NAME

Math::Business::DMI - Technical Analysis: Directional Movement Index (aka ADX)

SYNOPSIS

  use Math::Business::DMI;

  my $dmi = new Math::Business::DMI;
     $dmi->set_days(14);

  # alternatively/equivilently
  my $dmi = new Math::Business::DMI(14);

  # or to just get the recommended model ... (14)
  my $dmi = Math::Business::DMI->recommended;

  my @data_points = (
      [ 5, 3, 4 ], # high, low, close
      [ 6, 4, 5 ],
      [ 5, 4, 4.5 ],
  );

  # choose one:
  $dmi->insert( @data_points );
  $dmi->insert( $_ ) for @data_points;

  my $adx = $dmi->query;     # ADX
  my $pdi = $dmi->query_pdi; # +DI
  my $mdi = $dmi->query_mdi; # -DI

  # or
  my ($pdi, $mdi, $adx) = $dmi->query;

  if( defined $adx ) {
      print "ADX: $adi.\n";

  } else {
      print "ADX: n/a.\n";
  }

RESEARCHER

The ADX/DMI was designed by J. Welles Wilder Jr circa 1978.

The +DI and -DI signals measure the force of directional changes. When the +DI crosses above the -DI it may indicate that it's time to buy and when the -DI crosses above the +DI it may be time to sell.

The ADX tries to combine the two. It may indicate the strength of the current trend (but not it's direction). When it moves above 20 it may be the beginning of a trend and when it falls below 40, it may be the end of it.

The DMI uses the ATR to try to measure volatility.

NOTE: The +DI, -DI and ADX returned by this module are probabilities ranging from 0 to 1. Most sources seem to show the DMI values as numbers from 0 to 100. Simply multiply the three tuple by 100 to get this result.

    my @DMI = map { 100*$_ } = $dmi->query;

AUTHOR

Paul Miller <jettero@cpan.org>

I am using this software in my own projects... If you find bugs, please please please let me know. There is a mailing list with very light traffic that you might want to join: http://groups.google.com/group/stockmonkey/.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Paul Miller

LICENSE

This is released under the Artistic License. See perlartistic.

THANKS

BobBack <drchap...@gmail.com>

SEE ALSO

perl(1), Math::Business::StockMonkey, Math::Business::StockMonkey::FAQ, Math::Business::StockMonkey::CookBook

http://fxtrade.oanda.com/learn/graphs/indicators/adx.shtml