Dual-Direction Trading Signals from ADX and Directional Indicators

Summary

This strategy derives long and short signals from the Average Directional Index and the positive and negative directional indicators. It calculates directional movement and true range, smooths these series, then compares each directional indicator with ADX. A long signal requires ADX to lie between the positive and negative indicators in one ordering, with both absolute differences meeting a threshold; the short rule reverses that ordering. Entries are submitted in both directions, with no explicit exit or position-sizing rule described.

The document explains the calculation sequence and includes configurable lookback and signal thresholds, along with a backtest configuration for Bitcoin futures over a short historical window. It reports no performance results, and the monthly performance display in the source is reporting infrastructure rather than evidence of strategy returns. ADX lag, excessive trading from poor parameter choices, and leveraged long or short exposure are noted risks. The suggested mitigations include signal filters, parameter adjustment, position sizing, and stop-loss methods.

Key ideas

• Signals compare ADX with positive and negative directional indicators using configurable difference thresholds.
• The long and short conditions use reversed indicator orderings to generate opposing entries.
• The document describes entry logic but does not specify a corresponding exit or sizing rule.
• ADX lag, parameter sensitivity, and trading risk limit what can be inferred without reported results.

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