Williams Percent Range Silver Technical Analysis & Williams Percent Range Trading Signals
Williams %R Silver Indicator Developed by Larry Williams
Williams %R indicator is pronounced as Williams percent R indicator. Williams %R XAGUSD Indicator is a momentum oscillator used to analyze overbought and oversold levels in the xagusd trading markets.
The Williams % Range oscillator is similar to the Stochastic Oscillator indicator, apart from that fact that the %R is drawn upside down on a negative scale that is from 0 to -100 & the indicator does not apply a smoothing factor.
Williams %R, Percent R Technical XAGUSD Indicator - Silver Indicators
The Williams %R indicator analyzes the association of the closing xagusd prices relative to the High & Low range over a selected number of n candlesticks.
- The closer the closing xagusd price of a candlestick is to the highest high of the range selected the closer to zero the % R reading will be.
- The closer the closing xagusd price of a candlestick is to the lowest low of the range selected the closer to -100 the %R reading will be.
When doing technical analysis a trader should ignore the minus sign placed before the value, for example -40, the - sign should be ignored, just remember the indictor values are placed in an upside down manner.
- At zero: If the closing xagusd price of the candlestick is equal to the highest high of the range the William % R reading will be 0.
- At -100: if the closing xagusd price of the candlestick is equal to the lowest low of the range the William % R reading will be -100.
Williams Percent Range Indicator
Overbought/Oversold Levels on Technical Indicator
- Overbought- William % R values from 0 to -20 are considered overbought while
- Oversold- William % R values from -80 to -100 are considered oversold.
As for trading overbought/oversold levels it is best to wait for silver to change direction before taking a signal in the opposite direction. For Example if silver is oversold it is best to wait for the silver trend to reverse and start to head in an upward direction before buying silver.
Silver Trend Reversal Signals
The William %R indicator used to predict a silver trend reversal silver signal when trading silver. William %R indicator always predict a reversal using the following technique
Bearish Reversal Trading Signal- Williams Percent Rangeange indicator forms a peak and turns down a few days before the xagusd trading price silver trend peaks and turns down. The example explained and shown below shows %R giving a reversal silver signal before xagusd trading price starts to head down and change to a down silver trend.
Bearish Reversal Silver Trading Signal after Silver Uptrend
Bullish Reversal Trading Signal- Williams Percent Rangeange indicator forms a trough and turns up a few days before the xagusd trading price silver trend bottoms and turns up.
Bullish Reversal Silver Trading Signal after Silver Downtrend