Stochastic Oscillator

HTS's Stochastic Oscillator is a technical momentum indicator that compares a coins closing price to its price range over a given time period.

Interface

Supported license & Trade types

Supported License

Supported Trade Types

Beginner license

Spot trading

Simple license

Margin trading

Advanced license

Leverage trading

Formula

Stochastic Oscillator is a technical momentum indicator with the following formula:

%K = 100[(C - L14)/(H14 - L14)] C = the most recent closing price L14 = the low of the 14 previous trading sessions H14 = the highest price traded during the same 14-day period.

General Settings

  • Exchange Website to monitor

  • Currency Pair to monitor for trade signals

  • Update Speed

  • Trade Signals

Tip: The exchange doesn't have to be the same exchange you are currently trading on.

Indicator Settings

  • Length

    • Number of candles (or time periods) before an action is taken.

  • Buy Threshold

    • When the calculation result is equal or below this value, the indicator will generate a buy signal.

  • Sell Threshold

    • When the calculation result is equal or above this value, the indicator will generate a sell signal.

Usage

Relative indicators review prices over a specific time span. That time span is the basis for this indicators ability to tell if the prices are high or low (overbought and oversold). This type of indicator takes the highest and lowest price into account and it assumes the prices will remain stable.

When a sudden uptrend or downtrend occurs, the prices are no longer stable relative to the time span, thus these type of indicators would produce inaccurate buy and sell signals.

A relative indicator uses a time frame. This time frame is the span of the time where the high and low prices are evaluated. If this period is to small, then the relative indicators would produce overbought and oversold signals. So, it is very important to

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