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Trend indicator

ADX / DMI: what it's actually best at

Trend strength — long when +DI > -DI and ADX > 20.

5
assets where it was the #1 edge
0.15
average Sharpe across all tests
Trend
indicator family
Best fits

Assets where ADX / DMI won

AUD/USD +3.3%EUR/USD +1.0%GBP/USD +1.3%AMD +6.9%Microsoft (MSFT) +-8.3%

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