Detecting RSI and Price Divergence with Regression Channel Slopes

Summary

This indicator method looks for divergence by fitting linear regression channels to price and to an oscillator, using RSI as the example. It compares the slopes of the two channels: when they differ, the indicator changes the color of the channel's middle line to flag a possible divergence; when they match, it uses the ordinary channel color.

The author presents this as an alternative to visually identifying price and oscillator extremes, which can be subjective and may require waiting for bars to close before confirming a pivot. Because the signal is based on channel slopes, the article says it does not need those confirmation bars. It gives no parameter settings, backtest, accuracy measures, or trading rules beyond treating the color change as a prompt for a trader's usual divergence response. The signal's reliability and sensitivity to the regression window are therefore not established.

Key ideas

• The method fits regression channels to both price and RSI.
• A difference in channel slopes marks a potential divergence through a color change.
• Matching slopes retain the indicator's ordinary channel color.
• The method is presented as avoiding the need to confirm visual extremes with closed bars.
• No performance evidence or parameter guidance is provided.

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