The momentum oscillators are the category of technical tools that issue a signal when a trend or price move is yet to start. The quality of such tools is to project a measure of the strength of the movement that hovers between the upper band, lower band, or even the zero line within a specific time frame.
Generally, the oscillators produce a value between 0 to 100, and the relative strength measurement has classified the status of ‘oversold’ or ‘overbought’ based on its reading from the 0 to 100 spectrums.
These indicators are also called forward-looking indicators that provide critical information in the guise of crossovers and reversals.
An oscillator is specifically beneficial when markets are in a state of stagnation or range-bound, and a lack of clear direction is spread wide into the markets. They also have the potency to generate potential buy and sell signals by showing prospective trend breakout and reversal signals by pairing them with lagging indicators.
Relative Strength Index
RSI measures the current momentum of the given price and serves as a reading that helps understand the overbought and oversold zones for security that forecasts cycle reversals.
RSI produces a reading between 0 and 100, where 70 stands for the overbought signal and 30 for the oversold. It generates only one reading that reflects the strength of price momentum.
RSI is produced by analyzing the average of the gains divided by losses over a specified period. The default setting of the indicator is 14. The graphical plot is located under the price chart that produces a convergence when the top and bottom panels move in tandem and divergence when moving in different directions. A bullish divergence is created when prices are falling and RSI is rising; on the contrary, a falling RSI and ascending price marks a bearish divergence.
Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
Commodity Channel Index (CCI) measures the direction of a trend and its relative strength, thereby generating a plot panel that helps understand a trend’s entry and exits. The indicator examines the difference between the current price and a historical average price set, with 20 being the default setting on the indicator.
A CCI above zero indicates the current price is above the historical price, while a negative CCI suggests the current price is below the historical price.
CCI panel bands don’t have a boundary limit and can go above +100 and below -100.
Therefore, a need to compare the current CCI readings with major historical points is compared to find sense.
Stochastic Oscillator
This indicator is a range-bound momentum oscillator and is mainly used for identifying overbought and oversold levels, finding divergences, and identifying bull and bear signals.
The indicator has two lines: %K line and %D line. The former shows the closest close compared to the relative lows in the specific time frame, and the last line is just the SMA of the %K line.
Historically, the use of stochastic can result in the generation of good signals, and carefully using it can result in good trades. Still, the only thing to keep in mind should be that the use of this indicator has to be in the trending markets. To confirm the market direction, the technician might use the trend lines in pair of this indicator to ascertain the market direction.
A wide array of useful trend-following indicators is available for a technician to make more out of the general perceived market trends.
Some of them are – the awesome oscillator to find out who’s in control – bulls or bears, the center of gravity that identifies crossovers in range-bound markets, and the elder force index that shows movements by creating a panel reading with the use of volume and price periods.
