The 2-period RSI is really erratic and produces a lot of signals. A lot of the signals are good, but if you're trading with one singular position, you might run into trouble pretty frequently. So, I have something for you to try.
On *any* of these candles that close with the RSI above 90% or below 10%, you'll place a trade. But it won't be a big trade. You want it to be just big enough that you'll be reasonably happy with your profits if that is indeed the reversal point, but not so big that you're afraid of a little (or a lot of) drawdown.
Both of those candles have an RSI closing above 90%. What if this continued for another 5-6 candles before dropping? You don't know what the market will do here, so you don't bet big. Your trade setup might look something like this:
The market sell might be 1.00, and each limit order might be 0.10. Maybe you have 30 limit orders, for a maximum position size of 4.00.
Ideally, you'd be closing all of them when the price reaches the next bottom on the RSI, and then you'd be reversing and starting over. Sometimes that won't happen and a higher time frame momentum move will snuff you out, so make sure you measure your risk carefully!
Sometimes none of your limits will get filled. Sometimes only a few. Sometimes all of them! You never know. The 2-period RSI gives you a pretty good location to start placing limits, though, if you prefer to keep an indicator on your charts.
Few more examples:
On *any* of these candles that close with the RSI above 90% or below 10%, you'll place a trade. But it won't be a big trade. You want it to be just big enough that you'll be reasonably happy with your profits if that is indeed the reversal point, but not so big that you're afraid of a little (or a lot of) drawdown.
Both of those candles have an RSI closing above 90%. What if this continued for another 5-6 candles before dropping? You don't know what the market will do here, so you don't bet big. Your trade setup might look something like this:
The market sell might be 1.00, and each limit order might be 0.10. Maybe you have 30 limit orders, for a maximum position size of 4.00.
Ideally, you'd be closing all of them when the price reaches the next bottom on the RSI, and then you'd be reversing and starting over. Sometimes that won't happen and a higher time frame momentum move will snuff you out, so make sure you measure your risk carefully!
Sometimes none of your limits will get filled. Sometimes only a few. Sometimes all of them! You never know. The 2-period RSI gives you a pretty good location to start placing limits, though, if you prefer to keep an indicator on your charts.
Few more examples: