{"schemaVersion":"1.0","type":"BacktestEvidence","id":"https://formiq.jp/evidence/stoch-rsi-settings/data.json","evidencePage":"https://formiq.jp/evidence/stoch-rsi-settings","language":"en","article":{"title":"Stoch RSI Crossovers by Timeframe: 36 Settings Tested","url":"https://formiq.jp/blog/stoch-rsi-settings","published":"2026-08-24","updated":"2026-08-30"},"author":{"name":"Yuichi Saiki","alternateName":"斉木勇一","url":"https://formiq.jp/about/yuichi-saiki"},"verified":"2026-08-30","question":"Which timeframe keeps Stoch RSI's four parameters profitable?","finding":"Only the four-hour chart. On four-hour bars 30 of 36 settings were profitable in 2025 and all 36 in 2024, so 30 came through both years, against 3 of 36 hourly and none on 15-minute. The hourly version trades about 1,230 times a year and the 15-minute about 4,850, and the more it trades the more the spread decides. The four-hour default 14/14/3/3 returned +1,437.3 pips in 2025 and +2,430.4 in 2024. Hourly win rates in 2025 ran from 38.17% to 41.84% with a median of 39.8%, but the net result did not follow and only 3 of 36 were profitable in both years.","methodology":"Measured with Formiq's backtester. A long fills at the close of the bar where %K crosses above %D and a short where it crosses below; the only exit is the opposite crossover. No stop, no target, no time exit. Level-based signals such as 20/80 were not tested.","scope":["USDJPY, 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31, with 2024 run identically for comparison","15-minute, hourly and four-hour bars; 6,226 hourly bars in 2025, 24,903 on 15-minute, 1,610 on four-hour","3 RSI periods (7, 14, 21) x 3 stochastic periods (7, 14, 21) x 2 %K (3, 5) x 2 %D (3, 5) = 36 combinations","0.3 pip spread, 0.1 lots, zero slippage"],"keyResults":[{"label":"Profitable in both years","value":"30 of 36 four-hour, 3 of 36 hourly, 0 of 36 on 15-minute"},{"label":"Four-hour default 14/14/3/3","value":"+1,437.3 pips in 2025, +2,430.4 in 2024"},{"label":"Trades a year","value":"about 1,230 hourly, about 4,850 on 15-minute"}],"limitations":["One pair, two years.","Stoch RSI implementations differ in how RSI is smoothed and how %K is taken. These figures come from Formiq's.","Signals are %K/%D crossovers only; level thresholds such as 20/80 were not tested and would reduce the trade count.","Entries and exits both fill at bar closes, and the spread is fixed at 0.3 pips — an assumption that matters a great deal for an indicator that trades this often.","Four-hour settings trade 230 to 397 times a year."]}