APXTradez - TTM Squeeze

🔹 APXTradez TTM Squeeze — Summary & How To Use It
What this indicator is
- This is a volatility + momentum engine built for options trading.

It does two jobs at the same time:
- Shows when price is coiling and ready to move (volatility compression using Bollinger Bands vs Keltner Channels).
- Shows which side has control (bullish vs bearish momentum, and whether that pressure is growing or cooling off).

- You use it to time entries on explosive directional moves (breakouts/breakdowns) and to avoid dead chop.

1. Volatility / Compression Logic (the dots)
- This script measures how tight price is by comparing:
- Bollinger Bands (BB): tracks standard deviation (volatility).
- Keltner Channels (KC): tracks ATR (true range / movement).

- When the Bollinger Bands get tighter than the Keltner Channels, price is literally getting bottled up. That’s what traders call “a squeeze.”
- This script splits that squeeze into tiers so you know how aggressive it is:

Orange Dot = High Compression
- BB are inside the tightest Keltner channel (kcMultHigh).
- This is the tightest coil. Energy is loaded.
- Translation: “Something is about to happen here. Pay attention.”

Red Dot = Medium Compression
- BB still inside KC, but looser than orange.
- Pressure building, not maxed.

Yellow Dot = Low Compression
- Still compressed, but wider than red.
- Early stage coil.

Black/Dark Dot = Fired / No Compression
- BB are no longer inside KC.
- The squeeze “released.”
- Translation: “The move is now happening.”

So visually, you’ll often see a sequence like:
yellow → red → orange → black.

That’s the life cycle:
Coil tighter and tighter.
Then BOOM: release.
That release is often where traders take entries.

How to trade the dots

- When you see orange dots stacking, you’re in max coil. You prepare, you don’t FOMO-enter yet.
- When the dots flip to black, that means volatility just expanded (squeeze fired).
- You only want to follow that release in the direction of momentum (see histogram section below). Do not blindly buy every “black.”

So:

- Identify compression (orange/red/yellow).
- Wait for “fired” (black).
- Then check: is momentum actually pushing bullish or bearish, or is it weak?
- That prevents chasing fake breaks.

2. Momentum Histogram (the bars)
- The lower histogram measures momentum using a linear regression on price and a smoothed EMA. In simple terms: it’s checking if price is pushing with force or fading.

It splits momentum into four readable states:

Bullish Side
- Bull Rising (Teal Bright)
- Momentum is above 0 and increasing.
Translation: “Buyers are in control and getting stronger.”
- This is the ideal bullish continuation / call side pressure.

Bull Cooling (Teal Faded)
- Momentum is above 0 but starting to slow down.
Translation: “Still bullish, but momentum is losing steam.”
- You can still stay in the trade, but be aware it’s not accelerating anymore.

Bearish Side
- Bear Pressing (Yellow Bright)
- Momentum is below 0 and getting more negative.
Translation: “Sellers are in control and pressure is increasing.”
- Great for puts / downside continuation.

Bear Cooling (Yellow Faded)
- Momentum is below 0 but starting to weaken.
Translation: “Still bearish, but selling force is easing.”
- Possible bottoming / potential reversal building soon.
- There’s also a zero line plotted. That’s your “neutral axis.”

Bars above zero = bullish regime.
Bars below zero = bearish regime.
Cross through zero = possible momentum flip.


How to read the histogram with the dots
- This is where it gets powerful.

Bullish breakout setup (calls):
- You’ve had compression dots (yellow/red/orange).
- Dots flip to black (squeeze fired).
- Histogram is teal and in “Bull Rising” (bright teal above zero and increasing).
→ That means volatility JUST expanded, and buyers are actually in control. That’s your A+ long/bullish continuation scenario.

Bearish breakdown setup (puts):
- You’ve had compression dots.
- Dots flip to black.
- Histogram is “Bear Pressing” (bright yellow below zero, getting more negative).
→ That means the release is to the downside with real selling pressure, not just a fake wick. That’s your A+ put/downside continuation scenario.

3. Timeframe and Trade Intent
This thing is designed to sit in its own lower panel (overlay = false). You watch it like MACD / Squeeze Pro, but cleaner and more obvious.

Recommended for:
- 4H and Daily: locating swings (2–5 day option plays).
- 5m / 15m / 1h: timing entries on liquid names if you’re doing intraday.

Flow is usually:
- Find the setup on a higher timeframe (Daily / 4H squeeze).
- Drop down one timeframe (1H / 15m) and enter on the first bullish or bearish “fire” in the same direction.
- This keeps you from randomly guessing entries.

4. Cheat Sheet (what to actually do)

Calls (bullish swing):
- You see clustered orange/red/yellow dots → stock is coiling.
- Then you get a black dot → squeeze fired.
- At the same time, the histogram turns bright teal (Bull Rising) and stays above zero.
-That’s your “calls / long continuation” look.

Puts (bearish swing):
- Compression dots first.
- Black dot shows up.
- Histogram turns bright yellow (Bear Pressing) and stays below zero.
That’s your “puts / short continuation” look.

Take profit / De-risk signs:
- Bullish but teal fades to dull teal → momentum is cooling.
- Bearish but yellow fades to dull yellow → selling is cooling.
- You’re still in trend, but gas pedal is coming off. That’s when you scale or trail.

5. Why this version is different from generic TTM Squeeze
-Most public squeeze indicators just tell you “in squeeze / out of squeeze” and show one color.

APXTradez version:
- Breaks compression into three levels (high / medium / low) so you know how “charged” the setup is, not just whether a squeeze exists.
- Shows the release (black dot) separately, so you instantly see “the moment it fired.”
- Splits momentum into four states, not two. You don’t just see “above / below zero,” you see:
- Building bullish
- Cooling bullish
- Building bearish
- Cooling bearish

That means you can tell:
“Is momentum gaining or dying?” instead of just “Is it green or red?”

Which is way more useful for options timing.