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adx

Calculate the Average Directional Index (ADX).

The ADX is a Welles Wilder style moving average of the Directional Movement Index (DX). The values range from 0 to 100, but rarely get above 60. To interpret the ADX, consider a high number to be a strong trend, and a low number, a weak trend.

Parameters​

data: ForwardRef('Data') | ForwardRef('DataFrame') | ForwardRef('Series') | ForwardRef('ndarray') | dict | list
index: str
Default: date
length: int
Default: 50
scalar: float
Default: 100.0
drift: int
Default: 1
chart: bool
Default: False

Returns​

results: list[Data]

Serializable results.

provider: str

Provider name.

warnings: Optional[list[Warning_]]

list of warnings.

chart: Optional[Chart]

Chart object.

extra: dict[str, Any]

Extra info.

Data​

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