What is the indication that rsi is above 50 through out the day
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The relative strength index (RSI) is a momentum indicator that measures the magnitude of recent price changes to evaluate overbought or oversold conditions in the price of a stock or other asset. The RSI is displayed as an oscillator (a line graph that moves between two extremes) and can have a reading from 0 to 100. The indicator was originally developed by J. Welles Wilder and introduced in his seminal 1978 book, "New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems."
Traditional interpretation and usage of the RSI is that values of 70 or above indicate that a security is becoming overbought or overvalued and may be primed for a trend reversal or corrective pullback in price. An RSI reading of 30 or below indicates an oversold or undervalued condition.
Key Takeaways
The RSI is a popular momentum oscillator developed in 1978.
The RSI compares bullish and bearish price momentum plotted against the graph of an asset's price.
Signals are considered overbought when the indicator is above 70% and oversold when the indicator is below 30%.
The Formula For RSI Is
The relative strength index (RSI) is computed with a two-part calculation that starts with the following formula:
The average gain or loss used in the calculation is the average percentage gain or losses during a look-back period. The formula uses positive values for the average losses.
The standard is to use 14 periods to calculate the initial RSI value. For example, imagine the market closed higher seven out of the past 14 days with an average gain of 1%. The remaining seven days all closed lower with an average loss of -0.8%. The calculation for the first part of the RSI would look like the following expanded calculation:
Once there are 14 periods of data available, the second part of the RSI formula can be calculated. The second step of the calculation smooths the results.