Thursday February 19, 2026 Stocks In A Bollinger Band Squeeze Yesterday $SPY $MNST $IWM $TLT $F $HD $COO $BCE $PGR $V $ADM $JBS $ALLY $INVH

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Rank Ticker Contraction Value Name
1 SPY 3.08 State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF T
2 MNST 4.06 Monster Beverage Corporation
3 IWM 4.52 iShares Russell 2000 ETF
4 TLT 4.77 iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond
5 F 5.25 Ford Motor Company
6 HD 5.74 Home Depot, Inc. (The)
7 COO 5.78 The Cooper Companies, Inc.
8 BCE 5.83 BCE, Inc.
9 PGR 5.98 Progressive Corporation (The)
10 V 6.11 Visa Inc.
11 ADM 6.21 Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
12 JBS 6.24 JBS N.V.
13 ALLY 6.26 Ally Financial Inc.
14 INVH 6.53 Invitation Homes Inc.
15 ET 6.56 Energy Transfer LP
16 AEG 6.72 Aegon Ltd. New York Registry Sh
17 RTX 6.77 RTX Corporation
18 CRH 6.93 CRH PLC
19 FERG 7.27 Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
20 GS 7.32 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
21 QQQ 7.33 Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
22 GEHC 7.43 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
23 ELAN 7.44 Elanco Animal Health Incorporat
24 NTR 7.49 Nutrien Ltd.
25 HAL 7.57 Halliburton Company
26 TU 7.60 Telus Corporation
27 GLPI 7.68 Gaming and Leisure Properties,
28 COST 7.82 Costco Wholesale Corporation
29 PCAR 7.89 PACCAR Inc.
30 EXEL 8.04 Exelixis, Inc.
31 NVT 8.15 nVent Electric plc
32 BBY 8.18 Best Buy Co., Inc.
33 AR 8.23 Antero Resources Corporation
34 TJX 8.27 TJX Companies, Inc. (The)
35 YMM 8.29 Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd.
36 PDD 8.37 PDD Holdings Inc.
37 WBD 8.38 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. -
38 DG 8.47 Dollar General Corporation
39 SONY 8.76 Sony Group Corporation
40 WTRG 9.07 Essential Utilities, Inc.
41 MCD 9.10 McDonald's Corporation
42 SBUX 9.13 Starbucks Corporation
43 AXP 9.14 American Express Company
44 WRB 9.18 W.R. Berkley Corporation
45 BCS 9.22 Barclays PLC
46 YUM 9.32 Yum! Brands, Inc.
47 ASML 9.38 ASML Holding N.V. - New York Re
48 NKE ðŸš€ 9.40 Nike, Inc.
49 JPM 9.43 JP Morgan Chase & Co.
50 SO 9.51 Southern Company (The)
51 ROST 9.59 Ross Stores, Inc.
52 NLY 9.88 Annaly Capital Management Inc.
53 GAP 9.94 Gap, Inc. (The)
54 BA 9.96 Boeing Company (The)
55 MCHP 9.97 Microchip Technology Incorporat
56 INCY 9.99 Incyte Corporation
57 AGNC 10.06 AGNC Investment Corp.
58 SYF 10.08 Synchrony Financial
59 WMG 10.13 Warner Music Group Corp.
60 CX 10.20 Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored
61 PM 10.23 Philip Morris International Inc
62 IBKR 10.35 Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
63 ARMK 10.35 Aramark
64 CF 10.37 CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
65 BP 10.46 BP p.l.c.
66 MS 10.53 Morgan Stanley
67 MDLN 10.58 Medline Inc.
68 XEL 10.76 Xcel Energy Inc.
69 ING 10.80 ING Group, N.V.
70 KHC 10.84 The Kraft Heinz Company
71 CFG 10.86 Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
72 CNM 10.96 Core & Main, Inc.
73 TSCO 10.97 Tractor Supply Company
74 SJM 11.08 The J.M. Smucker Company
75 WYNN 11.12 Wynn Resorts, Limited
76 BAC 11.15 Bank of America Corporation
77 EC 11.30 Ecopetrol S.A.
78 LIN 11.30 Linde plc
79 AVGO 11.31 Broadcom Inc.
80 DELL 11.38 Dell Technologies Inc.
81 AFL 11.41 AFLAC Incorporated
82 NTAP 11.45 NetApp, Inc.
83 ONON 11.46 On Holding AG
84 NVDA 11.47 NVIDIA Corporation
85 WFC 11.48 Wells Fargo & Company
86 DIS 11.51 Walt Disney Company (The)
87 USB 11.52 U.S. Bancorp
88 NEE 11.61 NextEra Energy, Inc.
89 C 11.62 Citigroup, Inc.
90 XP 11.66 XP Inc.
91 FLEX 11.74 Flex Ltd.
92 APG 11.75 APi Group Corporation
93 ULTA 11.79 Ulta Beauty, Inc.
94 VALE 11.81 VALE S.A.
95 GM ðŸš€ 11.92 General Motors Company
96 FCX 11.96 Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
97 YPF 12.16 YPF Sociedad Anonima
98 AEO ðŸš€ 12.16 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
99 ORLY 12.18 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.
100 SPG 12.20 Simon Property Group, Inc.
101 BG 12.21 Bunge Limited
102 FTNT 12.21 Fortinet, Inc.
103 TSLA 12.64 Tesla, Inc.
104 HST 12.71 Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
105 CAH 12.80 Cardinal Health, Inc.
106 GME ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 12.90 GameStop Corporation
107 AIG 12.96 American International Group, I
108 KNX 13.01 Knight-Swift Transportation Hol
109 PBR 13.03 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrob
110 SRE 13.04 DBA Sempra
111 SIRI 13.09 SiriusXM Holdings Inc.
112 HLN 13.13 Haleon plc
113 CMG 13.15 Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
114 BEKE 13.17 KE Holdings Inc
115 LYG 13.25 Lloyds Banking Group Plc
116 AA 13.26 Alcoa Corporation
117 PFGC 13.29 Performance Food Group Company
118 JD 13.31 JD.com, Inc.
119 MRSH 13.48 Marsh
120 ZM 13.50 Zoom Communications, Inc.
121 KDP 13.52 Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
122 SGI 13.57 Somnigroup International Inc.
123 NXPI 13.61 NXP Semiconductors N.V.
124 CCI 13.63 Crown Castle Inc.
125 PBR-A 13.67 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrob
126 SU 13.76 Suncor Energy Inc.
127 TNA 13.77 Direxion Small Cap Bull 3X Shar
128 COF 13.82 Capital One Financial Corporati
129 ISRG ðŸš€ 13.83 Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
130 MOS 13.83 Mosaic Company (The)
131 NUE 13.85 Nucor Corporation
132 CPB 13.92 The Campbell's Company
133 EXC 13.93 Exelon Corporation
134 MO 14.03 Altria Group, Inc.
135 ERIC ðŸš€ 14.05 Ericsson
136 MRVL 14.05 Marvell Technology, Inc.
137 EXE 14.05 Expand Energy Corporation
138 AMT 14.07 American Tower Corporation (REI
139 TMF 14.14 Direxion Daily 20-Yr Treasury B
140 D 14.21 Dominion Energy, Inc.
141 NU 14.32 Nu Holdings Ltd.
142 AAPL 14.33 Apple Inc.
143 MUFG 14.44 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,
144 FFTY 14.49 Innovator IBD 50 ETF
145 GRAB 14.53 Grab Holdings Limited
146 FSLR 14.66 First Solar, Inc.
147 RETL 14.69 Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X S
148 KIM 14.92 Kimco Realty Corporation (HC)
149 ANET 15.16 Arista Networks, Inc.
150 APTV 15.17 Aptiv PLC
151 HON 15.33 Honeywell International Inc.
152 VOD 15.39 Vodafone Group Plc
153 FANG 15.45 Diamondback Energy, Inc.
154 GIS 15.47 General Mills, Inc.
155 BHP 15.51 BHP Group Limited
156 OXY 15.52 Occidental Petroleum Corporatio
157 META 15.61 Meta Platforms, Inc.
158 NFLX 15.66 Netflix, Inc.
159 NIO ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 15.68 NIO Inc.
160 APO 15.71 Apollo Global Management, Inc.
161 APA 15.71 APA Corporation
162 LEN 15.72 Lennar Corporation
163 NTNX 15.72 Nutanix, Inc.
164 DLTR 15.74 Dollar Tree, Inc.
165 PLD 15.77 Prologis, Inc.
166 LVS 15.77 Las Vegas Sands Corp.
167 PSTG ðŸš€ 15.79 Pure Storage, Inc.
168 VG ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 15.82 Venture Global, Inc.
169 GE 15.86 GE Aerospace
170 OKTA ðŸš€ 15.89 Okta, Inc.
171 RF 15.95 Regions Financial Corporation
172 JHX ðŸš€ 15.99 James Hardie Industries plc.
173 HBM 16.02 Hudbay Minerals Inc.
174 FUTU ðŸ“ˆ 16.16 Futu Holdings Limited
175 EQNR 16.23 Equinor ASA
176 TIGR ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 16.27 UP Fintech Holding Limited
177 CHD 16.32 Church & Dwight Company, Inc.
178 LULU 16.34 lululemon athletica inc.
179 KMX 16.36 CarMax Inc
180 UAL ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 16.39 United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
181 ADI 16.44 Analog Devices, Inc.
182 DAL 16.53 Delta Air Lines, Inc.
183 DB 16.56 Deutsche Bank AG
184 M ðŸš€ 16.59 Macy's Inc
185 CMCSA 16.63 Comcast Corporation
186 SN 16.68 SharkNinja, Inc.
187 TME 16.68 Tencent Music Entertainment Gro
188 LRCX 16.79 Lam Research Corporation
189 BLDR 16.86 Builders FirstSource, Inc.
190 VLO 16.96 Valero Energy Corporation
191 LYV 16.97 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
192 PSKY ðŸš€ 16.97 Paramount Skydance Corporation
193 BKR 17.02 Baker Hughes Company
194 TTMI ðŸ“ˆ 17.02 TTM Technologies, Inc.
195 HPE 17.12 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Comp
196 GOOGL 17.17 Alphabet Inc.
197 ITUB 17.19 Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA
198 GOOG 17.19 Alphabet Inc.
199 DHR 17.19 Danaher Corporation
200 AAL 17.23 American Airlines Group, Inc.
201 SWKS 17.23 Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
202 MMM 17.36 3M Company
203 DHI 17.38 D.R. Horton, Inc.
204 ABNB 17.46 Airbnb, Inc.
205 BBVA 17.50 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
206 HTHT 17.75 H World Group Limited
207 BB ðŸ“ˆ 17.87 BlackBerry Limited
208 VIK 17.90 Viking Holdings Ltd
209 TSM 17.92 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactur
210 BBWI 17.96 Bath & Body Works, Inc.
211 EOG 18.07 EOG Resources, Inc.
212 TECK 18.07 Teck Resources Ltd
213 FAS 18.09 Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shar
214 TGT 18.12 Target Corporation
215 SCHW 18.17 Charles Schwab Corporation (The
216 BABA 18.17 Alibaba Group Holding Limited
217 COP 18.24 ConocoPhillips
218 AS 18.32 Amer Sports, Inc.
219 RUN ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 18.46 Sunrun Inc.
220 XOM 18.53 Exxon Mobil Corporation
221 XPEV ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 18.63 XPeng Inc.
222 MU 18.73 Micron Technology, Inc.
223 WMT 18.74 Walmart Inc.
224 UPS 18.82 United Parcel Service, Inc.
225 CL 18.92 Colgate-Palmolive Company
226 QCOM 19.11 QUALCOMM Incorporated
227 GH ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 19.18 Guardant Health, Inc.
228 AES 19.23 The AES Corporation
229 KR 19.26 Kroger Company (The)
230 MGM 19.27 MGM Resorts International
231 WPM 19.27 Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
232 CSCO 19.39 Cisco Systems, Inc.
233 GPN ðŸš€ 19.41 Global Payments Inc.
234 FISV 19.41 Fiserv, Inc.
235 NOK ðŸš€ 19.43 Nokia Corporation Sponsored
236 SMCI ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 19.53 Super Micro Computer, Inc.
237 NEM 19.54 Newmont Corporation
238 GILD 19.71 Gilead Sciences, Inc.
239 FTI ðŸš€ 20.02 TechnipFMC plc
240 NWG 20.19 NatWest Group plc
241 EVGO ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 20.23 EVgo Inc.
242 PHM 20.26 PulteGroup, Inc.
243 VTR 20.33 Ventas, Inc.
244 BAX 20.41 Baxter International Inc.
245 TCOM 20.52 Trip.com Group Limited
246 NXT 20.56 Nextpower Inc.
247 LI 20.58 Li Auto Inc.
248 ZBH 20.82 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
249 CNQ 20.83 Canadian Natural Resources Limi
250 CAVA 20.89 CAVA Group, Inc.
251 TXN 21.02 Texas Instruments Incorporated
252 COHR 21.05 Coherent Corp.
253 SYY 21.06 Sysco Corporation
254 FTV 21.15 Fortive Corporation
255 SMFG 21.18 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
256 AU 21.22 AngloGold Ashanti PLC
257 B 21.26 Barrick Mining Corporation
258 AEM 21.40 Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
259 NCLH 21.42 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
260 CCJ 21.65 Cameco Corporation
261 CART 21.70 Maplebear Inc.
262 BROS 21.80 Dutch Bros Inc.
263 LCID ðŸš€ 21.87 Lucid Group, Inc.
264 SEDG ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 21.87 SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.
265 VST 22.15 Vistra Corp.
266 GFI 22.31 Gold Fields Limited
267 AMCR 22.38 Amcor plc
268 INTC ðŸš€ 22.39 Intel Corporation
269 CTRA 22.41 Coterra Energy Inc.
270 CDNS 22.56 Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
271 NVDL ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 22.67 GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Dail
272 DVN 22.87 Devon Energy Corporation
273 BILI ðŸ“ˆ 22.87 Bilibili Inc.
274 APH 22.91 Amphenol Corporation
275 CCL 23.10 Carnival Corporation
276 AMAT 23.18 Applied Materials, Inc.
277 YINN ðŸ“ˆ 23.22 Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull
278 WELL 23.23 Welltower Inc.
279 UBER 23.53 Uber Technologies, Inc.
280 AMRZ 23.53 Amrize Ltd
281 ZTO 23.54 ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.
282 TMUS 23.56 T-Mobile US, Inc.
283 TQQQ 23.62 ProShares UltraPro QQQ
284 TAL ðŸš€ 23.62 TAL Education Group
285 SYM ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 23.66 Symbotic Inc.
286 BE ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 23.69 Bloom Energy Corporation
287 MAS 23.74 Masco Corporation
288 PR 23.77 Permian Resources Corporation
289 PTEN 23.83 Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
290 NRG 23.91 NRG Energy, Inc.
291 YUMC 24.00 Yum China Holdings, Inc.
292 LYB ðŸš€ 24.01 LyondellBasell Industries NV
293 NET 24.05 Cloudflare, Inc.
294 DD 24.07 DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
295 CRWD 24.13 CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
296 EQX 24.15 Equinox Gold Corp.
297 BIDU 24.18 Baidu, Inc.
298 CLS ðŸ“ˆ 24.27 Celestica, Inc.
299 AUR ðŸ“ˆ 24.29 Aurora Innovation, Inc.
300 OVV 24.30 Ovintiv Inc. (DE)
301 CP 24.33 Canadian Pacific Kansas City Li
302 ODFL 24.37 Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
303 ADBE 24.38 Adobe Inc.
304 EH 24.55 EHang Holdings Limited
305 JEF 24.55 Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
306 EBAY 24.56 eBay Inc.
307 IFF 24.62 International Flavors & Fragran
308 UMC ðŸš€ 24.70 United Microelectronics Corpora
309 RKT 24.85 Rocket Companies, Inc.
310 AMKR 24.91 Amkor Technology, Inc.
311 CVE 24.93 Cenovus Energy Inc
312 GFS 24.96 GlobalFoundries Inc.
313 MFG 25.02 Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Sp
314 PANW 25.07 Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
315 ALB 25.09 Albemarle Corporation
316 GPC 25.14 Genuine Parts Company
317 RIVN ðŸš€ 25.25 Rivian Automotive, Inc.
318 SE ðŸš€ 25.31 Sea Limited
319 IBM 25.33 International Business Machines
320 CORZ ðŸ“ˆ 25.66 Core Scientific, Inc.
321 MP ðŸ“ˆ 25.67 MP Materials Corp.
322 BX 25.68 Blackstone Inc.
323 AKAM 25.90 Akamai Technologies, Inc.
324 ON 25.92 ON Semiconductor Corporation
325 DT 25.95 Dynatrace, Inc.
326 CPNG 26.02 Coupang, Inc.
327 KGC 26.09 Kinross Gold Corporation
328 ENTG 26.16 Entegris, Inc.
329 OMC ðŸš€ 26.19 Omnicom Group Inc.
330 WDC ðŸ“ˆ 26.27 Western Digital Corporation
331 RCL 26.44 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
332 EL 26.45 Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T
333 IAG 27.11 Iamgold Corporation
334 SUZ 27.22 Suzano S.A.
335 TSLL ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 27.39 Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Sha
336 DECK ðŸš€ 27.41 Deckers Outdoor Corporation
337 MDB ðŸš€ 27.43 MongoDB, Inc.
338 DRN 27.57 Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull
339 PAAS 27.61 Pan American Silver Corp.
340 SOXL ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 27.66 Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bu
341 AGI 27.74 Alamos Gold Inc.
342 Q 27.83 Qnity Electronics, Inc.
343 MSFT 27.86 Microsoft Corporation
344 TRU 27.89 TransUnion
345 AAPU 28.11 Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X Sha
346 DDOG 28.12 Datadog, Inc.
347 SPOT ðŸš€ 28.27 Spotify Technology S.A.
348 ARM 28.89 Arm Holdings plc
349 USFD ðŸš€ 29.01 US Foods Holding Corp.
350 GUSH 29.08 Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Ex
351 NWSA 29.27 News Corporation
352 HWM 29.33 Howmet Aerospace Inc.
353 T 29.41 AT&T Inc.
354 IRM 29.43 Iron Mountain Incorporated (Del
355 CAT 29.68 Caterpillar, Inc.
356 RBLX 29.92 Roblox Corporation
357 ORCL ðŸš€ 29.93 Oracle Corporation
358 STX ðŸ“ˆ 30.26 Seagate Technology Holdings PLC
359 SNPS 30.32 Synopsys, Inc.
360 QXO ðŸ“ˆ 30.46 QXO, Inc.
361 IP 30.67 International Paper Company
362 GEV ðŸš€ 30.71 GE Vernova Inc.
363 TWLO 30.78 Twilio Inc.
364 STM 31.10 STMicroelectronics N.V.
365 BAH 31.11 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor
366 BALL 31.20 Ball Corporation
367 CRWV ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 31.26 CoreWeave, Inc.
368 ERX 31.76 Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares
369 TMO 32.09 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
370 AG ðŸ“ˆ 32.17 First Majestic Silver Corp.
371 AMZN 32.18 Amazon.com, Inc.
372 ROKU 32.46 Roku, Inc.
373 NBIS ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 32.68 Nebius Group N.V.
374 FDX 32.98 FedEx Corporation
375 HMY 33.25 Harmony Gold Mining Company Lim
376 FRMI ðŸš€ 33.68 Fermi Inc.
377 TOST 34.00 Toast, Inc.
378 AI 34.04 C3.ai, Inc.
379 CRM 34.23 Salesforce, Inc.
380 SW 34.37 Smurfit WestRock plc
381 INFY 34.48 Infosys Limited
382 AMC ðŸ“ˆ 34.61 AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc
383 ASX 34.69 ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd
384 VTRS 34.71 Viatris Inc.
385 UTSL 34.71 Direxion Daily Utilities Bull 3
386 VZ 34.80 Verizon Communications Inc.
387 ACHR ðŸ“ˆ 34.94 Archer Aviation Inc.
388 GGLL 35.18 Direxion Daily GOOGL Bull 2X Sh
389 IOT ðŸš€ 35.28 Samsara Inc.
390 CRDO ðŸ“ˆ 35.35 Credo Technology Group Holding
391 RIOT ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 35.46 Riot Platforms, Inc.
392 SHOP ðŸš€ 35.54 Shopify Inc.
393 NDAQ 35.54 Nasdaq, Inc.
394 UWMC 35.61 UWM Holdings Corporation
395 WULF ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 35.72 TeraWulf Inc.
396 CELH 35.79 Celsius Holdings, Inc.
397 APLD ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 36.03 Applied Digital Corporation
398 TPR ðŸš€ 36.64 Tapestry, Inc.
399 DASH 36.95 DoorDash, Inc.
400 OWL 37.16 Blue Owl Capital Inc.
401 ACN 37.30 Accenture plc
402 CDE ðŸ“ˆ 37.30 Coeur Mining, Inc.
403 PLTR ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 37.58 Palantir Technologies Inc.
404 LUMN ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 37.77 Lumen Technologies, Inc.
405 SBSW ðŸ“ˆ 38.06 D/B/A Sibanye-Stillwater Limite
406 SNOW 38.14 Snowflake Inc.
407 RBRK ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 38.42 Rubrik, Inc.
408 XYZ 38.58 Block, Inc.
409 UAA 38.65 Under Armour, Inc.
410 TEM ðŸ“ˆ 39.03 Tempus AI, Inc.
411 BLSH 39.51 Bullish
412 ZS 39.53 Zscaler, Inc.
413 CHWY 39.56 Chewy, Inc.
414 LUV ðŸš€ 39.62 Southwest Airlines Company
415 RKLB ðŸ“ˆ 39.95 Rocket Lab Corporation
What Are Bollinger Bands Indicator?

Bollinger Bands are a technical analysis indicator developed by John Bollinger that helps traders gauge price volatility and identify potential overbought or oversold conditions. The indicator is made up of three lines plotted on a price chart. The middle band is typically a 20-period simple moving average (SMA) of the asset's price, representing its intermediate-term trend. The upper and lower bands are plotted a specified number of standard deviations (usually two) above and below the SMA. The key to understanding Bollinger Bands is their dynamic nature. The bands widen during periods of high volatility and contract during periods of low volatility, which is known as a "Bollinger Squeeze." Traders often see this contraction as a sign that a significant price move may be imminent. A common trading strategy involves using the bands to identify relative highs and lows. When the price of an asset reaches the upper band, it may be considered overbought, potentially signaling a selling opportunity. Conversely, when the price touches the lower band, it may be considered oversold, suggesting a potential buying opportunity. However, it's important to use Bollinger Bands in conjunction with other indicators for confirmation, as price can "walk the band" for extended periods during strong trends.