{"id":871,"date":"2023-12-18T13:42:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigshotrading.info\/?p=871"},"modified":"2023-12-18T13:42:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:42:51","slug":"how-to-use-rsi-indicator-in-forex-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigshotrading.info\/blog\/how-to-use-rsi-indicator-in-forex-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use RSI Indicator in Day and Intraday Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Relative Strength Index or RSI indicator is a tool for technical analysis. It belongs to the oscillator category and is one of the most effective indicators. It is of the leading type, which means it shows signals on the market before the price changes on the chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The advantage of this leading function of RSI when trading is that it\u2019s possible to find early signs of market change. The negative side of this function is that RSI, just like many other trading tools, may provide traders with false signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experienced traders recommend using RSI with any other useful indicator or tool. That way, a trader will be able to tell whether the signal is false, real, or premature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep reading our article to improve your Forex trading strategy by adding the RSI indicator. Here you will learn how to use RSI indicator<\/a> and what other indicators may be combined with the Relative Strength Index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day and Intraday Trading RSI Indicator Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You probably already know what RSI is in trading, so let\u2019s see how to use it. We will start with day trading and then proceed with intraday type trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day Trading Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Relative Strength Index seems to be showing good results in day trading. But what RSI indicator settings are the most beneficial for day trading? The default setting for this indicator is 14 periods, and it seems to be effective for most types of traders, specifically for swing traders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when intraday traders decide to use this indicator when day trading, they choose different settings. The main reason to choose a different strategy is simple \u2014 14 settings sometimes show false signals, even though such occurrences happen rarely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some experts recommend lowering the time frame they prefer; others suggest using a lower period when applying RSI to increase index sensitivity. That way, the risk of producing false or premature signals should be lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key takeaway:<\/p>\n\n\n\n