John Bollinger is the Founder and President of Bollinger Capital Management, an investment management firm that provides money management and proprietary technical analysis research. Bollinger is a legendary trader and a prominent commentator and analyst on market conditions. He is also an avid financial researcher and has developed a number of widely used investment tools and analytical techniques. He is best known for creating Bollinger Bands, a technical analysis tool that helps investors and traders assess expected price action in the financial markets. His book, Bollinger on Bollinger Bands has been translated into 12 languages. Today, Bollinger is an active member of the financial community, a featured expert in the financial media and a speaker at financial conferences worldwide.
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MORE ABOUT JOHN BOLLINGER
Bollinger is the first analyst to earn both the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designations.
He is a long-term proponent of Rational Analysis, the combination of technical and fundamental analysis.
His articles have appeared in Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, Active Trader and the Market Technicians Association Newsletter.
His Capital Growth Letter has been published since 1987. It provides market commentary, charts and investment advice for the average investor employing a technically-driven asset allocation approach.
Bollinger Bands is a popular tool that helps investors and traders gauge market volatility and identify when securities are poised to rise or fall.
Bollinger Bands can be used in most time frames, from very short-term periods, to hourly, daily, weekly or monthly. They can be applied in all the financial markets including equities, forex, commodities, and futures.
These bands are composed of three lines: a simple moving average (the middle band) and an upper and lower band.
Over the past three decades, the Bollinger Bands have come to be the most reliable tool for assessing expected price action and the bands are featured on most financial charting software and websites.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Member, CFA Society Los Angeles
Member, Technical Securities Analysts Association
Board Member, Market Technicians Association Education Foundation
RECOGNITIONS
2015 IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award
2005 CMT Association Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Technical Analysis
1995 Technical Securities Analysts Association of San Francisco Lifetime Award