Bollinger Bands: Mean Reversion and Trend | Technical Analysis
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Bollinger Bands: Mean Reversion and Trend Bollinger Bands is one of the most-used — and most-misused — tools in technical analysis. In this episode we break it down for serious traders: the intuition and the math, how to read it, real entry and exit signals, an analogy that makes it click, a worked example, and the pitfalls to avoid.
“Bollinger Bands: Mean Reversion and Trend Bollinger Bands is one of the most-used — and most-misused — tools in technical analysis. In this episode we break it down for serious traders: the intuition and the math, how to read it, real entry and exit signals, an analogy that makes it click, a worked example, and the pitfalls to avoid.”Click to post on X ▸
Where this fits in the Confluence Method
This lesson lives in the Stack step of the Confluence Method, where you confirm momentum, price action and structure and a trigger before a setup qualifies as a trade.
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2 sections0:00Welcome back. Bollinger Bands — volatility envelopes that frame both mean reversion and trend. The middle band is a moving average; the outer bands sit two standard deviations above and below, so they breathe with volatility. In a range, price tends to bounce from band to band and revert to the middle — a classic mean-reversion play. But don't blindly fade the bands: in a strong trend, price can ride the upper band for a long time. Width tells you the regime.
0:30In a range, fade the bands toward the mean; in a trend, the band is support, not a sell. Next: ATR.
