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Oscillators: RSI, stochastic, CCI

They measure how far price has moved from the usual — and they work in a range, not in a trend.

RSI

The ratio of upward to downward strength over 14 candles, scaled from 0 to 100. The core uses the levels 30 and 70: below 30 is oversold, a reason to expect a bounce; above 70 is overbought.

Important: in a trend RSI can stay above 70 for weeks. That is exactly why the RSI reading counts in the range regime, while in a trend a bounce from 50 is used instead.

RSI(2)

The same computation over two candles — it reacts almost instantly. It looks for very short oversold readings inside a range: price jerked down over a couple of candles, and statistically it more often comes back.

Stochastic

Compares the close with the range of the last 14 candles: where exactly in that range price closed. The classic zones are below 20 and above 80. StochRSI is the same thing applied to RSI itself: it reacts more sharply than the plain stochastic.

CCI

The deviation of price from its average, normalised by dispersion. The levels are ±100: moving beyond them means price has gone noticeably further than usual. Counted in a range as a reversal factor.

What oscillators cannot do

They do not distinguish "overbought and about to turn" from "overbought and still rising". A single oscillator is an opinion, not a signal; which is why the service requires several factors to agree (the minimum number of cores).

Updated: 2026-09-10