What is oscillator?Oscillator
An indicator that swings within a fixed range (such as 0–100) to flag overbought and oversold conditions.
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- Indicators in Practice & BacktestingIndicator Confluence
Any single indicator is often wrong. When trend, momentum and volume all point the same way, the signal tends to be more reliable, but rarer.
- Indicators in Practice & BacktestingLag and False Signals
Every indicator based on past prices lags, and in a ranging market the signals will whipsaw you again and again.
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