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Bollinger Bands display a graphical band (the envelope maximum and minimum of moving averages, similar to Keltner or Donchian channels) and volatility (expressed by the width of the envelope) in one two-dimensional chart.
Donchian channel with support and resistance zones on EUR/USD. The Donchian channel is an indicator used in market trading developed by Richard Donchian. [1] It is formed by taking the highest high and the lowest low of the last n periods. The area between the high and the low is the channel for the period chosen. [2]
Trend channel. A price channel is a pair of parallel trend lines that form a chart pattern for a stock or commodity. [1] Channels may be horizontal, ascending or descending. When prices pass through and stay through a trendline representing support or resistance, the trend is said to be broken and there is a "breako
An OHLC chart, with a moving average and Bollinger bands superimposed. An open-high-low-close chart (OHLC) is a type of chart typically used in technical analysis to illustrate movements in the price of a financial instrument over time. Each vertical line on the chart shows the price range (the highest and lowest prices) over one unit of time ...
An oscillator in technical analysis of financial markets is an indicator that informs if the price of a financial instrument is very high or very low, indicating whether it is overbought or oversold.
An example of the detrended price oscillator in cTrader trading platform. The detrended price oscillator (DPO) is an indicator in technical analysis that attempts to eliminate the long-term trends in prices by using a displaced moving average so it does not react to the most current price action.
Moving average envelopes are similar to other technical indicators, such as Bollinger Bands and Keltner channels, except that these also vary the width of the bands/channels based on a volatility measure. Unless the envelopes are placed very close to the moving average, the current price will normally be inside the envelope.
John A. Bollinger (/ ˈ b ɒ l ɪ n dʒ ər /; born 1950) is an American author, financial analyst, contributor to the field of technical analysis and the developer of Bollinger Bands. His book Bollinger on Bollinger Bands (2001), has been translated into eleven languages.