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RSI Indicator Divergence Analysis - Divergence Trading Explanation

Divergence Analysis is one of the trade setups used by technical traders. It involves looking at a chart and one more technical indicator. For our example we shall use the RSI.

To spot this Divergence Analysis setup find two chart points at which price makes a new swing high or a new swing low but the RSI indicator does not, indicating a divergence between price and momentum.

Example:

In the chart below we identify two points, point A and point B (swing highs)

Then using RSI indicator we check the highs made by the trading indicator, these are highs that are directly below Chart points A & B.

We then draw one line on the currency chart and another line on the RSI indicator.

RSI Indicator Divergence Analysis in Trading - RSI Trade Divergence Indicator - What is RSI Divergence?

RSI Divergence Setup - Divergence Analysis

How to spot divergence setups

In order to spot this set-up we look for the following:

HH = Higher High : 2 highs but last one is higher

LH = Lower High : two highs but the last one is lower

HL = Higher Low : two lows but the last is higher

LL = Lower Low : 2 lows but last one is lower

First let us look at the illustrations of these terms

RSI Indicator Divergence Analysis in Trading - RSI Divergence Indicator

Divergence Terms - Divergence Analysis

RSI Indicator Divergence Analysis in Forex Trading - RSI Divergence Strategy

Divergence Terms - Divergence Analysis

There are 2 types of divergence:

  1. Classic Divergence Analysis
  2. Hidden Divergence Analysis

These divergence setups are explained on the lessons section of this site under the analysis section.

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