Momentumdraws in its own pane

The stochastic formula applied to RSI instead of price — where RSI sits inside its own recent range. Faster than either parent.

On this chart: 14-period RSI, 14-period stochastic window, smoothed 3 / 3.

Stochastic RSI runs the range-position calculation on the RSI series itself: within RSI's own highs and lows of the last 14 bars, where does it sit now? The result swings harder and faster than either parent indicator, hitting 0 and 100 far more often.

Use the same 20/80 zones as a regular stochastic, but expect them to be hit constantly — that is the design. The value is timing resolution: when RSI itself barely dips, Stoch RSI shows whether that dip is at the bottom of RSI's recent behavior or mid-range.

On names that rarely reach classically oversold RSI — steady large caps, mostly — Stoch RSI at its lows identifies the relative pullbacks that plain RSI never flags. It describes "as washed out as this name gets," which for premium richness is often the practical question.

Like everything in this guide, these are descriptions of conditions and reference levels — context for your own decisions, not instructions to trade.