25. How to Trade Bollinger Bands – Stocks, Futures, Forex
www.informedtrades.com A Lesson on Bollinger Bands for active traders and investors using technical analysis in the forex, futures, and stock markets. The link that I refer to on Standard Deviation is here: en.wikipedia.org The link that I refer to with more resources on Bollinger Bands is here: www.informedtrades.com In our last lesson we learned about the Stochastic Oscillator and how traders use this in their trading. In today’s lesson we are going to learn about an indicator which helps traders gauge the volatility and how current prices compare to past prices. Bollinger Bands are comprised of three bands which are referred to as the upper band, the lower band, and the center band. The middle band is a simple moving average which is normally set at 20 periods, and the upper band and lower band represent chart points that are two standard deviations away from that moving average. Example of Bollinger Bands: Bollinger bands are designed to give traders a feel for what the volatility is in the market and how high or low prices are relative to the recent past. The basic premise of Bollinger bands is that price should normally fall within two standard deviations (represented by the upper and lower band) of the mean which is the center line moving average. If you are unfamiliar with what a standard deviation is you can read about it here en.wikipedia.org As this is the case trend reversals often occur near the upper and lower bands. As the center line is a moving average …
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