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The concept of RSI emerged in 1978 in J. Welles Wilder, Jr.’s book, “New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems,” with the aim to help understand whether a stock was overbought or oversold.
The relative strength index (RSI) is a technical indicator used in the analysis of financial markets. It is intended to chart the current and historical strength or weakness of a stock or market based on the closing prices of a recent trading period. The indicator should not be confused with relative strength.
Chart of the NASDAQ-100 between 1994 and 2004, including the dot-com bubble. Day trading is a form of speculation in securities in which a trader buys and sells a financial instrument within the same trading day, so that all positions are closed before the market closes for the trading day to avoid unmanageable risks and negative price gaps between one day's close and the next day's price at ...
In his book, Trading for a Living, Alexander Elder suggested looking for reversal patterns in technical indicators such as RSI. This is an interesting variation on the 'magic number' overbought and oversold application. For example, a breakout from a double bottom on the RSI chart will often precede the breakout of a double bottom on the price ...
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False signs may emerge because of various components, including timing slacks, inconsistencies in information sources, smoothing strategies or even the calculation by which the pointer is determined. Technical analysis tries to capture market psychology and sentiment by analyzing price trends and chart patterns for possible trading opportunities.
When establishing trend lines it is important to choose a chart based on a price interval period that aligns with your trading strategy. Short term traders tend to use charts based on interval periods, such as 1 minute (i.e. the price of the security is plotted on the chart every 1 minute), with longer term traders using price charts based on ...
If a day's closing price moves in the opposite direction to the trend by more than the reversal amount, draw a short horizontal line and a new vertical line, beginning from the horizontal line to the new closing price. If the price on a day is greater than or equal to the previous high, change to a thick line and continue the vertical line.