Weekly RSI
Is momentum overheated or washed out, on the slow clock?
Why we track it · Weekly RSI smooths the noise daily traders drown in; cycle extremes have printed above 90 and below 30. The other side · Overbought can stay overbought for months. RSI describes momentum's temperature, not its expiry date.
The 14-week Relative Strength Index measures medium-term momentum on a 0–100 scale.
The 14-week RSI reads 56 of 100. Below 30 is oversold and above 80 overbought on this timeframe; a single momentum reading measures pressure, not a turning point.
Trace this number
| Avg weekly gain (Wilder, 14w) | $1,909 | |
| Avg weekly loss (Wilder, 14w) | $1,477 | |
| 100 − 100 ÷ (1 + avgGain ÷ avgLoss) | = 56 | |
The arithmetic is auditable; whether it means anything is the “other side” above. Levels are the weekly file’s completed closes — the reading stitches the live spot when available, so an intraday value can differ.
History
Off daily closes through 2026-08-30 (btc-history.json, weekly automated refresh); the current reading stitches the live spot when available. One close per calendar week (last close in each 7-day bucket).
How it's computed
Sample weekly closes (every 7th daily row) and run a standard Wilder-smoothed RSI over a 14-week window. It measures momentum pressure, not a turning point. Computed off daily closes through the latest row in btc-history.json — a price-only series refreshed weekly by an automated, validation-gated pipeline, so the tail can trail the live market by up to a week between refreshes. The current reading stitches the live spot when available.
Evidence basis · decades of use in markets broadly; ~3 Bitcoin cycles of extremes