What's New: Screening for Bollinger Band Trends

By Colin Twiggs
May 08, 2017 3:00 a.m. EDT (5:00 p.m. AEST)

In my last newsletter I highlighted a strategy for trading trends using Bollinger Bands and Twiggs Money Flow.

I have created a new stock screen to accompany this. You will find the screen saved as #90489 on the Shared tab:

Bollinger Bands &: Twiggs Money Flow Trend Scan

"....within the last 9999 weeks" represents all weeks.

Click Edit to adapt the screen for use on other Exchanges (e.g. US) and Indices (e.g. S&P 500).

On the results page, click the TMFC header to order by the number of weeks Twiggs Money Flow (13-week) has been above zero.

Bollinger Bands &: Twiggs Money Flow Trend Scan Results
  • The %b column shows the number of standard deviations the stock is above the moving average (e.g. NUF value is 2.08 STD).
  • The TMFC column displays the number of weeks Twiggs Money Flow has been above zero, a measure of buying pressure.

The first few stocks in the list are likely to be well-established trends that commenced some time ago.

Computershare [CPU] - Bollinger Bands &: Twiggs Money Flow Trend

While others, further down the list, will display more recent breakouts.

Medibank Private [MPL] - Bollinger Bands &: Twiggs Money Flow Trend

Please note that stocks shown are for illustration purposes only and are not recommendations. Readers should conduct their own research.

Here is a quick refresh of the Bollinger Bands/Twiggs Money Flow trading strategy.



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Colin Twiggs

Author: Colin Twiggs is a former investment banker with almost 40 years of experience in financial markets. He co-founded Incredible Charts and writes the popular Trading Diary and Patient Investor newsletters.

Using a top-down approach, Colin identifies key macro trends in the global economy before evaluating selected opportunities using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.

Focusing on interest rates and financial market liquidity as primary drivers of the economic cycle, he warned of the 2008/2009 and 2020 bear markets well ahead of actual events.

He founded PVT Capital (AFSL No. 546090) in May 2023, which offers investment strategy and advice to wholesale clients.