Volatility-Adaptive RSI Momentum Signals and Reversal Trading

Summary

This document describes a Dynamic Momentum Index approach that adapts RSI sensitivity to recent price volatility. It estimates volatility from a short-window standard deviation smoothed by a longer average, then adjusts the indicator’s effective period within stated upper and lower bounds. The intent is to respond more quickly when prices are active and smooth signals when markets are quiet.

The trading logic enters long positions when the oscillator falls below a lower threshold and short positions when it rises above an upper threshold, holding the current direction between those levels. An input can reverse those directions, and the script also colors bars according to the resulting position. The document explains the indicator’s construction but supplies no performance statistics, market-specific evidence, transaction costs, or risk controls. Its threshold behavior and period adaptation therefore describe a testable signal concept, not evidence of profitability; implementation details may also affect the indicator calculation.

Key ideas

• The indicator varies its effective RSI period in response to recent volatility.
• It uses recent standard deviation and a smoothed volatility estimate to determine period length.
• The calculated period is bounded between a minimum and maximum value.
• Long and short entries are triggered by crossing separate lower and upper oscillator thresholds.
• A reversal setting can swap the direction of the generated trades.
• The document provides no backtest performance evidence or explicit risk-management rules.

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