TradingView Pine Script RSI Divergence Indicator: Build One That Actually Works (2026)

Originally published on supa.is TradingView Pine Script RSI Divergence Indicator: Build One That Actually Works (2026) Most RSI divergence indicators on TradingView's library are either too noisy or miss real setups entirely. I built my own in Pine Script v6 — here's exactly how. RSI divergence is one of those concepts that sounds simple in textbooks but turns into a mess when you try to code it. The price makes a new high, RSI doesn't — bullish exhaustion, right? In theory, yes. In practice, every public RSI divergence indicator I tested on TradingView either painted signals on every other candle or missed the divergences that actually mattered. I trade USDJPY on daily charts using a momentum-based system. After months of squinting at RSI and price action trying to spot divergences manually, I decided to automate it. This tutorial walks through building an RSI divergence indicator from scratch in Pine Script v6 — one that uses proper pivot detection, filters out noise, and gives you a