RSI
Momentum oscillator in its own sub-pane with optional EMA / WMA overlays, pullback and trap chips, divergence lines, and a strong-buy / strong-sell band.
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is the most-used momentum oscillator on the platform — a 0-100 reading of how hard recent up-moves are stacking against recent down-moves. The native build paints in its own sub-pane below the candles with a colour-coded RSI line, an optional fast EMA and slow WMA pair on top of it, pullback and trap chips, regular plus hidden divergence lines, and a saturated band at the strong-buy / strong-sell extremes so you can read regime at a glance. Pullback and trap chips are Pro-gated; the divergence and overlay layers stay free.
Settings reference
The dialog is split into Inputs, Moving averages, Signals, and a static Reference readout.
| Section | Setting | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs | Period | 14 | Length of the RSI calculation. Range 2-100. Higher = smoother regime read, lower = faster but more chop. |
| Smoothing | 0 | Extra SMA applied to the raw RSI output. 0 = raw RSI. Bump to 2-5 on noisy sub-minute timeframes to tame whips. | |
| Moving averages | Show EMA | Off | Fast trend line drawn over RSI in blue. Length is fixed. |
| Show WMA | On | Slow trend line drawn over RSI in amber. Length is fixed. Pair EMA above WMA = bull RSI regime; mirror for bear. | |
| Signals · Pro | Pullback signals | Pro · auto | ▲ PB (buy) / ▼ PS (sell) chips when RSI cycles from extreme back through mid-range with a confirming candle. Auto-follows your plan; the ↻ icon resets the manual override back to plan-default. |
| Trap signals | Pro · auto | TB (trap buy → SELL) at a tested resistance level on the RSI, TS (trap sell → BUY) at a tested support level. See the read below — Trap Buy means bulls are trapped, the signal is SHORT. | |
| Divergence | Off | Regular (reversal) divergences as solid lines plus hidden (continuation) divergences as dashed lines, on the pane and — if Overlay is on — on the main chart. | |
| Overlay on price chart | Off | Mirrors the PB / PS arrows, TB / TS circles, and divergence lines onto the candle chart so you don't need to look down at the pane. | |
| Reference | Strong Buy | 80 | Static reference. Crossing into this band reads as continuation in a trend, not as a reversal. |
| Strong Sell | 20 | Static reference. Mirror of Strong Buy. |
What it draws
The RSI sub-pane stacks several layers on the same 0-100 axis — toggle the signal layers off if you only want the raw oscillator.
| Layer | Look | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| RSI line | Purple in the mid-range, green when above the strong-buy band, red when below the strong-sell band | The oscillator itself. Colour shift makes it obvious without reading the value. |
| EMA overlay | Thin blue line | Fast moving average of RSI — short-term momentum tilt. |
| WMA overlay | Amber line | Slow moving average of RSI — regime tilt. A green / red tinted fill between RSI and WMA shows distance: brighter green = RSI well above the slow line, brighter red = RSI well below. |
| Strong-buy / strong-sell band | Green band at the top, red band at the bottom | Saturated near the extremes, soft just below them. Visual cue you're in the regime-confirmation zone. |
| Bull / bear level highlight | Small green or red rectangle on the bar | Marks bars where the indicator's bull or bear cycle is active — set after a strong-buy excursion (bull) or strong-sell excursion (bear), cleared when RSI returns to the opposite extreme. Trap signals are gated to these regimes. |
| Centre line at 50 | Dashed grey horizontal | Above 50 = average up-move dominates the lookback; below 50 = average down-move dominates. |
| Right-axis value tag | Coloured pill at the right edge | Current RSI value. Pill colour follows the trend state — teal in a bull cycle, red in a bear cycle, purple in transition. |
| Pullback chips | ▲ PB (green) / ▼ PS (red) | Pullback completed; momentum resumes in the prior direction. |
| Trap circles | TB (amber) / TS (cyan) with a dashed level line | Pullback ran into a tested resistance / support on the RSI and got rejected — fade signal. |
| Divergence lines | Solid green / red for regular; dashed blue / red for hidden | Two-pivot lines that pair price extremes with the matching RSI extremes. |
How to read it
- Trend bias — RSI persistently above 50 with EMA stacking above WMA = bull regime; mirror for bear. Trade with the regime, not against it.
- Pullback zones — in a bull regime, retracements toward the 40-50 band are buyable; in a bear regime, rallies into the 50-60 band are shortable. Wait for the
PB/PSchip if you want the indicator's confirming candle baked in. - Strong-buy band entry — first push into the band is typically continuation, not reversal. Fade it only when a divergence or trap fires alongside.
- Trap signals — read the direction carefully —
TB(Trap Buy) means bulls who bought the pullback are trapped under a tested resistance; it's a SELL signal.TS(Trap Sell) is the inverse — bears caught short under a tested support, BUY signal. - Regular divergence (solid lines) — price prints a new low while RSI prints a higher low (or the bearish mirror). Reversal read; wait for a price-action trigger before entering.
- Hidden divergence (dashed lines) — price prints a higher low while RSI prints a lower low (or the bearish mirror). Continuation read in the prevailing trend.
- Bull / bear regime highlights — when the small green or red rectangles are painting on each bar, the indicator considers the regime active. PB chips fire inside the bull rectangles; PS chips fire inside the bear ones; trap signals are gated to the same rectangles.
- Overlay on price chart — leave it off if the pane is enough; switch it on when you're scalping fast charts and don't want to glance away from the candles. The chips and divergence lines mirror onto the price action at the same bars.
Common pitfalls
- Treating 70 / 30 as automatic reversals — those are the classic Wilder thresholds and they're plotted here as faint gridlines. In trending crypto, the 70-80 band is regime confirmation, not exhaustion. Use the strong-buy / strong-sell band (the saturated 80 / 20 markers) as the actual extreme.
- Reading divergence in dead chop — when price grinds sideways the RSI ping-pongs around 50 and the pivot detector finds pairs every few bars. Divergence reads need a clear directional impulse on either side of the line to be meaningful; ignore the lines until the chart is trending.
- Misreading the Trap chips as same-direction signals —
TBis amber and looks bullish at a glance, but it fires when bulls who bought the dip get trapped under a tested resistance — it's a SELL.TSis the inverse. Read the chip label, not the colour. - Period set too short on fast charts — dropping the period below the default on a sub-minute chart turns the line into a buzz, with PB / PS chips firing several times per hour. Stay near the default for most timeframes; only shorten the period when you genuinely need a faster oscillator and accept the noise.
- Acting on a PB / PS chip without context — these are confirmation prints, not standalone entries. Pair with structure (a tested level, a higher-timeframe trend, a CVD agreement) before clicking the button.
- Forgetting Pullback and Trap signals are plan-gated — if you don't see the chips, your plan tier is the reason, not a bug. The Auto badge on the row tells you the toggle is following your plan; the manual toggle activates once your tier unlocks it.
What's next
- mrD Pullback — the dedicated pullback engine that uses the same RSI cycle logic but draws entry zones directly on the candles.
- Live Signals — bundles the RSI pullback and trap reads with structure detection into named setups on the chart.
- CVD — pair RSI divergence with cumulative volume divergence; agreement on both is a higher-conviction read.
- EMA — moving averages on the price itself rather than on the RSI line.