RSI Reversals Filtered by Moving Averages

Summary

This configurable strategy uses RSI extremes to identify possible reversals, short simple moving averages to define entry context and exits, and an optional longer moving average to filter trades by trend. A long setup occurs when RSI is below its lower threshold and price is below the long exit average; a short setup occurs when RSI is above its upper threshold and price is above the short exit average. The optional filter can restrict signals to prices above or below a selected trend average, and the system can run long, short, or both sides.

The document provides default parameters and a brief BTC/USDT futures backtest configuration, but no performance results or evaluation of the tested period. Although the text describes signals as threshold crossings, the source conditions test whether RSI is beyond the threshold, rather than requiring a new crossing on that bar. RSI can produce whipsaws, moving averages lag, and the rules may be unreliable across some timeframes. The suggestions to add trend or volatility indicators are proposals, not validated improvements.

Key ideas

• RSI readings beyond configurable upper or lower thresholds define potential short or long setups.
• Short moving averages provide entry context and determine when positions close.
• An optional trend moving average filters entries according to whether price is above or below it.
• The strategy supports long-only, short-only, or two-sided operation.
• The source tests RSI threshold states rather than explicit threshold-crossing events, and no performance results are reported.

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