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Now, in the long-anticipated Bollinger on Bollinger Bands, John Bollinger himself explains how to use this extraordinary technique to effectively compare price and indicator movements.

From the Back Cover

"All in all, Bollinger on Bollinger Bands is a gem. ...within 10 minutes of opening it, it went on my list of the five best technical analysis books ever." - Active Trader

The First Comprehensive Traders' Guide to Using Bollinger Bandsfrom the Man Who Created Them

Includes handy Bollinger Bands reference card

Over the past two decades, thousands of veteran traders have come to view Bollinger Bands as the most representativeand reliabletool for assessing expected price action. Now, in the long-anticipated Bollinger on Bollinger Bands, John Bollinger himself explains how to use this extraordinary technique to effectively compare price and indicator movements.

Traders can look to this techniques-oriented book for hundreds of valuable insights, including:

Analysis of the primary indicators derived from Bollinger Bands%b and BandWidth
How traders can use Bollinger Bands to work withinstead of againstcommonly encountered trading patterns
Strategic use of Bollinger Bands in short-, mid-, and long-term trading programs
Three trading systems based on Bollinger Bands

The essence of successful investing is to determine when a stock's price is too high or too low and then act accordingly. While John Bollinger would be the first to argue that no techniques exist for definitively determining these levels, Bollinger on Bollinger Bands presents an insider's examination of the one tool thatif its widespread popularity is an accurate judge of its effectivenesscomes closer than anything else. Concise yet comprehensive, it is one of today's truly indispensable investment guidebooks.

"The purpose of this book is to help you avoid many of the common traps investors get caught in, including the buy_low, sell-high trap, where the investor buys only to watch the stock continue downward or sells only to watch the stock continue upward. Here, the traditional, emotional approach to the markets is replaced with a relative framework within which prices can be evaluated in a rigorous manner leading to a series of rational investment decisions without reference to absolute truths. "
From the Introduction

In the 1970s, market newcomer John Bollinger couldn't find a system of investment analysis to fit his belief that all market events exist only in relation to one another and that there are no absolutes. So he created his own.

That approachRational Analysisled to the establishment of Bollinger Bands and ensured Bollinger's spot in investment analysis history. Now, in Bollinger on Bollinger Bands, John Bollinger explains the market conditions that led to his initial discovery, and gives readers the inside story of the development and refinement of Bollinger Bands. He then goes on to present a relative decision framework built around Rational Analysis and Bollinger Bandsan extraordinarily powerful combination of technical and fundamental analysis that answers the question of whether prices are too high or too low for virtually any security or market environment.

By understanding how to incorporate Bollinger's techniques into their own investment strategy, investors will greatly increase their ability to ignore often-costly emotions and arrive at rational decisions supported by both the facts and the underlying market environment. Bollinger on Bollinger Bands provides:

The first authoritative examination of this revolutionary technical analysis tool
Three simple systems for implementing Bollinger Bands
Innovative methods for clarifying patternsand analyzing time frames and moving averages

The key to effective investment analysis is toas much as possibleeliminate emotion and approach each trade on its technical and fundamental merits alone. Since their introduction, few analytical techniques have helped investors do this better or more consistently than Bollinger Bands. Bollinger on Bollinger Bands provides tips, guidelines, and rules for incorporating the bands into virtually any investment strategy. It is a watershed book, written by the only man truly qualified to claim a comprehensive knowledge of the topicJohn Bollinger himself.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

Bollinger on Bolly Bands 11 Sep 2003

By A Customer

Format:Hardcover

Well I had high hopes for this, but I found it a real drag.

BB's are a great trading tool and I use them, but it seems to me that the author has sat down and found as many market scenarios as can be found to fit BB's onto as an indicator.

There are many ways BB's are useful and many market conditions where other indicators and mthods are better served, this book sells BB's almost as a brand not as one of many indicators.

There is also a considerable amount of website TA and trading company recomendations in the book, so many in fact I began to wonder if they where mentioned for genuine advice or some kind of sponsorship deal!!

Dont get me wrong here if you want to learns BB's its the only place to go, but it could have been written in 25 pages without the slapping myself on the back undertone and prodigious filler.

My tip, read the book, photocopy the 15 point basics from the inside back cover pin to your notice board, job done.

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful

Probably the best book on trading stocks that I have read. 13 Sep 2001

By "spadger"

This is a thoroughly practical and readable book. I have read too many where one is encouraged to trade in a specific way and stellar results are guaranteed. Certainly I have found difficulty in extracting profits from some of the snake oil salesmen's ideas. Bollinger does not sell snake oil.

This book is different. It is neither an ego trip nor is it filled with endless pages of tables which serve no useful purpose, other than to make the book seem better value.

He makes plain, that one has to find a trading style to suit oneself, and is not overly proscriptive.

All of his ideas are well laid out and easy to verify and equally applicable to stocks and commodities.

He gives a number of formulae in the book, and these are easily translated into action, in say TradeStation, by seasoned professionals and beginners alike.

In short, this book is excellent, and I hope it will take it's place on the traders best sellers list.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

BB's 12 July 2011

By Duckers

As the title and Author suggest - this is a book about Bollinger Bands written by the creator of BB's - The reason I bought this book is as a Professional trader I wanted to read 1st hand from the creator the useage of the bands. To be honest for my style of trading using BB's will only complicate my style and possible results, however, as a learning tool on the maths and thinking behind the creation of the BB's then the book is and will always be on my bookshelf.
People think that somewhere in trading and investing there's secret indicators and strategies people use to win - It's usually this very paranoia that is the self-destruct button for most traders. You could create a strategy and set-up with ANY indicator and be successful - this book describes those popular with the use of BB's - which I have to say will work.