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I FOUND THE BEST SETTINGS FOR BOLLINGER BANDS

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Well…

…kinda.

Over 1,500 data points with 1,000,000 back-tested trades…

Sounds like that’ll do it, right?

No. Not Really. As you read the following, please… do not repeat what I did at
home. You may not have a life.


WHAT ARE BOLLINGER BANDS?

Bollinger Bands help determine the relative price based on a certain time frame.
They mainly consist of two things. The midline and the two lines that contract
below and above this line. The midline is typically an
SMA(Simple-Moving-Average). The SMA is quite straightforward. It is given a
length (19, 20, etc.)and then the length is calculated as the average of that
data set. For example, the SMA will continue to move up/down based on the new
data that the market puts out.


Image by Sabrina Jiang © Investopedia 2021

And then there are the upper and middle lines. these follow the overall movement
of the SMA, but they are a certain standard deviation away from this midline.
According to Cory Mitchell in an article called “Using Bollinger Bands to Gauge
Trends” he states that when you use the default settings — 20 SMA, 2 Standard
Deviations —

> “The upper band is calculated by taking the middle band and adding twice the
> daily standard deviation to that amount. The lower band is calculated by
> taking the middle band minus two times the daily standard
> deviation.”(Investopdia 2022)

> Well that makes a lot of sense…

Basically just think of it as three lines that oscillate(move back and forth)
based on change of volatility.


WHY DO WE USE IT?

Bollinger bands help bring something different than seeing a singular line
waving up and down your screen. Now, there are three lines and it looks like a
Boa constrictor.

On an actual note, Bollinger Bands help potentially determine areas in which a
security may have made an…

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