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bbupper

Bollinger upper band

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bbupper(source, length, mult)

SMA plus multiplier × standard deviation. Short form bbupper(20) uses close and multiplier 2. Sister lines: bbmid, bblower.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
sourceoptionalseries
default close
Series to use. Omit it when the first argument is a number — ema(9) means ema(close, 9).
lengthint
default 20
Lookback in bars. Default 20.
multoptionalfloat
default 2
Width in standard deviations.

Return value

series

Short form: if the first argument is a number, Dovee uses close as the source.

Example

u = bbupper(20)
m = bbmid(20)
l = bblower(20)
plot u as "Upper" red
plot m as "Mid" blue
plot l as "Lower" green
fill u, l blue
when close crosses below l then buy

See also