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Backtesting

Applying a set of trading rules to historical data to see how they would have performed.

Test: rules are fully specified in advance, applied without hindsight, and results are net of realistic transaction costs and slippage qualitative Indicators & Oscillators

Bearish Divergence

A condition in which price makes a higher high while an oscillator makes a lower high.

Test: current price high > previous price high, while current indicator high < previous indicator high qualitative Indicators & Oscillators

Bollinger Band Width

The distance between the upper and lower Bollinger Bands, expressed relative to the middle band.

Band Width = (Upper Band - Lower Band) / Middle Band x 100 % Indicators & Oscillators

Bollinger Bands

A moving average with bands plotted a set number of standard deviations above and below it.

Middle Band = 20-period SMA; Upper Band = Middle + 2 x Standard Deviation; Lower Band = Middle - 2 x Standard Deviation ₹ Indicators & Oscillators

Bullish Divergence

A condition in which price makes a lower low while an oscillator makes a higher low.

Test: current price low < previous price low, while current indicator low > previous indicator low qualitative