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Bollinger Band Screens

Bullish Bollinger Band
| All Exchanges | NYSE | AMEX | NASDAQ | TSE/TSX | LSE |

Bearish Bollinger Band
| All Exchanges | NYSE | AMEX | NASDAQ | TSE/TSX | LSE |

This screen looks for a Bollinger Band center line cross followed by a breach of the outerband. This ensures that the stock is moving in the direction that you want.

Screen criteria:

Bollinger Band center line cross within last 10 days
Price breaches outer band within last 2 days
Average 30 day volume at least 20,000

Bollinger Bands and MACD

Bullish BB & MACD
| All Exchanges | NYSE | AMEX | NASDAQ | TSE/TSX | LSE |

Bearish BB & MACD
| All Exchanges | NYSE | AMEX | NASDAQ| TSE/TSX | LSE |

In this screen we have used a band system to ensure a move rather than moving averages. The results for this screen will have charts that not only have a signal line cross but also the price will have crossed the 20 day SMA (BB center line cross) and breached the outer Bollinger Band.

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Screen criteria:

Price crosses Bollinger Band center line within last 10 days
Price breaches Bollinger Band within last 10 days
MACD signal line cross within last 4 days
Last traded volume greater than 100,000
Close between $1 & $120

Relevant educational resources:
| Bollinger Band education |
| MACD education |
| Screening with the Bollinger Bands |
| Screening Bollinger Bands and MACD |
| A quick screen with MACD and price and volume ratios |
| Bollinger Bands Chart and Screener Examples |
| MACD Chart and Screener Examples |