Bollinger Band

Modified on Thu, 28 Aug at 3:26 AM

The Bollinger Bands are a technical analysis indicator developed by John Bollinger in the 1980s, used to measure market volatility and identify potential trading opportunities.

The Bollinger Bands indicator is a powerful technical analysis tool that provides valuable insights into volatility, overbought/oversold conditions, and potential trend reversals.

This indicator consists of a central line, typically a simple moving average (SMA), and two outer bands representing standard deviations from the SMA.



PARAMETERS

In the "Parameters" section, the following parameters can be set:

  • Data Base: reference on which the average is calculated
    • High, Low, Open, Close
  • Periods: period used for the calculation of the average (middle line)
  • Value dev. std: coefficient used for standard deviation (lower and upper bands)


SERIES

In the Series section you can set the colors and style of the following lines:

  • Bollinger Avg: middle media
  • Bollinger Up: upper band
  • Bollinger Down: lower band

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