Bollinger Bands is an indicator that was developed by John Bollinger to generate oversold or overbought signals.
Three lines compose Bollinger Bands: A simple moving average, (middle band), and an upper and lower band.
When the price continually touches the upper Bollinger Band, it can indicate an overbought signal.
And, if the price continually touches the lower band it can indicate an oversold signal.
๐Bollinger Band Squeeze breakout strategy
When the price consolidates within a small range, Bollinger's band becomes squeezed. After the BB squeeze breakout, the price normally moves quickly in the same direction as the breakout.
In the image below, we can see BB becomes flat and then after BB breakout, we can see a huge upside rally as marked by the yellow arrow in the image below.
๐Candle outside Bollinger Band
When a candle's open, close, high and low are outside BB, we can expect a reversal from that position.
When a candle's (rectangle box) OHLC is outside lower BB, we can see an upside movement as marked by the yellow arrow in the image below.
When a candle's(Rectangle box) OHLC is outside the upper Bollinger band, we can see a downside move as marked by the yellow arrow in the image below.
Higher the timeframe, the better the result.
๐Bollinger Band trap strategy
This strategy works well in a sideways market
If price is moving in a range and then a sudden downfall happens and the candle closes outside BB and immediately a bullish candle forms, then we can expect an upmove as shown in the image below.
๐Bollinger band + Divergence
When there is a bullish divergence at the lower Bollinger band, the price will reverse and move upside as shown in the image below by the yellow arrow.
On the other hand, when there is a bearish divergence at the upper Bollinger band, the price will reverse and move downside as shown in the image below by the yellow arrow.
Higher the timeframe, the better the result.
๐Bollinger Band Expiry strategy
On expiry day, look for a 30-40 Rs premium on the options chart. If Bollinger band becomes flat and gives breakout after 1:30, take entry with 20 points Stop loss.
๐Bollinger Band + Vwap + RSI intraday strategy
When BB becomes flat, it indicates strong movement is coming. After upper BB breakout with RSI above 60 and candle open and close above Vwap, we can see a quick upside movement as shown in the image below by the yellow arrow.
In the image below, we can see a flat Bollinger band and after the Lower Bollinger breakout with RSI below 40 and the candle's open and close below vwap, we can see a downside move as marked by the yellow arrow.
Timeframe- 15 min
๐Bollinger Band scalping strategy 1
In a sideways market, scalping can be done at the upper and lower Bollinger band for 30-40 points in bank nifty.
At upper Bollinger, buy PE and at lower Bollinger band, buy CE.
Timeframe- 3 mins.
๐Bollinger band scalping strategy 2
When a shooting star candle forms at Upper Bollinger band, we can see a downward movement as shown in the below image.
Works better in a sideways market.
๐Bollinger Band scalping strategy 3
When a hammer candle forms at the lower Bollinger band, we can see an upside movement as shown in the below image.
Works better in a sideways market.
๐Other uses of Bollinger band.
โข BB acts as Support and Resistance. Especially works at classic support and resistance.
โข When BB is parallel, price is less unlikely to stay outside BB. Buy at LBB and sell at UBB. BB becomes parallel usually after a big uptrend or downtrend.
โข Two candle pattern Engulfing/ Tweezer bottom at Lower Bollinger band is a bullish signal. Engulfing/Tweezer top at Upper Bollinger band is a bearish signal.
A moving average is a technical indicator that investors and traders use to determine the trend direction of a stock or to determine its support and resistance levels.
It is a trend-following or lagging indicator because it is based on past prices.
๐Types of Moving Average
๐ Simple Moving Average (SMA): SMA is a technical indicator calculated by adding the most recent data points in a set and dividing the total by the number of time periods.
The Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is a tool which is used for day trading only. It shows the average price of a stock weighted by the total trading volume. The VWAP is used to calculate the average price of a stock over a period of time.
Generally, whenever the price trades below vwap it should not be bought and if trades above vwap it should not be
sold, but it is not always the case.
Vwap is based on historical data and can be used to determine the right intraday trend.
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1) Bullish Engulfing
A bullish engulfing pattern is a pattern that forms when a small red candlestick is followed the next day by a large green candlestick, the body of which completely overlaps or engulfs the body of the previous dayโs candlestick.
A bearish engulfing pattern is a pattern that forms when a small green candlestick is followed the next day by a large red candlestick, the body of which completely overlaps or engulfs the body of the previous dayโs candlestick.