QQQ Bollinger Band Buy Signal
The percentage of QQQ members trading below their respective lower Bollinger Band registered a mean reversion buy signal on the close of trading on 3/10/21.
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Percent Below Lower Bollinger Band Buy Signal
The Bollinger Band signal seeks to identify instances in history when numerous Index members trading below their respective lower Bollinger Band cycles from high to low, and Index momentum turns positive. The model will issue an alert based upon the following conditions.
Signal Criteria
Condition1 = Percentage of members cross above 40. i.e., the reset
Condition2 = Percentage of members cross below 0.9.
Condition3 = If Condition1 and 2, start days since true count
Condition4 = If Days since true count <= 5, and the QQQ 5-day rate of change is > 0%, then buy.
Let's take a look at the current chart and historical signal performance.
Chart and Signal Example
Please note that the chart's trading statistics are based on buying and selling the next day open.
Signal Performance
Please note, the trading statistics in the table are based on buying the signal date close. As one can see, the data does not have a long history, and a majority of signals occurred in a growth cycle. It will be interesting to see how this model performs if we are transitioning to a value cycle.