{"id":2808,"date":"2025-07-03T22:55:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/store.market-trader.de\/?page_id=2808"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:04:21","slug":"bollinger-band-squeeze-breakout","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/en\/bollinger-band-squeeze-breakout\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollinger Band Squeeze & Breakout"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Setup &amp; Indicator<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Bollinger Bands<\/strong>: Period 20, StdDev 2<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Timeframe<\/strong>: M30\u2013H1 for more frequent squeezes<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Volume filter<\/strong>: Low ATR\u00b2 value or VIX-like index<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Entry<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Identify a squeeze<\/strong>: Bands contract tightly (bandwidth &lt; 0.5 \u00d7 average).<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Breakout<\/strong>: Close outside the upper band \u2192 long, or outside the lower band \u2192 short.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exit &amp; Trailing<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Stop-loss<\/strong>: At the middle band (MA20) or a few pips back into the band.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Trailing<\/strong>: Fixed distance (e.g., 20\u201330 pips) or dynamic adjustment along the upper\/lower band line.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Risk Management<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Open a position only when volume (MT5 volume histogram) is rising.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>No trading during high-impact news (news filter in the EA).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/images\/Bollinger-1024x611.png\" alt=\"Example chart: Bollinger Band squeeze &amp; breakout\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Example chart for the Bollinger Band squeeze &amp; breakout setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Upper panel (price with Bollinger Bands):<\/strong>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Yellow line: Close price<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Dotted lines: Upper and lower bands (BB20,2)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Red line: Middle band value (MA20)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>\u25b2 Long breakout: Close after a squeeze outside the upper band<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>\u25bc Short breakout: Close after a squeeze outside the lower band<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Lower panel (Bandwidth):<\/strong>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Yellow line: Bandwidth = (Upper \u2212 Lower band) \/ MA20<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Dashed line: Squeeze threshold = 0.5 \u00d7 average bandwidth<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Squeeze phase:<\/strong> When bandwidth drops below the threshold, it indicates low volatility.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Breakout:<\/strong> After a squeeze, a close outside the bands triggers a long (upper) or short (lower) trade.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Volume filter &amp; news:<\/strong> In practice, also ensure volume (e.g., the MT5 volume histogram) is rising and no high-impact news are scheduled before entering.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Stop-loss &amp; trailing:<\/strong> Stop near the middle band or a few pips back; trailing stop fixed (20\u201330 pips) or dynamic along the band.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This chart provides a visual template for how squeeze phases and subsequent breakouts appear in the M30\u2013H1 context.<\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setup &amp; Indicator Bollinger Bands: Period 20, StdDev 2 Timeframe: M30\u2013H1 for more frequent squeezes Volume filter: Low ATR\u00b2 value [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2808","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2808"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3175,"href":"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2808\/revisions\/3175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ea-marketplace.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}