Fast Stochastic Oscillator used in forex as one of forex technical indicator used in forex technical analysis by traders. Fast Stochastic Oscillator was developed by the president of Investment Educators, Inc.

Developed by George C. Lane in the 1950′s, the Stochastic Oscillator comes in 3 flavors: Fast, Slow, and Full. The Stochastic Oscillator is a momentum indicator designed to show the relation of the current close price relative to the high/low range over a given number of periods using a scale of 0-100.

The main notion of Fast Stochastic Oscillator is that when prices decrease, closing prices tend to be nearer to the lower end of the range. In uptrends the closing price moves towards the upper border of the range.

As the Stochastic Oscillator is both a momentum indicator, and an overbought / oversold indicator, it can be used with both trending and ranging markets, and can be used in both short and long term timeframes. There are several ways of interpreting the Stochastic Oscillator during trading.

One of the most popular ways is to enter a long trade when the stochastic line crosses above the signal line, and enter a short trade when the stochastic line crosses below the signal line.

Fast Stochastic Oscillator is a momentum indicator that measures the price of a security relative to the high/low range over a fixed period of time. The indicator values range between 0 and 100, with readings below 20 considered oversold and readings above 80 considered overbought.