ClearPath Trader

Know Sure Thing (KST)

Martin Pring’s summed, weighted ROC oscillator across multiple cycles. Signal-line crosses mark multi-timeframe momentum shifts.

Category: Momentum · Complexity: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

Tags: momentum, live-overlay, price

Live chart overlay: KST

Know Sure Thing (KST) chart illustration

Formula

Weighted sum of four ROC SMAs (typically 10/15/20/30 ROC smoothed 10/10/10/15)

How to read

Multi-cycle momentum. Signal-line cross is the main timing event.

Limitations

Many moving parts. Long combined lag.

Typical settings

Pring defaults 10-15-20-30 / 10-10-10-15

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