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This study calculates and displays Welles Wilder's Plus and Minus Directional Indicators.

Let \(H\), \(L\), and \(C\) be random variables denoting the High, Low, and Close prices, respectively, and let \(H_t\), \(L_t\), and \(C_t\) be their values at Index \(t\). We denote an Up Move and a Down Move at Index \(t\) as \(\Delta H_t\) and \(-\Delta L_t\), respectively. Initially we have \(\Delta H_0 = -\Delta L_0 = 0\), and for \(t > 0\) compute the Up Move and Down Move as follows.

We denote the Positive Directional Movement and Negative Directional Movement at Index \(t\) as \(DM_t^{(+)}\) and \(DM_t^{(-)}\), respectively, and we compute them for \(t \geq 0\) as follows.

Let the Length Input be denoted as \(n_{DX}\). We compute the Welles Sum the Postive Directional Movement, Negative Directional Movement, and True Range for \(t \geq 0\). The values of these Welles sums at Index \(t\) are respectively denoted as \(WS_t\left(DM^{(+)},n_{DX}\right)\), \(WS_t\left(DM^{(-)},n_{DX}\right)\), and \(WS_t(TR,n_{DX})\).

Finally, we denote the indicators of the Directional Movement Index at Index \(t\) as \(DI_t^{(+)}(n_{DX})\) (Positive Directional Indicator) and \(DI_t^{(-)}(n_{DX})\) (Negative Directional Indicator). These are both initially equal to zero, and we compute them for \(t \geq 0\) as follows.

Note: The values of the Directional Movement Index Indicators are displayed for \(t \geq n_{DX}\).