What Does the Stochastic RSI Help You with?
This article is a continuation of the introduction blog written on the Stochastic RSI . The StochRSI was developed by Tushar S. Chande and Stanley Kroll and comprehensive in their book "The New Technical Trader," first published in 1994. While technical pointers already existed to show overbought and oversold levels, the two developed StochRSI to improve sensitivity and generate a greater number of signals than traditional pointers could do. The StochRSI deems something to be oversold when the value drops below 0.20, meaning the RSI value is trading at the lower end of its predefined range, and that the short-term direction of the underlying security may be nearing a low a possible move higher. Conversely, a reading above 0.80 suggests the RSI may be reaching extreme highs and could be used to signal a pullback in the underlying security. Along with identifying overbought/oversold conditions, the StochRSI can be used to identify short-term trends by looking...