My reliability testing of Bollinger Bands on the S&P 500, using 13,360 years of data, suggests it is an unprofitable indicator for traders. However, Bollinger Bands can be highly profitable, with the optimal settings.| Liberated Stock Trader
Using VWAP with a 14 setting on a daily Heikin Ashi chart is vastly superior to conventional OHLC charts. Using an OHLC chart, the strategy barely breaks even with a low-profit expectancy of 0.15. In contrast with a Heikin Ashi chart, the strategy is incredibly profitable, with a profit expectance of 0.83 and a reward-to-risk ratio of 3.03.| Liberated Stock Trader
The best moving average settings are SMA or EMA 20 on a daily chart, which achieves a 23% win rate. At settings 50, 100, and 200, it is better to use the Hull moving average, which has win rates of 27%, 10%, and 17%, respectively.| Liberated Stock Trader