Bollinger Bands Strategy
- How Bollinger Bands Works
- Bollinger Bands Volatility Analysis
- Bollinger Band Bulge and Squeeze
- Bollinger Band Price Action in Trends
- Bollinger Band Price Action in Range-Bound Market
- Bollinger Band and Trend Reversals
- Bollinger Band Strategy Summary
Bollinger Band Strategy
Bollinger Band indicator is used as a measure of the price volatility. Bollinger Bands indicator is a price overlay trading indicator.
Bollinger Band indicator consists of 3 lines or bands: mid band (MA), an upper band a lower band. These 3 bands will enclose the price and the price will move within these three3 bollinger bands.
Bollinger Band indicator forms upper & lower bands around a moving average MA. Default moving average(MA) for bollinger bands indicator is the 20-SMA. Bollinger Band indicator use the formula of standard deviations to form their upper and lower Bands.
The example of Bollinger Band indicator is illustrated and shown below.

Bollinger Bands Indicator - How to Trade with Bollinger Bands Strategy
Because standard deviation is a measure of price volatility & volatility of the market is dynamic, the trading bollinger bands keep adjusting their width. Higher price volatility means higher standard deviation & the more the bands widen. Low price volatility means the standard deviation is lower and the bollinger bands contract.
Bollinger Band fx indicator use price action to give a big amount of the price action movement information. The price information given by the bollinger bands indicator includes:
- Periods of low price volatility - consolidation phase of the trading market.
- Periods of high price volatility - extended trends, trending markets.
- Support and resistance zones of the price.
- Buy and Sell points of the price.
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