Coinciding Signals - $VIX Spike Peak & Modified Bollinger Band

By Lawrence G. McMillan

When one is using technical systems for trading, it seems logical to expect that when two or more systems are giving similar signals, the result should be better than when a lone system is generating a signal. But does an analysis of the results confirm that fact? In this article, we’re going to look at a couple of our own systems and determine when they had coinciding signals. The idea for this study originated when a subscriber – pleased with the performance of the coinciding $VIX “spike peak” buy signal and the “modified Bollinger Band” buy signal (both occurring on February 6th) – wondered if simultaneous buy signals from these two systems always produced superior results...

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