The RSI Delta Indicator. Enhancing Momentum Trading.

Creating and Coding a New Momentum Strategy in Python.

Sofien Kaabar, CFA
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Published in
7 min readJan 20, 2021

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The famous Relative Strength Index is used commonly by retail and institutional traders to understand where do we stand momentum-wise. One golden rule has to be respected when using the RSI, and it is to never use it on a trending market. In this article, we will look at a simple transformation on the RSI and back-test a strategy relying on this transformation.

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The Relative Strength Index

The RSI is without a doubt the most famous momentum indicator out there, and this is to be expected as it has many strengths especially in ranging…

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