How-to Bollinger Bands indicator

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Bollinger Bands by John Bollinger envelope price with statistical bands (mean ± N standard deviations). Useful for visualising volatility regimes, squeezes, and mean-reversion / breakout setups.

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Step-by-step procedure

See the procedure infobox above for the seven steps.

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References

John Bollinger, Bollinger on Bollinger Bands, 2001.
Zerodha support documentation on Bollinger Bands.
Varsity technical analysis module on Bollinger Bands.

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Default	20-period SMA, 2 standard deviations
Components	Upper band, middle band (SMA), lower band
Use	Volatility envelope, squeeze, breakout, mean reversion
Inventor	John Bollinger

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