The Vortex Indicator helps isolate trends, which can aid new traders in determining when a new trend is likely underway. The Indictors is based on a two​ ...TheVortexIndicatorhelpsisolatetrends,whichcanaidnewtradersindeterminingwhenanewtrendislikelyunderway.TheIndictorsisbasedonatwolines–anuptrendlineandadowntrendline.Whenonecrossesabovetheotheritindicatesthattrend(upordown)hastakenover.Itisalsousedtospotpricecongestion,soyoucanavoidtakingtrendtradesduringthattime.VortexIndicatorTheVortexIndicatoriscomposedoftwolines–typicallycoloredgreenandred,andlabeledVI+andVI-,representingupmovesversusdownmoves.Whentheredlinecrossesabovethegreenlineitindicatesadowntrendcouldbebeginningonthetimeframebeingwatched.Aslongastheredlinestaysabovethegreenline,thedowntrendisineffect.Whenthegreenlinecrossesabovetheredlineitindicatesanuptrendcouldbebeginning.Aslongasthegreenlinestaysabovetheredline,theuptrendisineffect.Figure1showstheVortexIndicatorinactionona15-minutechartoftheUSDJPY.Figure1.USDJPYwithVortexIndicatorOverthisperiodthepairwasinanoveralluptrend,sotheindicatorwaseffectiveinisolatingthemajortrendingmoveshigherandalsothepullback.VortexIndicatorVariablesThelookbackperiodfortheindicatorcanbeadjusted.Infigure1itissetto20(noticeitsays+VI20).Thismeans20pricebarsarecalculatedintotheindicator.Changeitto14and14pricebarsareincludedinthecalculation.14isthecommonlyusedlookbackperiod,althoughforshort-termtradingthismayprovidetoomanywhipsawsignals.Increasingthelookbackperiodsmoothesoutthelines,resultinginfewercrossovers.Decreasingthelookbackperiodresultsinmorecrossovers.Dependingonyourtradingstyle,you’llneedtotestwhichlookbackperiodworksbestforyou.Youmayfinddifferentlookbackperiodsworkwellonsomeassetsbutnotothers.Thismeansyoumaywanttousedifferentsettingsfordifferentassets.SpottingCongestionWhenbothlinesarenear1.00and/ormovingbackandforthacrosseachother,itnotifiesyouthatnotrendispresentatthattime.Ifatrendtraderitisbesttonottradeduringthesetimes.Avoidtrendtradingattimeswhenthereislittlesepara