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Bollinger Bands is a techinacal analysis tool invented by john Bollinger in the 1980s. Having evolved from the concept of trading bands, Bollinger Bands can be used to measure the highness or lowness of the price relative to previous trades.

Bollinger Bands consist of:

  • a middle band being an N-period simple moving average (MA)

  • an upper band at K times an N-period standard deviation above the middle band (MA + )

  • a lower band at K times an N-period standard deviation below the middle band (MA − )


Typical values for N and K are 20 and 2, respectively. The default choice for the average is a simple moving average, but other types of averages can be employed as needed. Exponential moving average are a common second choice.] Usually the same period is used for both the middle band and the calculation of standard deviation.

The purpose of Bollinger Bands is to provide a relative definition of high and low. By definition, prices are high at the upper band and low at the lower band. This definition can aid in rigorous pattern recognition and is useful in comparing price action to the action of indicators to arrive at systematic trading decisions.

   The use of Bollinger Bands varies widely among traders. Some traders buy when price touches the lower Bollinger Band and exitwhen price touches the moving average in the center of the bands. Other traders buy when price breaks above the upper Bollinger Band or sell when price falls below the lower Bollinger Band. Moreover, the use of Bollinger Bands is not confined to stock traders; options traders, most notably implied volatility traders, often sell options when Bollinger Bands are historically far apart or buy options when the Bollinger Bands are historically close together, in both instances, expecting volatility to revert back towards the average historical volatility level for the stock.


When the bands lie close together a period of low volatility in stock price is indicated. When they are far apart a period of high volatility in price is indicated. When the bands have only a slight slope and lie approximately parallel for an extended time the price of a stock will be found to oscillate up and down between the bands as though in a channel.

Traders are often inclined to use Bollinger Bands with other indicators to see if there is confirmation. In particular, the use of an oscillator like Bollinger Bands will often be coupled with a non-oscillator indicator likechart pattern or a trendline; if these indicators confirm the recommendation of the Bollinger Bands, the trader will have greater evidence that what the bands forecast is correct.


Bollinger Bands Forex Strategies

1#Deviation Bands System

2# Cross Midlle band

3# Bollinger Bands and 123

4# Bollinger Bands, and CCI

5# Bollinger Bands Pin Bar and Real MACD

6# Bollinger Bands Reversal

7# Bollinger Bands Trend

8# Bollinger Bands Multitimframe

9# Bollinger Bands and the Gimmees bar

10# Bollinger Bands Breakout

11# Bollinger Bands Breakout and RSI

12# Bollinger Bands and Fibonacci Retracement

13# Bollinger Bands Bounce

14# Bollinger Bands, RSI and Stochastic 

15# Bollinger Bands and ADX 

16# Bollinger Bands with ADX, RSI and Two MA

17# Bollinger Bands with Equidistant Channel 

18# Bollinger Bands and RSI Divergence 

19# Power Bands 

20# Bollinger Bands and Stochastic

21# Bollinger Bands and SVE Bollinger Bands Trading System

22# Bollinger Bands, MACD and EMA

23# Bollinger Bands and CCI Reversal Trading System

24# Squeeze Breakout

25# Bolllinger Bands Forex Swing Trading

26#Bollinger Bands Scalping System

27# Bollinger Bands Divergence

28# Bollinger Bands Overbought and Oversold

29# Bollinger Band Trading in Trend Trading System

30# Bollinger Bands and CCI Divergence Trading System

31# Bollinger Bands Squeeze Reversal System

32# MA Bollinger Bands Trading