# Reading relative strength on a chart (Hindi video) > How to read a relative strength indicator on TradingView: choosing the benchmark, the 65-day and 52-week settings, the zero line, and combining it… Canonical: https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-relative-strength-indicator-tradingview Last updated: 2026-11-07 Hindi · 10:26 · Published 2023-09-28 · From [Techno Charts](https://www.youtube.com/@TechnoChartss), the founder’s YouTube channel · On YouTube as “Best Tradingview Indicator for Swing Trading | Relative Strength” - [**0:00**What relative strength means](https://youtu.be/7BZCgyF5cfo?t=0) - [**1:00**Choosing the benchmark](https://youtu.be/7BZCgyF5cfo?t=60) - [**2:02**Adding the indicator](https://youtu.be/7BZCgyF5cfo?t=122) - [**3:07**The 65 and 52-period settings](https://youtu.be/7BZCgyF5cfo?t=187) - [**3:49**Reading the zero line](https://youtu.be/7BZCgyF5cfo?t=229) - [**4:31**Short-term and long-term readings](https://youtu.be/7BZCgyF5cfo?t=271) - [**5:26**Combining it with stage analysis](https://youtu.be/7BZCgyF5cfo?t=326) - [**7:14**The exact settings](https://youtu.be/7BZCgyF5cfo?t=434) How to read a relative strength indicator on TradingView: choosing the benchmark, the 65-day and 52-week settings, the zero line, and combining it with stage analysis. ## Reading relative strength on a chart The video is in Hindi. The method, in English: **Outperformance is relative.** Relative strength compares a stock’s return with a benchmark over the same period. If a stock gains 30% in three months while the Nifty gains 10%, it is outperforming. It can also outperform while falling: if the Nifty drops 5% and the stock drops only 1%, the stock is still stronger than the market. **Pick the right benchmark.** The Nifty is the default. For a small-cap stock, a small-cap index is a fairer comparison; for a bank, the Bank Nifty. Whatever you choose, use the same benchmark throughout an analysis. **Two periods, two timeframes.** On TradingView, a relative strength indicator (several free ones exist, and they work alike) is set to: - **65 periods on the daily chart**: about three months of trading days, for short-term and swing trades; - **52 periods on the weekly chart**: one year, for medium and long-term positions. Set the source to the close and the comparison symbol to your benchmark. The indicator oscillates around a zero line: above zero (green) the stock has beaten the benchmark over the period; below zero (red) it has lagged. **How to use it.** For short-term trades, look for stocks whose daily relative strength is above zero; for longer holds, the weekly reading should be above zero. The signal is strongest when combined with **stage analysis**: a stock breaking out of a Stage 1 base into Stage 2 while its relative strength turns positive, and with volume rising on up days and falling on down days, is showing both a trend change and new leadership. That combination tends to catch the start of a move rather than trying to buy the exact bottom. **Doing this in Market Strength.** Every stock chart has an *RS line vs Nifty 500*, rebased to 100: a rising line is the same story as an indicator above zero. The screener’s *vs Nifty 500 3M* column is the three-month version of the 65-day reading, and the [*Strong in a weak market*](https://getmarketstrength.com/strong-stocks-in-weak-market) screen lists stocks that beat the index by at least 10 points over three months. For stages, use the [*Stage analysis*](https://getmarketstrength.com/stage-analysis-weinstein) and *Just entered Stage 2* screens. The scanner’s RS rating (above) is a ranking against all stocks, not against one index, so the two readings complement each other. 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