Browse the library
Topic
Oscillator
18 guides in Finabase Learn
- Absolute Price Oscillator (APO): moving-average gap in dollars What the Absolute Price Oscillator measures, why Finabase’s APO uses simple averages unlike MACD, a worked example on Visa, its zero-line signals and their limits.
- Aroon Oscillator: one line for trend direction and age How the Aroon Oscillator subtracts Aroon Down from Aroon Up, what readings of ±50 and ±100 mean, a worked example on Netflix’s 2026 downtrend, and Finabase’s settings.
- Chande Momentum Oscillator (CMO): formula and Finabase’s version How Tushar Chande’s CMO compares up-day and down-day totals, why Finabase’s TA-Lib CMO equals 2 × RSI − 100, a worked example on Home Depot, and how to read ±50.
- Commodity Channel Index (CCI): formula, ±100 and two readings How Donald Lambert’s CCI measures distance from the average typical price, a worked Caterpillar example, the two readings of ±100 and Finabase’s scoring.
- Divergence: regular and hidden, bullish and bearish, with RSI and MACD How to spot regular and hidden divergence between price and RSI or MACD, real Tesla examples, a small test on seven symbols, and why divergence needs confirmation.
- Fast stochastic oscillator: raw %K, %D and its whipsaws How the fast stochastic differs from the slow one, a worked 5-bar %K on PepsiCo, why it swings from 82 to 0.6 in three days, and how Finabase computes and flags it.
- MACD indicator: signal line, histogram and divergence How the MACD line, signal line and histogram are calculated, how to read crossovers, the zero line and divergence on Microsoft’s 2026 chart, and how Finabase scores it.
- Momentum indicator (MOM): price change over n bars How the Momentum indicator subtracts the close n bars ago, a worked Oracle example of its echo effect, zero-line signals over a 46% decline, and how Finabase scores it.
- Money Flow Index (MFI): the volume-weighted RSI How the Money Flow Index combines typical price and volume into a 0–100 oscillator, a worked calculation on Starbucks, how it differs from RSI, and Finabase’s MFI.
- Rate of Change (ROC): percentage momentum and how to read it How the Rate of Change measures percentage price change over n bars, a worked example on the energy ETF XLE, reading its zero line and extremes, and Finabase’s ROC.
- Relative Strength Index (RSI) A 0–100 momentum oscillator that compares the size of recent gains with recent losses, with 70 and 30 as common extreme levels.
- Relative Strength Index (RSI): how to read and use it What the RSI measures, how Wilder’s formula works step by step, how to read overbought, oversold, divergence and failure swings, and where it fails.
- Stochastic oscillator A momentum indicator that shows where the latest close sits within the high-low range of a recent window, scaled from 0 to 100.
- Stochastic oscillator (slow %K and %D): how to read it How George Lane’s slow stochastic places the close within its recent range, a worked %K and %D on Johnson & Johnson, the 80/20 levels and Finabase’s 15/5 settings.
- Stochastic RSI (StochRSI): an oscillator of an oscillator How StochRSI applies the stochastic formula to RSI values, a worked example on Broadcom, why Finabase’s 14/5/3 setting pins at 0 and 100, and how to read it.
- TRIX indicator: triple-smoothed momentum and its zero line How TRIX takes the one-bar percent change of a triple EMA, a worked calculation on Disney, why it filters noise but lags, and how Finabase scores its zero line.
- Ultimate Oscillator: three timeframes and Williams’ rules How Larry Williams’ Ultimate Oscillator blends 7-, 14- and 28-bar buying pressure, a worked Intel calculation, his divergence sell rule in action and Finabase’s settings.
- Williams %R: formula, −20/−80 levels and real signals How Larry Williams’ %R measures the close against the recent high, a worked calculation on Walmart, how its −20 and −80 signals fared over a year, and Finabase’s scoring.
Educational content, not investment advice. Finabase Learn explains how markets and tools work. It does not recommend any security or strategy, and examples are for illustration only. Investing involves risk, including the loss of principal. Rules and figures are for the United States unless stated and can change — check the cited source before you act.