True Strength Index (TSI) Technical Analysis & TSI Signals
Trend Strength Indicator - True Trend Indicator
Developed by William Blau
True Strength Index is a momentum trading indicator. The TSI is plotted by using a momentum calculation that reacts faster & is more responsive to price changes, making it a leading indicator that follows price action direction closely in the forex market.
The True Strength Index is drawn as a blue line, the indicator also draws a signalline which is plotted as a red line, & these two lines are used to generate crossover signals.
TSI also plots a histogram which illustrates and shows the difference between the TSI Line & the Signal line. This histo-gram crosses above/below the centerline, histo-gram levels above the centerline shows a bullish cross over signal, while centerline levels below the center-line shows bearish cross-over signal.
Technical Analysis and How to Generate Trading Signals
The TSI uses various different methods to generate trade signals. This indicator can be used in the same way as the RSI to identify general trend direction of the currency markets. Over-bought & over-sold levels can also be shown using TSI. Most regular methods of generating trading signals are:
Zero line Trading Crossover (Histogram FX cross over not Lines Trading crossover )
- Buy - when the histogram crosses above 0 a buy signal gets generated
- Sell - when the histogram crosses below 0 a sell signal is generated
Signal line Trading Cross-over
- A buy gets derived & generated when the TSI line crosses above the SignalLine
- A sell gets derived/generated when the TSI line crosses below Signal-line
This signal is the same as the one above and the timing corresponds with the time when the histogram crossovers happen.
Divergence Trade
Divergence is used to look for potential trend reversal point of a currency pair. Reversal divergence setups are:
Classic Trading Divergence
Classic Bullish Divergence: Lower lows in price and higher lows in the indicator
Classic Bearish Divergence: Higher highs in price and lower highs on the indicator
Divergence trading also can be used in identifying potential trend continuation points in price action direction. The continuation divergence trade setups are:
Hidden Trading Divergence
Hidden Bullish Divergence: higher lows in price and lower lows on the technical indicator
Hidden Bearish Divergence: lower highs in price & higher highs on the trading indicator
Overbought/Over-sold Levels in Indicator
This can be used to identify overbought & over-sold conditions in price action movements.
- Overbought condition - levels being greater than the +25 level
- Over-sold condition - levels being lesser than the -25 level
Trades can be generated/derived when TSI crosses these technical levels.
Buy signal - when the levels cross above -25 level a buy gets generated.
Sell trade signal - when the areas cross below +25 level a sell signal is generated.
Over-sold - Buy Signal
Over-bought - Sell Trade Signal
The overbought/oversold levels are indicated using horizontal lines plotted at the +25 and -25 levels.
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