RSI Mansfield +An adaptive relative strength indicator for any market and timeframe.
OVERVIEW
This indicator plots the Mansfield Relative Strength (RSI Mansfield) oscillator, a tool to compare the performance of your instrument against a chosen benchmark index or asset. It auto-adjusts to cryptocurrencies, stocks, and various timeframes, applying the appropriate smoothing techniques to reveal true relative strength or weakness.
CONCEPTS
Relative Strength: Measures how the price of your asset evolves compared to a benchmark (e.g., BTC dominance, S&P 500).
Mansfield Normalization: Expresses the deviation from the moving average of the ratio between your asset and the benchmark, scaled to highlight trends.
Adaptive Smoothing: Automatically selects EMA or SMA smoothing depending on market type and timeframe.
Divergences: Detects regular and hidden bullish or bearish divergences in the Mansfield oscillator, which can signal potential reversals.
FEATURES
Supports major global stock indices and crypto benchmarks.
Auto-selection of moving average length (daily, weekly, monthly).
Dynamic coloring: green for positive relative strength, red for negative.
Configurable detection of four divergence types:
Regular Bullish Divergence
Hidden Bullish Divergence
Regular Bearish Divergence
Hidden Bearish Divergence
Toggle switch to show/hide divergences.
Clear zero baseline reference.
USAGE
Benchmark Selection
Choose the benchmark index or asset you want to compare against, e.g., Bitcoin Dominance, S&P 500, or other regional indices.
Interpret Colors
Green oscillator: outperforming the benchmark.
Red oscillator: underperforming.
Analyze Divergences
Enable divergence detection to spot potential reversal points. Regular divergences indicate classical divergence; hidden divergences may confirm continuation.
Timeframes
Works on intraday, daily, weekly, or monthly charts. The indicator auto-adjusts smoothing and calculation length accordingly.
Mansfieldrelativestrength
Mansfield Relative Strength (Original Version) by stageanalysisThe Mansfield Relative Strength ( Mansfield RS ) is one of the core components of the Stan Weinstein's Stage Analysis method as discussed in his classic book Stan Weinstein's Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets .
The Mansfield RS measures the relative performance of the stock compared to an index such as the S&P 500, or to another stock etc.
However, this should not to be confused with the popular RSI (Relative Strength Index developed J. Welles Wilder), which is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and change of price movements on a single stock.
The Mansfield RS indicator consists of the Relative Strength comparison line versus the S&P 500 (default universal setting, but can be edited), and the "Zero Line" – which is the 52 week MA of the Relative Strength line, that's been flattened to create the oscillator style.
How to use the Indicator:
Outperforming – Above the Zero Line
When the Relative Strength line crosses above the Zero Line (it's flattened 52 week RS MA), it is outperforming the index or stock that it's comparing against, and so it is showing stronger relative strength.
Underperforming – Below the Zero Line
When the Relative Strength line crosses below the Zero Line (it's flattened 52 week RS MA), it is underperforming the index or stock that it's comparing against, and so it is showing weaker relative strength.
Settings:
When you first add the indicator is has a coloured background, with a green tint for a postive RS score, and a red tint for a negative RS score. However, this can be turned off, or edited in the indicator settings, in the Style tab. So you can change the colors or remove it and just have the RS line and zero line showing. Both of which can also be edited in the settings.
Change the symbol that it compares against. The default is the S&P 500. But for crypto you might want to use Bitcoin for example. Or you might want to compare against competing stocks in the same peer group, or against the industry group or sector. The choice is yours. But the S&P 500 is a universal measure for the Mansfield RS. So I would recommend leaving it on that unless you have a particular reason to change it as mentioned.
MA Length is also an editable setting. This creates the Zero Line. So it will affect the values of the Mansfield RS if you change it. 52 is the default setting, and is set as such for the weekly chart. So I'd recommend not editing it on the weekly chart, but for other timeframes, different settings can be used.
Mansfield RSHello,
I hope you like this representation of the Mansfield Relative Strength Indicator.
The calculations have been made based on the following formulas:
Standard Relative Performance indicator
RP = ( stock_close / index_close ) * 100
Mansfield Relative Performance indicator
MRP = (( RP (today) / sma ( RP (today), n)) - 1 ) * 100
Where:
RP = Standard Relative Performance indicator (see above)
SMA = Simple moving average over n days.
n = 52 for weekly charts, and n = 200 on daily charts
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