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Bollinger bands is one of the most popular technical indicators. It can be used for trading breakout strategies as well as for capturing reversals. Below you can download a free expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 that uses Bollinger bands breakouts for entry signals.
The indicator is based on standard deviation measurement and plays a role of volatility bands for the given exchange rate. A breakout beyond those bands is a statistically rare even, which signals a significant predisposition of traders to either buy or sell.
Backtesting the expert advisor on the EUR/USD @ 1-hour timeframe shows an interesting result. Despite not being stable, a high risk-to-reward ratio allows the EA to be profitable in the tested period. However the profit is rather small and the periods of drawdown are long. This EA's could be attributed to pure luck with just a few trades. It should be significantly improved if you plan using it in a live account.
The EA can suffer from false breakouts.
The profitability in the backtested period can indicate potential. The EA could be improved with further condition and become even more profitable and consistent.
This expert advisor is free to download and you can use its .mq4 source file to develop your own EA's.
➥ Download EA-BollingerBreakout_v1-0.mq4
Installation instructions:
Or you can read a more detailed instruction on how to perform the installation.
If you are interested in building your own expert advisor or knowing more about how to do it, check our MT4 Expert Advisor Template.
You can open a trading account with any of the MT4 Forex brokers to freely use the presented here expert advisor for MetaTrader 4.