Bollinger Bandwidth is one of the few technical indicators that measures volatility. Most indicators use price and attempt to identify trend changes. Bollinger Bandwidth measures how strong the recent ...

Volatility is important for position sizing, determining risk, calculating stops and profit-targets, and rebalancing portfolios. Average true range is a useful measure for position sizing in futures ...

Calm appears to have returned to Wall Street after the recent mayhem, but one volatility indicator suggests some investors are betting on another round of mammoth swings in the stock market. Wall ...

The VIX ended last week just above 16, bringing it to its highest level in 2024. What does this tell us about investor sentiment, and how does this compare to previous market cycles? Let’s take a ...

Volatility traders looking to capitalize on significant price swings may soon find opportunities. A key indicator suggests that bitcoin (BTC), currently above $100,000, resembles a coiled spring ...

The Bollinger Band shows the Bitcoin price might see a spike in volatility, similar to 2016’s post-having cycle. For the first time since 2016, the Bollinger Band width of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below ...

The first half of 2017 has seen low volatility become a major feature across financial markets. Indeed, the VIX has posted the lowest close since 1993 following a record run of low closes. Weve also ...

On the backdrop of a weak performance in 2022 for both the equity and fixed income markets, investors are increasingly utilizing trend following strategies as a portfolio diversifier. Trend following ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). If it is true that bullish markets are less volatile than bearish or sideways ...

Bollinger Bandwidth is one of the few technical indicators that measures volatility. Most indicators use price and attempt to identify trend changes. Bollinger Bandwidth measures how strong the recent ...