Triple RSI Reversal Signals with Adjustable Consensus Thresholds

Summary

This strategy looks for potential market turning points by comparing RSI readings calculated over short, medium, and longer lookback periods. Its baseline logic treats readings below progressively higher thresholds as a possible bottom and readings above progressively lower thresholds as a possible top. An adjustable consensus setting determines how many of the three RSI conditions must agree before a signal is generated, allowing the trader to change signal frequency. The included implementation can take long and short positions, reverse when an opposing signal appears, and also close positions after a sufficiently directional candle body.

The document explains the rules and includes source settings for a BTC/USDT futures backtest over a short September 2023 sample, using a 45-minute strategy period and 5-minute base period. It reports no performance statistics, so the sample settings do not establish profitability or robustness. RSI can lag turning points, and consensus rules can still produce ambiguous or failed reversal signals. Position sizing and leverage in the example also warrant independent risk review.

Key ideas

• The method compares RSI values from three lookback periods to identify possible extremes.
• A configurable consensus threshold controls how many RSI conditions must agree.
• Opposing signals can close an existing position and initiate a position in the other direction.
• The implementation includes an additional candle-body condition for closing trades.
• The published backtest settings do not include results demonstrating profitability.

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