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20 Jun

How to make money in forex using Bollinger Bands Indicator. Trade inside of Bollinger Bands

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Bollinger Bands is one of the most popular forex indicators used by many traders around the world for trading stocks, futures and currencies. It is one of the best tools for technical analysis of the current market.

Bollinger Bands indicator is useful for determining overbought and oversold levels, as a trend following tool, and for monitoring for breakouts. This indicator is widely used in many expert advisors (forex robots) for automated trading.

There are several Bollinger Bands strategies for trading but in this article we will explain only one of them: Trading inside of Bollinger Bands.

Bollinger Bands indicator has 3 lines: upper, lower and main line. The main (middle) line of the indicator is a simple moving average (SMA). The upper and lower bands, represent two standard deviations above and below the main line (moving average). In most trading platforms the default period of Bollinger Bands is set to 20. This default value is good in most cases. For our strategy we need the upper and lower line. Please check the below image to see how Bollinger Bands looks like:





Continue reading to learn how to trade inside of the Bollinger Bands indicator!

As you can see from the above image the strategy is very simple. When the price crosses the upper line of Bollinger Bands and reverses you can open a SELL position. When the price crosses the lower line of Bollinger Bands and reverses you can open a BUY position. It is so simple. Of course this strategy works best for ranging markets. If one instrument or currency pair is in ranging mode then you can trade and make money using this simple Bollinger Bands Strategy.

 



We said when to open BUY and SELL positions. But when to close them? Actually it is also very simple. When you have a SELL position and the current price crosses the lower line (or even the middle line) or it is close to the lower line you can close it and take the profit. When you have a BUY position and the current price crosses the upper line (or even the middle line) or it is close to the upper line you can close it and take the profit. In any case it is recommended to set any reasonable stop loss level too because the price may go in the opposite direction.

Our free forex robot (expert advisor) Bollinger Bands Tunnel EA trades exactly based on this strategy. If you wish you can download and test it completely free:

https://www.fxautomater.com/free-forex-robots/bollinger-bands-tunnel-ea

If you have any questions related to this article don't hesitate to comment below or to contact us.

 

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  • Bagus Reply

    I have been trading according to the instructions on this page for two weeks now. I am satisfied with the results I achieve. In combination with FXautomater forex robots I have decent profits. I want to thank the FXautomater team for the efforts they make for their users. I hope you can share more strategies for manual trading in future.

    July 07 2022, 4:06 PM
  • Spens Reply

    Fxautomater Support Team: Spens: Thanks for this useful article. This strategy seems very easy. I will definitely try it. But can you advise me about the stop loss level which I may use while trading this Bollinger Bands strategy?

    Hello Spens, Thank you for this question. It is recommended to use always a stop loss in order to avoid some big losses. Trading inside of Bollinger Bands indicator is not a very risky strategy and therefore you can afford to set small stop loss. With this strategy you can use stop loss between 50 - 100 pips.

    Thanks, I will try setting 50 - 100 pips SL and let you know if it works fine.

    June 23 2022, 11:43 AM
  • Fxautomater Support Team Reply

    Spens: Thanks for this useful article. This strategy seems very easy. I will definitely try it. But can you advise me about the stop loss level which I may use while trading this Bollinger Bands strategy?

    Hello Spens, Thank you for this question. It is recommended to use always a stop loss in order to avoid some big losses. Trading inside of Bollinger Bands indicator is not a very risky strategy and therefore you can afford to set small stop loss. With this strategy you can use stop loss between 50 - 100 pips.

    June 22 2022, 1:35 PM
  • Spens Reply

    Thanks for this useful article. This strategy seems very easy. I will definitely try it. But can you advise me about the stop loss level which I may use while trading this Bollinger Bands strategy?

    June 22 2022, 1:22 PM

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