ADX & Angle Strength

📌 Indicator Overview – ADX Angle Strength

This script merges the power of the traditional ADX with a visual interpretation of the angular slope of a moving average, offering a highly effective tool to identify real impulses in price action. The goal of the indicator is not only to highlight market strength, but to reveal direction and slope —helping traders spot the end of impulses, consolidation zones, and potential reversal points.

This script does not aim to replace or compete with ADX, but instead highlights a lesser-used metric: the true angular slope of a moving average as a functional and interpretable force component. Rather than relying exclusively on traditional strength tools, it introduces an immediate, intuitive, and quantifiable way to observe trend steepness — reinforced by a robust metric like ADX.

The author considers both perspectives valuable. While ADX remains an integral part of their technical analysis, greater attention is often given to the angles formed by price-tracking moving averages, as they offer faster insight into trend acceleration. This dual-approach — with one reactive and one confirmatory signal — makes ADX & AngleStrength a practical, clear, and flexible tool for analyzing market momentum from two synchronized yet distinct vantage points.

Key user-configurable options:
- Display of ADX lines (DI+, DI−, zero line, lines 20, 25, 50, and 75)
- ADX length and smoothing
- Moving average type (SMA, EMA, WMA, HMA, ALMA)
- Length, source, color, and style of the angle calculation
- Minimum angle threshold to define color changes (slope comparison)

This indicator is highly sensitive and allows users to visualize:
- Range zones via flat angles (yellow)
- Bullish or bearish impulses through positive or negative slopes (green and red)
- Convergences or divergences relative to traditional ADX strength


📘 Single Real-World Example: Step-by-Step Interpretation

In this section, we’ll walk through a single real-world example on a 1-hour chart, divided into five key moments marked by vertical lines labeled A, B, C, D, and E. Each line identifies a specific point in the movement of price and indicator behavior. We’ll move through the chart step-by-step, explaining what happens between each line and how each indicator responds.

Before Line A: The setup

The chart shows a slight upward movement in the price, though not particularly strong. This section doesn’t have any lines marked yet but sets the foundation for what’s coming next.

The ADX is falling, dropping below the 20-level threshold, which usually signals weakening market momentum. However, the angle indicator, which is more sensitive, starts pointing upward, detecting an increase in slope as the price begins climbing.

This early upward tilt is what we call a rising angle, suggesting the market is gaining slope.


🅰 Line A: First peak

As the upward move completes, a peak forms right at Line A. The angle at that moment reaches +44.70°, showing a relatively strong upward slope.

After Line A:

- Price stalls, entering a sideways range — a classic consolidation.
- The angle indicator begins to fall, because price action no longer has a strong slope.
- The ADX, however, keeps rising, continuing even after the angle begins to decline. It reaches a peak at 35.6, then gradually drops to 15.13, reflecting that the trend’s strength has faded.

🅱 Line B: Sharp drop

Following the sideways range after Line A, the price breaks downward with a strong bearish candle.

This is where the second peak happens — but this time it's a negative angle, as price drops quickly. The angle reaches -48.45°, clearly marking the end of this quick bearish impulse.

At the same moment:

- The ADX, recovering from its earlier drop, reaches 21.83 and continues rising after the angle has peaked.
- This shows that while the angle detects the end of the move, the ADX is still registering the momentum that just occurred — a bit delayed, but confirming.

🅲 Line C: Key turning point

After the drop at Line B, price moves sideways again. During this range:

- The angle gradually declines and enters a yellow zone, indicating low slope or momentum.

But at Line C, everything changes. Unlike the other lines, Line C does not mark a peak, but rather the beginning of a stronger downward move.

From here:

- Price breaks through the range and continues falling — this marks the start of a stronger trend.
- The angle indicator shows a sequence of five descending peaks, tracking the steepening drop in price:
1. 26.47°
2. 40.64°
3. 35.87°
4. 38.71°
5. 66.3° (the steepest)

- The ADX starts rising in parallel, confirming the growing strength of the trend.

🅳 Line D: Bottom and reversal

At Line D, price reaches a bottom — a point of exhaustion marked by high volume, sometimes known as a volume climax or stopping volume.

- The angle reaches its steepest reading so far: 66.3° negative.
- The ADX keeps rising for two more candles after this angle peak, then begins to fall — revealing that the angle catches the momentum shift earlier.

🅴 Line E: Bullish reversal and final peak

After the low at Line D, price begins to rise steadily. The angle responds immediately, tilting upward again.
At Line E, we get the final peak, this time positive, as the bullish move reaches its climax. The angle here is +71.64° — the highest reading in the entire example.

Meanwhile:

- The ADX is still falling at this point, having peaked two candles after Line D and never recovering in time to catch this bullish push.
- Once again, the angle proves more responsive to changes in price behavior, especially at the end of impulses.


⚠️ Compatibility and Intended Use

This indicator is specifically designed to be used on Binance charts, as it is intended for the analysis of cryptocurrency markets, and Binance exclusively operates with crypto assets. It has been optimized for the following timeframes:

- 1 minute
- 5 minutes
- 15 minutes
- 30 minutes
- 1 hour
- 4 hours
- 1 day

These intervals were selected based on the internal architecture used for angle computation. As such, the indicator will not display any data outside of these supported timeframes or on non-Binance assets. Attempting to apply it beyond those conditions will produce a blank chart by design.


👤 Author

This indicator was developed as part of a visual technical analysis project focused on capturing true momentum through combined signals.

📄 User guide available in both Spanish and English for clarity and learning.