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The Bollinger band is the closest to "The Holy Grail of technical analysis, it is. Especially for large traders to the CAP, it simply can not be beat for the analysis of graphs. That said, however, there is probably no other technical indicator misused or misunderstood, as often as Bolinger Band (BB). This article is to provide the technical analyst with the foundation to interpret the many faces of the BB.

Before we begin, let me explain the type of trade made http://livingonlargecaps.blogspot.com. We negotiate the large cap stocks, we generally hold stocks for less than two months and make about 3-5% on an average trade. Done repeatedly throughout the year, we made more than 50% annual returns for the last three years.

Now lets discuss what the Bollinger Band (BB) is. In its standard use, the BB is derived from taking the 20 days moving average of stock prices. And then adding and subtracting two standard deviations of the stock price and placing a line above the moving average and below the moving average. Now, without having to re-visit my statistics course 25 years ago, I'll try to clarify a standard deviation. It is simply a measure of how much the price has deviated above or below the moving average. A stock going through a particularly volatile patch, will expand BB, and a stock going through a quiet period, the contract will see.

BB are available on most mapping software. Yahoo, they are on their technical analysis charts, as do most other Web sites that are devoted to technical analysis. If you are not familiar with them, I invite you to this moment, go experience with them, using some of the stocks and market indicators like the Dow Jones, Nasdaq.

If you are familiar with technical analysis, and use of indicators such as RSI or stochastic. You know one of the unique things about the BB is that they are placed right on the stock charts. They are considered in the context of the actual evolution of prices. In fact, for me, they define the list of stocks. Interactive Chart please tell me more about the future of the movement with BB imposed on them. I rarely do an analysis without them, except perhaps an initial vision of a stock chart I plan investment watchlist. BB does not give you a figure, like most other indicators, they do not tell you if an overbought or oversold. They just provide a visual story, where a stock was. To this end you have to interpret.

But what we can learn is essential to guess what will happen. BB may help predict price movements, as no other tool. The trick is knowing what to look for. In other articles, I present what I need a price pattern to look like before the review. But for this article, realize that pricing models should be structured, quiet head, down or flat. But they can not be erratic. erratic price trends are never worth trading ..

If the upper band and lower band does not move in unison, then the model is erratic. There is one exception to this rule, and it is the beginning of a strong up or down move. Remember, the bands tell you where the price down to 20 days moving average. Well, if a surge is underway, the price deviates from the average, and the bands expand. Once the bands develop, it is too late to trade on the move, but the stock is worth watching, you can climb aboard the next attraction back.

But trading as we do on our blog, http://livingonlargecaps.blogspot.com, which produced more than 50% return for three consecutive years, we love the bands move in unison. This shows the predictability. And predictability is crucial to obtain significant results. This is not the home run we want, just hit after hit after hit. Load the bases several times and you generate runs. OK baseball analogy enough. Here you are.