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Relative strength index-how you can benefit from this type of technical analysis indicator

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Relative strength index is the name of the index introduced by j. Welles Wilder June 1978 on an issue of the magazine "Futures" (formerly known as "commodities"). Then also presented the 1978 in his book "New concepts in technical trading". The relative strength index is designed to measure the dynamics of price action and it ranges between 0 and 100. As we shall see in the formula, the index tracks the value in itself and, therefore, is a measure of speed.

As the relative strength indicator is an indicator of front-weighted momentum that measure the price performance compared with the past, gives a more accurate indication of other indicators. It is less affected by large and steep price drops-i.e. that filters out certain trading noise.

It is a big question to address after you start using such relative strength index "what time should I use?". Original proposal Wilder was to use a 14-day RSI, but nowadays they can be optimized with brute force using software like MetaTrader, etc.

The RSI values range from 1 to 100. Traditionally, anything above 30 would buy a brand image that anything above 70 should trigger a signal to sell. Many analysts use also 20 for long signals and 80 for short signals. As price levels, the relative strength index technical analysis is offered as support/resistance, moving average convergence divergence, etc.

It is noteworthy that relative strength index is a measure of momentum, i.e. whether the currency is overbought or oversold. There is a direction indicator trend per se. Indicate only if the trend is likely to reverse or not.

Overbought is in a bullish market when they buy the currency players with a view that prices will continue higher. Sooner or later, merchants will have accumulated several long and will start selling them back to their cash winnings. This can cause a sudden reversal of trend, as many sales people trying the same simultaneously.

Oversold is in a bearish market where players can sell the currency which is expected to fall further. Same as the overbought condition, at some point they will have accumulated in the short term and will look to buy them back. Everyone is trying to do the same thing at the same time can lead to a sudden reversal of trend.


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Equip yourself for profit with the relative strength index

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Most successful traders and technicians have their own favourite technical tools and many of them equip themselves with a powerful tool called the relative strength index. This is a single line flexible momentum oscillator developed by j. Welles Wilder in 1978. This oscillator ranges between 0 and 100 value scale. In spite of generated before the era of the computer, this oscillator has a good and reliable indicator of many analysts. therefore, if you want to be like those successful traders and analysts, who ought to know everything about the relative strength index.

Similar to other building momentum, relative strength index to appraises the speed and change movements in the price of any commodity or currency. The main functions of the oscillator that is to see trademarks to identify overbought and oversold conditions and locate bullish and bearish divergences.

Let's take a look deeper about these functions. Firstly, as a trademark, we give you this oscillator buy signal when it moves upwards from the bottom, usually less than 30. On the contrary, when it moves downward from the top, usually over 70, then see a for sale sign. Secondly, a read over 70 channels on the market is overbought condition and a reading below 30 indicates the market is oversold.

On Tuesday, when the relative strength indicator shows successively higher highs, but the value exhibits lower lows we look at connecting a bullish divergence. The opposite situation, which is called a bearish divergence occurs when the relative strength indicator makesconsecutive lower lows but at the same time it remains North and made consecutive higher highs. In addition to these functions, this oscillator also shows the general trend in the market as the direction seen in a chart.

However please keep in mind that the relative strength indicator as a sort of momentum building only will work best when the market is sideways. In other words, you'll likely discover more false signals, when a market simple downward trend. A simple trick to overcome this problem is that you should be able to determine the current trend of the market and the power of the underlying trend. Some tools technical analysis can be used for that purpose as the ADX, an indicator of a trend which is also developed by j. Welles Wilder. When ADX shows a weak trend or flat trend then you can rely on this oscillator and if you have high discipline when trading, you will have higher chance to create a good profit. On the other hand, when ADX declares a strong trend, whether bullish or bearish, you must be more careful when using this oscillator momentum. Alternatively, you can end a situation of loss. So keep on studying and practicing this oscillator.


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