1. John A Bollinger is an American author, financial analyst, contributor to the field of technical analysis and the developer of Bollinger Bands.
13 Facts About John Bollinger
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John Bollinger was trading options at the time and much of his analytics involved volatility.
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Mr John Bollinger's contribution was to use volatility standard deviation to make trading bands adaptive.
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When John Bollinger first introduced the concept to the public on Financial News Network, they had no name.
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John Bollinger first coined the term "Rational Analysis" in the late 1980s.
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John Bollinger then defined it as the "juncture of the overlap between technical and fundamental analysis" and created a visual representation.
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The analogy John Bollinger uses for Rational Analysis is having multiple tool kits each with different tools.
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Computer technology allowed John Bollinger to develop Group Power, an industry group ranking system that shows developing trends in industry groups and sectors.
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In 1996 John Bollinger recognized the potential of the Internet for financial analysis and began the programming for equitytrader.
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John Bollinger is both a CFA Chartered Financial Analyst and CMT Chartered Market Technician and was the first financial analyst to earn both designations.
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John Bollinger is the founding president of Market Analysts of Southern California.
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John Bollinger continues to act as chief executive and leader of John Bollinger Capital Management.
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John Bollinger served on the board of the Market Technicians Association for ten years, on the board of International Federation of Technical Analysts for five years and on the board of the Market Technicians Association Education Foundation from 2008 though 2012.