Place Average Directional Movement Index, ADX Indicator on Chart

This Tutorial will explain how to place the Average Directional Movement Index, ADX indicator on charts on the MT4 Platform. For Technical analysis: ADX Technical Analysis.

How to Place Indicators on MetaTrader 4 Charts

Step 1: Open Navigator Window on Software

Open Navigator window as shown and illustrated below: Navigate to ' View ' menu (click on it), then select ' Navigator ' window (click), or From Standard Tool-Bar click 'Navigator' button or press keyboard shortcut keys 'Ctrl+N'

On Navigator window, choose 'Indicators' , (DoubleClick)

Step 2: Expand the Indicators Menu on the Navigator

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

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

Placing Average Directional Movement on a Chart

Step 1: Select the Average Directional Movement Index button on the MT4 list of technical indicators as illustrated below:

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

Edit ADX Technical Indicator Settings

To Adjust Settings, right-click in ADX, select properties & then edit the properties of the indicator using the pop up menu that pops and then click okay button key after you've changed settings.

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