TheLark: Directional Movement Index Oscillator — Indicator by TheLark

dmi osc index oscillator directionalmovement

A modified DMI, This turns the standard DMI into an Oscillator. The DMI cross signal is the same, but as an OSC you get the added benefits or finding divergences, etc. The added WIlder's Average Line (blue) can help you see if a short term trend is getting less interesting.

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Want to use this script on a chart?

study(title="TheLark: Directional Movement Index Oscillator", shorttitle="DMI-OSC_LK", overlay=false)

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// Wells Wilders MA
wwma(l,p) =>
    wwma = (nz(wwma[1]) * (l - 1) + p) / l

// Inputs
DMIlength = input(14)
Avglength = input(2)

// Calc
hiDiff = high - high[1]
loDiff = low[1] - low
plusDM = (hiDiff > loDiff) and (hiDiff > 0) ? hiDiff : 0
minusDM = (loDiff > hiDiff) and (loDiff > 0) ? loDiff : 0
ATR = wwma(DMIlength, tr)
PlusDI = 100 * wwma(DMIlength,plusDM) / ATR
MinusDI = 100 * wwma(DMIlength,minusDM) / ATR
osc = PlusDI - MinusDI
col = osc >= 0 ? #99EF0E : #FF0064
// Plots
plot(osc,color=col, style=histogram, linewidth=2)
plot(wwma(Avglength,osc), color=#0EAAEF,title="DI+")