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Volatility Analysis


figure  21.20 Volatility in Price Fluctuations Contained by Bollinger Bands on the
Natural Gas Daily Chart.
Source: MetaTrader 4

figure  21.21 Volatility in Price Fluctuations Tracked by the Bollinger Bandwidth
Indicator on the Natural Gas Daily Chart.
Source: MetaTrader 4


  1. Difference in price between the high of the current bar and the close of the
    previous bar

  2. Difference in price between the low of the current bar and the close of the
    previous bar


See Figure 21.22.
A simple average of the true ranges over a specified number of bars is first
calculated. The conventional or default lookback period is 14 periods. Once this
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