Bollinger Band width XAUUSD Analysis & Bollinger Band width XAUUSD Signals
Created by John Bollinger.
This xauusd indicator is derived from the original Bollinger indicator.
Bandwidth is a measure of the width of the Bollinger Bands.
Calculation
Band-width = Upper Band - Lower Band
Middle Band
This is an oscillator, based on the theory that price and volatility occurs in cycles.
Periods of high volatility is followed by periods of low volatility.
When volatility is high, bands are far apart, the bandwidth will also be wide apart.
When volatility is low, Bands are narrow and the band-width indicator will also not be narrow.
The blue-line represents the highest Band-width value for a previous number of periods.
This line also identifies periods of high volatility
The redline represents the lowest Band-width value for a previous number of periods.
This line also identifies periods of low volatility
Gold Analysis and How to Generate Signals
Consolidation - Bollinger Squeeze
Bollinger Band-width is used to identify the squeeze, which is a consolidation period of price, after which the price then breaks out in a certain direction.
Signals are generated when there is a price break out signal is generated by the indicator starting to go up after touching the red line. When the bandwidth line starts to move upward it signifies that volatility is rising as the price is breaking out.
Squeeze
Breakout Signal After Band-width Squeeze
However, this is a directionless indicator and needs to be combined with another technical indicator such as the moving average MA to figure out the direction of the market trend/ Breakout.
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