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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Forex Trading Using RSI

Relative strength index (RSI) is one of the most used indicators in forex trading. RSI can be used together with other indicators to enter and exit trades. Know more about RSI. In forex trading, RSI can be used for trading any currency pair for any time frame.

In general, any RSI movement below 30 is considered as oversold and buy signals are generated by systems when the indicator break 30 level from below. Similarly sell signals are generated by systems when indicator break 70 level from above. The trader should carefully choose the period of RSI according to his trading goals. Usually, shorter periods like 7 days have more variable RSI producing more trading signals and longer periods like 21 days have stable RSI producing lesser trading signals. The time-frame of charts to which RSI is applied is important. Shorter charts like 5 minute charts generate more signals than longer charts.

RSI offer better results when used together with other indicators like moving average and stochastic crosses. The signals are more reliable when RSI is corresponding to the signals. Fore example a buy signal generated from a crossover is more reliable when RSI is at oversold area and a sell signal is more reliable when RSI is at overbought area.

Advantages of using RSI in forex trading include simplicity and support from both simple and complex trading strategies. Disadvantages include false trading signals and lesser reliability when used singly.

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