ClearPath Trader

True Strength Index

Double-smoothed momentum oscillator of price change. Signal-line crosses and divergences help time swings.

Category: Technical · Complexity: ★★☆☆☆ (2/5)

Tags: technical, live-overlay, price

Live chart overlay: TSI

True Strength Index chart illustration

Formula

TSI = 100 · EMA(EMA(ΔC), r) / EMA(EMA(|ΔC|), r)

How to read

Double-smoothed momentum. Signal-line crosses and divergences time swings with less noise than raw momentum.

Limitations

Still lags turning points. Settings are sensitive.

Typical settings

25 / 13, signal 13

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