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Trading the Bollinger Bands

Use the 20-period Bollinger Bands as dynamic support/resistance. Buy when price touches the lower band and reverses; sell at the upper band or the middle band. Works best in ranging markets โ€” fails during strong trends where price rides the outer band.

Timeframe: Daily / 1h
Indicators: Bollinger Bands (20,2)
Scaffold page

This page shows the core summary above. Detailed setup, entry/exit rules, and an interactive chart for this strategy are being added in a follow-up pass. See the Swing category for related strategies with full detail already added.

What the strategy does

Use the 20-period Bollinger Bands as dynamic support/resistance. Buy when price touches the lower band and reverses; sell at the upper band or the middle band. Works best in ranging markets โ€” fails during strong trends where price rides the outer band.

Tools it uses

General trading rules that apply

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Educational content only

Every strategy here is an educational description of a widely-known technical setup. Past behavior does not guarantee future results. The chart above uses synthetic price data generated for illustration โ€” real market behavior varies. Backtest, paper-trade, and size responsibly before risking real capital.