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title: adx
description: This page provides extensive information about the ADX technical indicator,
  including parameters, returns, and usage. It shares Python source codes for implementing
  and visualising the ADX technical indicator on OHLC price data using OpenBBTerminal.
keywords:
- ADX technical indicator
- Dataframe with OHLC price data
- Technical Analysis
- ADX chart
- Plot ADX Indicator
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ADX technical indicator

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/common/technical_analysis/trend_indicators_model.py#L16)]

```python
openbb.ta.adx(data: pd.DataFrame, window: int = 14, scalar: int = 100, drift: int = 1)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| data | pd.DataFrame | Dataframe with OHLC price data | None | False |
| window | int | Length of window | 14 | True |
| scalar | int | Scalar variable | 100 | True |
| drift | int | Drift variable | 1 | True |


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## Returns

| Type | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| pd.DataFrame | DataFrame with adx indicator |
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Plots ADX indicator

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/common/technical_analysis/trend_indicators_view.py#L30)]

```python
openbb.ta.adx_chart(data: pd.DataFrame, window: int = 14, scalar: int = 100, drift: int = 1, symbol: str = "", export: str = "", external_axes: Optional[List[matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes]] = None)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| data | pd.DataFrame | Dataframe with OHLC price data | None | False |
| window | int | Length of window | 14 | True |
| scalar | int | Scalar variable | 100 | True |
| drift | int | Drift variable | 1 | True |
| symbol | str | Ticker |  | True |
| export | str | Format to export data |  | True |
| external_axes | Optional[List[plt.Axes]] | External axes (2 axes are expected in the list), by default None | None | True |


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## Returns

This function does not return anything

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