Abbreviation: RSI Avg
Category: Price Momentum Indicators: Smoothed
Input Parameters:
Name | Range | Default |
Closing Price | Close | |
RSI Periods | Int >= 1 | 5 |
Avg Periods | Int >= 1 | 5 |
Calculation:
Avg(X, Avg Periods)
where
X = RSI(Closing Price, RSI Periods)
RSI represents Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Avg represents Simple Moving Average
Discussion:
This indicator attempts to smooth the Relative Strength Index indicator by calculating its moving average. Since it uses a simple moving average (which gives equal importance to all the periods within the moving average’s time frame), this method of smoothing may cause more of a lag time than the exponential variant.