RSI Mean Reversion Entries on Threshold Crossbacks

Summary

This strategy uses a short-period Relative Strength Index to trade moves back from extreme readings. It enters long when RSI crosses upward through an oversold threshold and enters short when RSI crosses downward through an overbought threshold. Depending on the direction setting, it can trade long only, short only, or both; opposite positions are closed when the reverse signal occurs. An option delays execution until the bar is confirmed.

The published script identifies natural gas mini contracts on a four-hour chart as its intended context and gives sample RSI thresholds and transaction-cost settings. These are configuration choices, not evidence of profitability: the document includes no strategy report results or detailed test methodology. It offers no explicit price-based stop loss or profit target, so positions depend on a subsequent opposite RSI signal. Mean-reversion behavior may vary across instruments and market regimes, and fees, execution assumptions, and parameter selection should be considered when evaluating it.

Key ideas

• A long signal occurs when RSI crosses back above its oversold threshold.
• A short signal occurs when RSI crosses back below its overbought threshold.
• The strategy can restrict trading to either direction or allow both, and can wait for bar confirmation.
• The document supplies example settings for natural gas mini contracts but no evidence that they generalize or produce profits.

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