ADX answers a single question: how strong is the trend, irrespective of direction? It's the most-used filter in Vant8's strategy set — trend-followers refuse to enter without it, reversion strategies refuse to enter with it, and the Spot Grid scorer uses it to rank ranging pairs over trending ones.
ADX is computed from two directional indicators (+DI and −DI) but collapses them into one trend-strength reading. Low ADX means no clear trend; high ADX means one side is consistently winning. The number above 25 is the conventional threshold for 'trending'.
No persistent winner between buyers and sellers. Best for grids and mean-reversion strategies.
Transitional zone. Trend strategies sit out; reversion strategies stay cautious.
One side is consistently winning. Trend-followers can enter; reversion strategies step aside.
The textbook lookback. Long enough to be stable, short enough to react to a regime change.
Trend strategies (Momentum, MA Cross, Perp Trend) require ADX ≥ 25 before entering.
Mean-reversion strategies require ADX < 20 before entering — so they don't fight a real trend.
On trend-following strategies, ADX is also an exit signal. If ADX falls back below the trend gate while a position is open, it means the trend that justified the entry has lost its conviction. The strategies exit on that signal rather than waiting for price to confirm the change.
A fresh entry on Perp Trend Following or Momentum requires ADX to be at or above 25 at the close of the entry bar.
If ADX falls below the configured exit threshold (typically a few points under the entry gate), the strategy treats the trend as gone and closes.
By the time ADX is above 25, the trend has been building for a while. Strategies that wait for the gate sometimes miss the first leg. That's the price of refusing to fade real trends.
ADX is direction-agnostic. Pair it with +DI / −DI or with another direction-aware indicator before deciding long or short.
Every indicator Vant8 wires into a live signal has its own page. The ones not listed here are calculated in code but not used to generate a trade decision.
Momentum oscillator on a 0–100 scale. Flags overbought and oversold conditions.
Trend-and-momentum indicator built on the spread between two EMAs.
Simple and exponential averages, plus the crossover signal between a fast and slow MA.
Volatility measured in price units, gap-inclusive. Sizes stops and grid steps.
A moving average with standard-deviation bands. Mean Reversion uses band touches.
N-bar high and N-bar low. Used by Perp Trend Following for breakout entries and exits.
%K and %D lines pinned to a 0–100 scale from the recent high–low range. Available as a Custom Strategy Builder rule.
The strategies listed above are deployed from the Strategies page on your dashboard. Each one ships with sensible defaults you can tune before deployment.