Forex and Futures: RSI signal, Relative Strenght Index
RSI is a popular indicator commonly used to confirm price movement and help identify turning points in the market. It was created by Welles Wilder Jr. In general RSI is used either as an indicator of overbought or oversold market conditions in consolidating markets or to identify divergences at trend exhaustion. The RSI is a price-following oscillator that ranges between 0 and 100. A popular method of analyzing the RSI is to look for a divergence in which the currency price is making a new high, but the RSI is failing to surpass its previous high. This divergence is an indication of an impending reversal. When the RSI then turns down and falls below its most recent trough, it is said to have completed a "failure swing." The failure swing is considered a confirmation of the impending reversal in the price of the currency. RSI levels of 70% and 30% (80% and 20%) are known as overbought/oversold levels. Buy signal generated when the market is oversold, sell signal generated when...
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