A Filtered RSI(2) Pullback Strategy with Three Exit Rules

Summary

This document outlines a long-only pullback strategy intended for markets already in an uptrend. It seeks an entry when two-period RSI falls below 20, provided price remains above both an 80-period EMA and a 200-period SMA, current volume exceeds its 20-period average, and the candle closes higher than it opens. It describes exits when price closes above the recorded entry price, RSI exceeds 70, or a seven-day holding limit is reached.

The discussion explains why combining a fast oversold signal with trend, volume, and candle filters might screen entries, and flags risks from sensitive RSI readings, misleading volume, changing trends, and fixed parameters. It suggests adaptive thresholds, stronger trend checks, and dynamic holding periods as possible refinements. The published configuration uses SOL/USDT futures on a four-minute chart for roughly a month, but no returns, trade statistics, or comparative tests are given. The source also compares bar-index difference directly with the stated day limit, so the seven-day interpretation may not match the chart interval. The rules should be treated as a proposal requiring validation, not as demonstrated evidence of an edge.

Key ideas

• The entry setup combines RSI(2) below 20 with two moving-average trend filters, above-average volume, and a bullish candle.
• The stated exits are a profitable close, RSI above 70, or a seven-day time limit.
• Fast RSI signals can be noisy, and high volume alone does not reveal whether buyers or sellers dominate.
• The source’s bar-count exit may not represent seven calendar or trading days on a four-minute chart.
• The published setup includes no performance results or evidence that the filters improve returns.

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