Vortex Trend Indicator MT5
Platform: MT5 Type: Trend Last update: June 15, 2025The Vortex Trend Indicator for MT5 provides ideas regarding trend, namely its power and direction. It presents generated signals in the form of colorful bricks reflecting market bias. This is simple and user-friendly approach.
Example chart:
How to use the vortex trend indicator for mt5?
Each brick of the vortex indicator corresponds to a single candlestick. So the green suggests bullish momentum, red signals bearish scenario and gray means a market indecision. Behind the scenes, it operates on crossovers of two lines, just like in case of the traditional version of vortex.
This AUD/JPY H4 chart shows exact moments when the indicator gave buy and sell trade opportunities.
Practical application
We think the best use of this tool is to onboard it as a technical analysis filter or signal provider. When combined with another indicator that offers accurate entry points, it can help verify trend direction and trading ideas.
As a result, one can potentially reduce false breakouts and improve the success rate.
Indicator settings
When it comes to the settings, the “Use vortex smoothing” is a pretty important variable. When set to ‘Yes’, it gives smoother and less random signals. In contrast, setting it to ‘No’ introduces more randomness into the signal characteristics.
Take a look at how turning it off influences the readings – as you can see at the GBP/USD H1 chart, they become less clear.
In total, there are five customizable inputs:
- Vortex period – defines the number of bars used to calculate the vortex lines, affecting the indicator’s sensitivity to trend changes (default: 14).
- Upper limit of the filtering range – sets the threshold above which trend signals are considered strong (default: 110).
- Lower limit of the filtering range – sets the threshold below which trend signals are considered weak or indecisive (default: 90).
- Use Vortex smoothing – enables or disables the smoothing function that reduces noise in the signal.
- Smoothing – determines the degree of smoothing applied when the option is enabled, affecting how steady the trend visualization appears.
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