Abiroid's Free Bollinger Bands Slope Explained

Abiroid's Free Bollinger Bands Slope Explained

1 October 2024, 23:08
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This is a slope indicator for Bollinger Bands indicator. It provides slopes for BB top band, center band (main) and Lower Band.

You can also set a threshold value for Center line to control Red/Green slope histogram lines.

 

Here's what the indicator look like:


Slope Threshold: for indicating crossed levels. In the above Image the Threshold is set to 0, because of that all Bullish slope is Green and Bearish is Red.

Suppose we set Threshold to -10 and 10, then this is what we get:




Buffers: values for specified bars back.

Buffer 6: BB Center Slope

Buffer 7: BB Upper Slope

Buffer 8: BB Lower Slope

You can choose which line you need the slope and Threshold Alerts for in Drop down.


Alerts: when slope changes. They only happen when Threshold is crossed. e.g.: If Threshold is 10, -10 and if slope goes from say 9... to above 10.

And can be Popups, Push Notifications, Email or in a File.


Slope Period: Default is 5, which means it will measure the line values for past 5 bars and find the Slope based on time for past 5 bars.


What slope means:

Center Slope:

This slope indicates whether price is trending up or down

Upper/Lower Slopes:

These can be used to calculate volatility. Whether bands are closing or opening up.

In Bollinger bands, if bands are opening up, means trend is picking up and volatility is increasing. So it's good to trade.

Bands coming together, meaning upper band going down or lower band coming up, then consolidation period. So wait and don't trade yet.


Note: All default thresholds are calculated for Forex pairs. If you are using other symbols, they will have a different point system. 1 pip = 10 points. All values in this indicator are based on points. E.g: EURUSD has 0.00001 as a point. And EURJPY has 0.001 as a point. And so on. And for symbols like BTCUSD, a point might be 1. So use cross hairs tool and recalculate all point values when using symbols other than forex.


Best Use:

Use this slope indicator to supplement your existing Bollinger Bands strategy.

Or use the buffer values with an EA to figure out the ongoing trends and consolidations.