Last updated: 8 October 2026. Every screenshot below was recorded on 8 October 2026 on an IQ Option Practice account registered in Brazil, on EUR/USD 5-minute candles; the Chart analysis picture in Step 1 was recorded on 5 October 2026. We placed no real-money trade. The tested box shows what the rule did on EUR/USD candles recorded between 29 September and 5 October 2026; it says nothing about what will happen next.
This strategy puts three oscillators on the chart, the RSI with a period of 7, the Williams %R with a period of 14 and the CCI with a period of 20, and trades when at least two of them agree. When two of the three leave the overbought zone (the RSI falls back under 70, the Williams %R under -20, the CCI under +100) the rule sells; when two leave the oversold zone (the RSI rises over 30, the %R over -80, the CCI over -100) it buys. On a 5-minute chart it holds the trade for 2 or 3 candles, 10 to 15 minutes. We replayed that rule on 5-minute EUR/USD candles recorded between 29 September and 5 October 2026: it gave 135 signals, and the 10-minute trades won 64 and lost 68, 48.5% of the decided trades, below the break-even rate of 54.1% at an 85% payout. Requiring all three oscillators gave 78 signals and 54.5%, level with break-even.
Quick answer
- Indicators: RSI with a period of 7 (the platform opens it at 14), Williams %R with a period of 14 and CCI with a period of 20 (the platform opens it at 14), each in its own panel.
- Lines: RSI 70 and 30, Williams %R -20 and -80, CCI +100 and -100.
- Lower: at least two of the three leave the overbought zone, crossing its line downward.
- Higher: at least two of the three leave the oversold zone, crossing its line upward.
- Candles and expiry: 5-minute to 60-minute charts; the trade lasts 2 to 3 times the candle size, 10 to 15 minutes on 5-minute candles.
- Tested: 5-minute candles, 135 signals, 10-minute trades won 48.5% of the decided trades; all three required, 78 signals, 54.5%. Break-even is 54.1% at an 85% payout, and a few days of one pair prove nothing.
How do you set up the RSI, Williams %R and CCI strategy?
Set the chart
Choose the asset, the chart type and the candle size first: the indicators are calculated from the candles on the chart. The examples in this guide use 5-minute candles on EUR/USD. These steps use the web traderoom on a Practice balance, and the numbers in each screenshot match the numbers in the text. If you do not have an account yet, see how to register.
Step 1: Open Chart analysis
Click the indicators button (1), the wave icon in the chart toolbar at the bottom left of the chart. The Chart analysis panel opens with the tabs Indicators, Templates, Widgets and Scripts. Stay on Indicators.
Step 2: Find the RSI
Type “RSI” in the Search for indicators box (1) and click Relative Strength Index (RSI) (2).
Step 3: Set the RSI to a period of 7
The dialog opens on the Set up & apply tab, on Basic settings, with the Base line – Period at 14. Type 7 in the Base line – Period (1); the Overbought (2) stays at 70 and the Oversold (3) at 30. Click Apply (4).
Step 4: Add the Williams %R with its default period
Open Chart analysis again, search for “Williams” and click Williams’ %R. The dialog opens with the Period 14 (1), the Lower line -80 (2), the Upper line -20 (3) and the Source Candle closing (4); the strategy keeps them. Click Apply (5).
Step 5: Add the CCI with a period of 20
Search for “Commodity Channel” and click Commodity Channel Index. The dialog opens with the Period 14 and the Overbought 100; type 20 in the Period (1), keep the Overbought at 100 (2) and click Apply (3).
Step 6: Use 5-minute candles
Click the candle time period button (1) in the toolbar at the left of the chart; it shows the current period, 5m in the picture. In the menu that opens, choose 5 minutes (2). The strategy is described for charts from 5 to 60 minutes.
Step 7: Read the three panels
Three panels sit under the price chart, each with a title that shows the name and the period: RSI (7), %R (14) and CCI (20). The RSI has its lines at 70 and 30 (1), the Williams %R at -20 and -80 (2) and the CCI at +100 and -100 (3).
What do the three oscillators show?
All three compare the latest price with the recent price range and flag the same two situations, overbought and oversold. The RSI compares the average size of the up-moves with the down-moves of the last 7 candles on a scale from 0 to 100. The Williams %R places the close inside the range of the last 14 highs and lows on a scale from -100 to 0. The CCI measures how far the typical price is from its 20-candle average in units of the average deviation, with no fixed limits. A short RSI period makes the RSI swing faster than the other two.
The levels are 70 and 30 for the RSI, -20 and -80 for the Williams %R, and 100 and -100 for the CCI. We read the three lines off the platform’s chart at 31 candles of one window and compared them with the formulas: the median difference was 0.2 points for the RSI (7), 0.3 for the Williams %R (14) and 0.6 for the CCI (20), and the platform draws the point of a candle at its close. On the 1,214 five-minute candles of our recording that remain after the first 60 of each unbroken stretch (the warm-up of the indicators), the RSI was at or above 70 on 225 (18.5%) and at or under 30 on 310 (25.5%), the Williams %R at or above -20 on 256 (21.1%) and at or under -80 on 331 (27.3%), and the CCI at or above +100 on 218 (18.0%) and at or under -100 on 315 (25.9%).
What are the entry rules?
It is enough to receive signals from two of the three indicators. Written so that every condition is checked on closed candles:
| Part | Rule |
|---|---|
| Lower signal | At least two of the three oscillators have crossed down through their overbought line (RSI 70, Williams %R -20, CCI +100) within the last three candles, and the candle completes the second cross |
| Higher signal | At least two have crossed up through their oversold line (RSI 30, Williams %R -80, CCI -100) within the last three candles |
| Entry | At the close of the signal candle |
| Expiry | 2 to 3 candles: 10 or 15 minutes on 5-minute candles |
In the usual example the RSI and the Williams %R leave the overbought zone while the CCI has not crossed yet; two signals are enough to enter. The trade is held for 2 or 3 of the next candles, and the expiry should be 2 or 3 times the chart timeframe.
Two signals of the recording, step by step
The first Higher signal and the first Lower signal of the rule on 5-minute candles, in time order, not picked by outcome. All times are the platform clock, which is UTC minus three hours; the date is 29 September 2026. In both examples the CCI did not cross.
Higher signal, 04:35
At the close of the big red candle that opened at 04:30 the RSI (7) stood at 3.5 and the Williams %R (14) at -96.5, far under their lines at 30 and -80. At the close of the signal candle (3), which opened at 04:35 and closed at 04:40 at 1.134975, the RSI rose to 36.9 (1) and the %R to -69.2 (2): both crossed back over their lines on the same candle. The CCI (20) stood at -226, still under its -100 line, so it had not crossed. Two of the three agreed, so the rule says Higher, and the 10-minute trade opens at that close. It ends at 04:50, when the candle (4) that opened at 04:45 closes at 1.13477, 2.05 pips lower: it lost.
Lower signal, 07:30
At the close of the candle that opened at 07:25 the RSI (7) stood at 79.5, over its 70 line, and the Williams %R (14) at 0.0, the top of its scale. At the close of the signal candle (3), which opened at 07:30 and closed at 07:35 at 1.134005, the RSI fell to 62.0 (1) and the %R to -28.8 (2): both crossed back under their lines on the same candle. The CCI (20) stood at 58.3, under its +100 line all the time. Two of the three agreed, so the rule says Lower, and the 10-minute trade opens at that close. It ends at 07:45, when the candle (4) that opened at 07:40 closes at 1.134245, 2.4 pips higher: it lost.
The two-out-of-three rule, tested
We scored the rule on the 1,334 five-minute candles of our recording, entering at the close of the signal candle. The box also shows a 15-minute trade, the rule that needs all three oscillators, the RSI at the platform’s 14, and 1-minute candles.
Tested on IQ Option: the RSI, Williams %R and CCI two-out-of-three rule, EUR/USD candles of 29 September to 5 October 2026
| Asset and candles | EUR/USD binary (regular, not OTC): 1,334 five-minute candles (2026-09-29 01:55 to 2026-10-02 20:55 UTC and 2026-10-04 21:00 to 2026-10-05 17:00 UTC); 1,505 one-minute candles (2026-10-02 18:23 to 2026-10-02 20:59 UTC and 2026-10-04 21:01 to 2026-10-05 19:28 UTC). The candles were recorded from IQ Option’s Practice traderoom. The replay places no orders; it only scores the rule on those closed candles, at an 85% payout. |
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| Rule tested | The rule on closed candles, the option opening at the close of the signal candle: Lower on the first candle on which two of the three oscillators have left the overbought zone within the last 3 candles (RSI 7 under 70, Williams %R 14 under -20, CCI 20 under +100); Higher the same for the oversold zone (RSI over 30, %R over -80, CCI over -100). The oscillators as the platform draws them. The box lists the 10-minute trade on 5-minute candles first, then the variants. |
| Signals | 2 of 3 oscillators leave the zone, 5-minute candles, 10-minute trade: 135 signals (77 Higher, 58 Lower) same, 15-minute trade: 134 signals (76 Higher, 58 Lower) all 3 oscillators leave the zone, 10-minute trade: 78 signals (47 Higher, 31 Lower) 2 of 3, RSI with the default period 14, 10-minute trade: 112 signals (65 Higher, 47 Lower) 2 of 3, 1-minute candles, 5-minute trade: 155 signals (82 Higher, 73 Lower) |
| Outcomes | 2 of 3 oscillators leave the zone, 5-minute candles, 10-minute trade: 64 won, 68 lost, 3 tied; 48.5% of the 132 decided trades won; net −$0.10 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.07 at 91%) same, 15-minute trade: 60 won, 73 lost, 1 tied; 45.1% of the 133 decided trades won; net −$0.16 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.14 at 91%) all 3 oscillators leave the zone, 10-minute trade: 42 won, 35 lost, 1 tied; 54.5% of the 77 decided trades won; net +$0.01 per $1 staked at 85% (+$0.04 at 91%) 2 of 3, RSI with the default period 14, 10-minute trade: 54 won, 55 lost, 3 tied; 49.5% of the 109 decided trades won; net −$0.08 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.05 at 91%) 2 of 3, 1-minute candles, 5-minute trade: 64 won, 87 lost, 4 tied; 42.4% of the 151 decided trades won; net −$0.21 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.19 at 91%) |
| Break-even | At an 85% payout a trade needs to win more than 54.1% of its decided trades to break even (1 ÷ 1.85); at 91%, more than 52.4% (1 ÷ 1.91). |
A replay is only a look back at candles recorded on the dates above: it placed no real orders, covers about four and a half days of one pair, and counts overlapping trades as if they were independent. A short test proves nothing about the future, and no profit and no win rate is promised here. IQ Option’s own blog on backtesting says that most strategies need dozens, and often hundreds, of trades before a result means anything.
With two of three the rule gave 135 signals: 64 won, 68 lost and 3 tied with a 10-minute trade (48.5%), and 60 won, 73 lost and 1 tied with a 15-minute trade (45.1%). Requiring all three oscillators gave 78 signals and 42 won against 35 lost (54.5%, with an interval of 43% to 65%), which is level with the break-even rate and not above it. With the platform’s RSI of 14 the two-out-of-three rule gave 112 signals and 49.5%. On 1-minute candles it gave 155 signals and 42.4%. Adding a second and third oscillator did not turn a losing signal into a winning one in this recording.
Pros and Cons of the three oscillators strategy
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Three views of overbought and oversold, so a single oscillator cannot trigger a trade. | The three are close relatives; they often cross within a few candles of each other, so agreement adds little. |
| The settings, the lines and the expiry are all given. | The two-out-of-three version won 48.5% in our recording; only the stricter version reached the break-even rate. |
| Works on charts from 5 to 60 minutes. | False signals appear in volatile markets, and the strategy is not standalone. |
Common mistakes
- Leaving the RSI at 14. The strategy uses 7; with 14 our recording gave fewer signals.
- Leaving the CCI at 14. The strategy, and its numbers, use 20; the platform opens at 14.
- Waiting for all three. Two of three is enough; all three is a stricter rule that we tested separately.
- Entering when an oscillator only touches its line. The oscillators have to cross back through it.
- Using it alone. The strategy needs other technical analysis.
Related guides
- Three popular oscillators and RSI on IQ Option
- Williams %R on IQ Option and CCI on IQ Option
- Overbought and oversold markets
- All indicator guides and all strategy guides
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the RSI, Williams %R and CCI strategy?
A: A strategy that trades when at least two of three oscillators, the RSI of 7, the Williams %R of 14 and the CCI of 20, leave the overbought or the oversold zone.
Q: What are the settings?
A: RSI Period 7, Williams %R Period 14 and CCI Period 20. The platform opens the RSI at 14 and the CCI at 14.
Q: How long should the trade last?
A: 2 to 3 times the chart timeframe, 10 to 15 minutes on 5-minute candles.
Q: Which timeframes does it suit?
A: Charts from 5 to 60 minutes. We replayed 5-minute and 1-minute candles.
Q: Does the strategy win?
A: Not clearly. On 5-minute candles the two-out-of-three version won 48.5% of 132 decided trades; all three required, 54.5% of 77, level with break-even.
Q: Is it enough that two of the three agree?
A: That is the rule. In our replay, requiring all three gave 78 signals instead of 135 and a higher rate, but not a clearly profitable one.
