI = 100 times exponential moving average of −DM divided by average true range
The exponential moving average is calculated over the number of periods selected, and the average true range is an exponential average of the true ranges. Then:
ADX = 100 times the exponential moving average of the absolute value of (+DI − −DI) divided by (+DI + −DI)
Variations of this calculation typically involve using different types of moving averages, such as a weighted moving average or an adaptive moving average.

So the idea is to change all the MAs used in calculations for +DI, -DI, ATR and ADX. =)

Fat Tails · (login for full post details)

Azrael

Thanks for the reply Fat Tails!

Actually, I was trying to get an ADX with the EMA reference in it to then substitute with the various MAs like HMA, ZELMA, T3, etc for experimentation =)

Something like the MACDplus in the forums where you can just swap the MA for the calculations part.

Like something of wikipedia,

So the idea is to change all the MAs used in calculations for +DI, -DI, ATR and ADX. =)

This is definitely possible, but it is a bit of work to code it.

Azrael · (login for full post details)

Fat Tails

This is definitely possible, but it is a bit of work to code it.

Sent you a PM, if you haven't seen it.

Maybe continue from there =)

kaan · (login for full post details)

Azrael

Hi guys,

I read somewhere that there is a version of the ADX/DMI that is calculated using EMA instead of Wilder's formula.

I couldn't find it in the forums, does anyone have it?

Thanks in advance =)

Azrael, did you ever succeed in achieving the ADX based on EMA.

Am coming from a forex background and tried Fat Tails advice of 2/(n+1) = 1/n but it hasnt helped.
FxPro has MT5 which has both types of ADX, I played around with the inputs but failed to get matches.

Please share it if you ever succeeded, this thread seems a dead horse but I will try.

Thanks

Azrael · (login for full post details)

kaan

Azrael, did you ever succeed in achieving the ADX based on EMA.

Am coming from a forex background and tried Fat Tails advice of 2/(n+1) = 1/n but it hasnt helped.
FxPro has MT5 which has both types of ADX, I played around with the inputs but failed to get matches.

Please share it if you ever succeeded, this thread seems a dead horse but I will try.

Thanks

Hey,

Fat Tails made it for me

I uploaded it on BMT here: https://futures.io/local_links_search.php?action=show&userid=31270&sort=d

I no longer use it actually (I'm mostly a stock investor now) and I'm using a different set of indicators.

But I hope it is helpful for you!

Warmest regards
Azrael

kaan · (login for full post details)

Azrael

Hey,

Fat Tails made it for me

I uploaded it on BMT here: ....

I no longer use it actually (I'm mostly a stock investor now) and I'm using a different set of indicators.

But I hope it is helpful for you!

Warmest regards
Azrael

Thanks Azreal, but am not an elite member, is it ok to post the indicator here

Fat Tails · (login for full post details)

kaan

Thanks Azreal, but am not an elite member, is it ok to post the indicator here

Even if the indicator is posted here, elite membership is required for downloading it. At least that was my understanding.

kaan · (login for full post details)

Fat Tails

Even if the indicator is posted here, elite membership is required for downloading it. At least that was my understanding.

My thanks to you Fat Tails for writing the indicator, I will miss it for now but will get it someday.

May the edge be with you.

cactus363 · (login for full post details)

Hi,
I've been trying to create this indicator (ADX using EMA) for Multicharts and the only helpfull information I've found is in this thread.
I take my hat off to Fat Tails for creating the Ninja version, I dont have ninja but been looking at Fat Tails code trying to reverse engineer and my head hurts

I wonder if Fat Tails or anyone else could help and look at the easylanguage code bellow (this is the standard DMI indicator in multicharts) and hint what values I'd need to change to calculate the ADX using EMA rather than Willder's avarage?
Thanks

Code

inputs: 
	PriceValueH( numericseries ), 
	PriceValueL( numericseries ), 
	PriceValueC( numericseries ), 
	Len( numericsimple ),                                             
	oDMIPlus( numericref ), 
	oDMIMinus( numericref ), 
	oDMI( numericref ), 
	oADX( numericref ), 
	oADXR( numericref ),
	oVolty( numericref ) ;

variables:
	var0( 0 ), 
	var1( 0 ), 
	var2( 0 ), 
	var3( 0 ),
	var4( 0 ), 
	var5( 0 ), 
	var6( 0 ), 
	var7( 0 ), 
	var8( 0 ), 
	var9( 1 / Len ),                     
	var10( 0 ) ;

if CurrentBar = 1 then
	begin
	for Value1 = 0 to Len - 1 
		begin
		var0 = 0 ;
		var1 = 0 ;
		var2 = PriceValueH[Value1] - PriceValueH[ Value1 + 1 ] ;
		var3 = PriceValueL[ Value1 + 1 ] - PriceValueL[Value1] ;
		condition1 = var2 > var3 and var2 > 0 ;
		if condition1 then
			var0 = var2
		else 
		begin
		condition1 = var3 > var2 and var3 > 0 ;
		if condition1 then
			var1 = var3 ;
			end;
		var4 = var4 + var0 ;
		var5 = var5 + var1 ;
		var6 = var6 + TrueRangeCustom( PriceValueH, PriceValueL, PriceValueC )[Value1] ;
		end ;
	var7 = var4 / Len ;
	var8 = var5 / Len ;
	oVolty = var6 / Len ;
	end 
else
	begin
	var0 = 0 ;
	var1 = 0 ;
	var2 = PriceValueH - PriceValueH[1] ;
	var3 = PriceValueL[1] - PriceValueL ;
	condition1 = var2 > var3 and var2 > 0 ;
	if condition1 then
		var0 = var2
	else 
	begin 
	condition1 = var3 > var2 and var3 > 0 ;
	if condition1 then
		var1 = var3 ;
		end;
	var7 = var7[1] + var9 * ( var0 - var7[1] ) ;
	var8 = var8[1] + var9 * ( var1 - var8[1] ) ;
	oVolty = oVolty[1] + var9 * ( TrueRangeCustom( PriceValueH, PriceValueL, PriceValueC ) 
	 - oVolty[1] ) ;
	end ;

if oVolty > 0 then
	begin
	oDMIPlus = 100 * var7 / oVolty ;
	oDMIMinus = 100 * var8 / oVolty ;
	end 
else
	begin
	oDMIPlus = 0 ;
	oDMIMinus = 0 ;
	end ;

var10 = oDMIPlus + oDMIMinus ;
if var10 > 0 then
	oDMI = 100 * AbsValue( oDMIPlus - oDMIMinus ) / var10 
else
	oDMI = 0 ;

condition1 = CurrentBar <= Len and CurrentBar > 0 ;
if condition1 then
	begin
	oADX = Cum( oDMI ) / CurrentBar ;
	                                                                              
	                                                                               
	                                                                 
	                                                                           
	                               
	oADXR = ( oADX + oADX[ CurrentBar - 1 ] ) * .5 ;
	                                                                                 
	end
else
	begin
	oADX = oADX[1] + var9 * ( oDMI - oADX[1] ) ;
	oADXR = ( oADX + oADX[ Len - 1 ] ) * .5 ;
	end ;

DirMovement = 1 ;

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