Syntax

Public function DirectionalMovementSystem(ByVal Data As DataBase, ByVal OHLCV As Recordset, ByVal Period As Integer) As RecordSet

Overview

The Directional Movement System contains six indicators; ADX, DI+, DI-, DX, TRSum, and ADXR.

Interpretation

The ADX (Average Directional Movement Index) is an indicator of how much the market is trending, either up or down: the higher the ADX line, the more the market is trending and the more suitable it becomes for a trend-following system. This indicator consists of two lines: DI+ and DI-, the first one being a measure of uptrend and the second one a measure of downtrend.

The standard Directional Movement System draws a 14 period DI+ and a 14 period DI- in the same chart panel. ADX is also sometimes shown in the same chart panel.

A buy signal is given when DI+ crosses over DI-, a sell signal is given when DI- crosses over DI+.

Class: Oscillator

Properties

Sample

 Public Sub main()        'Variables        Dim _symbolInfo As VTLGeneral.CSymbol=ClientCode.GetSymbolByName("GOLD")        Dim DB As New VTLGeneral.Database()        Dim rsOHLCV As New VTLGeneral.RecordSet()        Dim RecordCount As Integer        Dim m_Recordset As VTLGeneral.RecordSet        Dim _historyData As object()        Dim output As String        Dim Record As Integer        Dim m_Date As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Open As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_High As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Low As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Close As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim j As Integer = 0        Dim i As Integer = 0        Dim _recordCount As Integer = ClientCode.Bars(_symbolInfo.ID,VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day)                m_Recordset = DB.CreateRecord        m_Open = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_High = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_Low = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_Close = New VTLGeneral.Field         DB.RecordCount = _recordCount        RecordCount = _recordCount         'Initialize Recordsets        m_Open.initialize(_recordCount-1, "Open")        m_High.initialize(_recordCount-1, "High")        m_Low.initialize(_recordCount-1, "Low")        m_Close.initialize(_recordCount-1, "Close")        'load high, low ,open and data         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_HIGH, _recordCount)          For i  = 0 To _recordCount-1                m_High.setValue(i,_historyData(i))         Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_LOW, _recordCount)         For i  = 0 To _recordCount-1                m_Low.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_OPEN, _recordCount)         For i  = 0 To _recordCount-1                m_Open.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_CLOSE, _recordCount)         For i  = 0 To _recordCount-1                m_Close.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next          m_Recordset.addField(m_Open)        m_Recordset.addField(m_High)        m_Recordset.addField(m_Low)        m_Recordset.addField(m_Close)         'DirectionalMovementSystem        Dim _indRecord As New VTLGeneral.RecordSet()        Dim osc As New VTLGeneral.Oscillator()        _indRecord = osc.DirectionalMovementSystem(DB,m_Recordset,14)         For i = 0 To DB.getRecordCount-1                output = output  &  CSTR(_indRecord.getValue(_indRecord.getName(1), i) ) & vbcrlf        Next         GUI.MsgDialog(output) End Sub  

See Also

• GoldenDeathCross
• LinearMomentumOscillator
• RainbowOscillator

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