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How to Use the Bollinger Indicator for Trading
Bollinger bands (BB) are one of the most popular indicators available to
the trading community. Ironically, even with that popularity, most traders
remain fuzzy on how to best use the bands and other indicators derived from
them.
A large part of the confusion surrounding the Bollinger indicators is directly
related to the broad mistunderstanding about the basis of all technical
indicators. Much could (indeed, should) be said about the nature of technical
indicators, but for now I'll make two points:
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Technical indicators do NOT predict the future. Technical
indicators DESCRIBE current and past activity. They describe that
activity in a way that simplifies the presentation of price data, making it
easier for humans to understand a stock's behavior. When you
understand how a stock has been behaving, you can make an
educated guess about what it will do in the near future. - As a result of their descriptive nature, the bollinger indicator (and
others) is useful in scanning large numbers of stocks, helping the
trader narrow his/her list of trading candidates to a manageable
number.
With that understanding in mind, how do Bollinger bands describe the
market? How can we use them in our trading?
First, let's recognize there are several different Bollinger indicators:
- the basic Bollinger bands,
- the %b indicator, and
- the Bandwidth indicator
For this short article, we'll focus on the use of the standard Bollinger bands
since the %b and Bandwidth indicators are derived from the BB indicator, and
are typically used in conjunction with the standard bands.
Graphically, Bollinger bands show on a chart as two lines which embrace the
bulk of the price activity; there is an upper band, and a lower band, both of
which center on a simple moving average. The math is a bit complex, and not
necessary for the normal trader to deal with - just understand that the bands
get wider as price activity becomes more volatile and narrower as things calm
down. (See below - chart courtesy of www.StockFetcher.com)
The intent behind the Bollinger indicators is to capture most of the price
action between the upper and lower boundary. In this way, we can quickly
and visually identify when something extraordinary is happening - when price
action extends above or below that 'normal' region.
One of the first ways traders may take advantage of Bollinger bands is to fade
any move that bumps into one band or the other. Figuring that if the bulk of
closing prices should be inside the bands, any move outside of the normal
territory could be overstretched and ready for a snap back. For example: if
ABC stock closed ABOVE the upper BB today, a trader might reason that the
stock is overbought and so ready for a pullback. In that case, he might look
for an opportunity to short ABC.
A second angle a trader could take in his use of the Bollinger band indicator
is to look at closes outside of the normal area between bands as the initial
thrust of a breakout. From this perspective, the trader could reason that a
sharp move outside the bands indicates a significant change in market
sentiment - buyers are suddenly much hungrier for the stock, OR stock
owners have become desperate to get rid of their shares. Either way, if a
substantical shift in market demand has occured, the price could be making a
big move and the trader who has been tipped off by a close outside the
Bollinger bands can be positioned to profit nicely from the new imbalance.
Here's a third angle: since the Bollinger indicator expands and contracts with
market volatility, the alert (and patient) trader can identify stocks which are
currently experiencing lower than normal price movement. Since price
volatility tends to swing from high to low and back to high again, a period of
lower than normal volatility (signaled by a narrow 'bottle-neck' in the bands)
can point our attention to a stock which is about to make a big move. It's
outside the scope of this article to cover the ways we can set a trap for such
an impending move, but suffice it to say these situations can be very
profitable.
So you see there are multiple ways to use the Bollinger band indicator to take
money out of the market. If you put this indicator into play with a solid trading
plan, you can be one of the few traders who actually employ it successfully.
To learn more about putting together your own trading plan, enter your name
and email address in the sign up box at the top of this page. You'll get
immediate access to critical information.
Good luck, and above all - stay timid!
Timothy McCready
About the Author
An avid trader of multiple financial markest, Timothy McCready (also known as Timorous on his website) is also very mindful of the dangers presented by trading without proper education or a definite plan. He shares his thoughts on the markets so that other traders can profit without putting their hard earned capital at risk. Readers can get access (without charge) to his workbook: "How to Make Your Own Trading Plan" at http://www.TimorousTrader.com/.
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