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S&P 500 with 20-day, two-standard-deviation Bollinger Bands, %b and bandwidth. Bollinger Bands (/ ˈ b ɒ l ɪ n dʒ ər /) are a type of statistical chart characterizing the prices and volatility over time of a financial instrument or commodity, using a formulaic method propounded by John Bollinger in the 1980s.
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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.
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.
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 ...
Candlestick charts are thought to have been developed in the 18th century by Munehisa Homma, a Japanese rice trader. [2] They were introduced to the Western world by Steve Nison in his book Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, first published in 1991.
The aspects of a candlestick pattern. A candlestick chart (also called Japanese candlestick chart or K-line [7]) is a style of financial chart used to describe price movements of a security, derivative, or currency.
And yet other traders will just ride the price movements all through the band from the bottom of the band to the top." Actually momentum traders do that sort of thing all the time, often with bands narrower and/or shorter than the Bollinger Band defaults, and in combination with other Bollinger Band indicators like BandWidth.