# Rahul Mohindar Oscillator Rahul Mohindar Oscillator is an indicator on [Vela](https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart), our next-generation charting platform, written in Pine Script®. A complete construction of the RMO system: ten chained 2-period SMAs feed a range-normalized displacement, smoothed by 30-period EMAs into SwingTrd 2 and 3 while an 81-period EMA forms the RMO bias line. Triangles mark SwingTrd 2/3 crosses made while the RMO holds the matching side of zero, with optional price-chart arrows and four alerts covering signals and regime flips. - Indicator in the LuxAlgo Library, by LuxAlgo, published May 31, 2026. - Access: free. - Concepts: [Rahul Mohindar Oscillator](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/rahul-mohindar-oscillator/) (primary) - Open on Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart?pineScriptCodeId=eda19zcxdgi8m2l1ie43ze7k - Page: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/rahul-mohindar-oscillator/ **Rahul Mohindar Oscillator** rebuilds the packaged RMO method in full rather than the headline line alone, the first complete [Rahul Mohindar Oscillator](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/rahul-mohindar-oscillator/) in the library. Ten simple moving averages are chained, each 2-period pass smoothing the one before, and price's displacement from their average is normalized by the recent range to form SwingTrd 1. Two 30-period exponential smoothings of it yield SwingTrd 2 and SwingTrd 3, while an 81-period EMA of SwingTrd 1 becomes the RMO itself, the bias line the whole system defers to. ## How to Trade the Rahul Mohindar Oscillator? - **RMO side of zero**: the regime filter. Above zero long setups are permitted, below zero short ones; both zero crosses carry regime alerts. - **Buy and sell signals**: SwingTrd 2 crossing SwingTrd 3 counts only when the RMO's sign agrees. Qualifying crosses print triangles in the pane and, optionally, arrows on the price chart. - **Crosses against the bias**: deliberately unmarked. The packaged logic treats a crossover fighting the RMO as counter-trend noise rather than a signal. ## Rahul Mohindar Oscillator Settings - **Source** (default close): series feeding the chained averages and the range normalization. - **Chained SMA Length** (default 2): length of each of the ten smoothing passes. - **Range Lookback** (default 10): the highest-to-lowest span normalizing the displacement. - **SwingTrd EMA Length** (default 30): smoothing applied at both SwingTrd stages. - **RMO EMA Length** (default 81): the smoothing that turns SwingTrd 1 into the bias line. - **Signal Markers** (on), **Arrows on Price Chart** (off) and **Show SwingTrd Lines** (on). ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How does the RMO differ from MACD? [MACD](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/macd/) subtracts one EMA from another and times its own signal-line crosses: one spread, one filter. The RMO construction smooths price ten times over, range-normalizes the displacement, then requires two separately smoothed lines to cross in agreement with a third, far slower line, less an oscillator than a compact trading system. ### Do the signals repaint? They evaluate on the live bar like any crossover and settle when the bar closes; a triangle printed on a closed bar does not move afterward. The heavy smoothing in the chain means signals arrive with deliberate lag rather than with revision. ### Should I change the default lengths? The 2 / 10 / 30 / 81 set is the construction as originally popularized, and the components are tuned to each other: shortening the RMO EMA in isolation weakens the very bias filter the crossovers rely on. 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Free to use with attribution: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/license/