The overlooked indicator that forecasts major breakouts (with incredible accuracy)

[@breannestahlman5953]

4:04 Bollinger Band Squeeze TTM_SQUEEZE 5:17 setup: price: close, length: 20, nk (ATR factor): 1.5, nbb (standard deviation Bollinger Band factor): 2, alert line:1) measure volatility compression. 5:44 Bollinger Band (purple), same settings 5:49 Keltner Channel (light blue) 5:52 squeeze alert (red dots): Bollinger Band (purple) inside Keltner Channel (light blue). 7:30 Full volatility cycle 12:07 The key 12:15 Example 14:30 An other example with indicators. 15:43 chart

[@avnishpatel9558]

I made a similar thing in trading view, it's just the Bollinger band width divided by the Keltner channel width, public indicator - Bollinger Band/Keltner Channel Width Ratio. I found it useful to shade areas of volatility extremes depending on the ordering of short term EMAs to indicate the short term trend characteristics of the area of interest. Gives some idea if a resolution will be counter trend or not, as with everything not always accurate but helps to some extent.

[@nikerwork4865]

Sir link to the indicator please

[@braddistler5697]

Keltner fan here too. I use it on 1200tick to 30min candles. Check this out I modify it from .2 to .12 and 2atr to a 1. Use normal on along side this and it’s really catch’s the wicks on outer one and if doesn’t close outside keltner enter at that hi or low and the next candle will usually grab order and run the other way not taking more than a few ticks of heat. Nq stop loss will be less than 2pts a lot of times even as low as few ticks stop loss on entry assuming it won’t go more than a tick above or below last candle. Btw if closes outside outer keltner it’ll usually get stuck between the two other lines and don’t go against it because as it slopes it’s staring to trend. Never go against slope angle when countering a candle close.

[@Thestockgobs]

Can u pls elaborate about the settings

[@swatibhosale4465]

@@braddistler5697 what period you use for kelter 1 and 2?

[@d-gamer6063]

Link?

[@robertlevens7908]

Thank you for shining a light on the Volatility Cycle Indicator! Even better that you provided enough information that I could bring it to life in TV. I am finding instances where volume does not come into play on the upside moves when crossing above 1.5. I am now watching SMB more than any other investing channel. Keep up the good work!

[@MisterPDR]

best video ive seen on this channel so far. all very clear!

[@garrettdrinon]

glad you enjoyed!

[@joefeinstein6804]

Thanks Garrett. I find this very elegant and it replaces a few other measures. I'm going to work it into a scan and will share it in the inside access group.

[@garrettdrinon]

awesome!

[@garrettdrinon]

awesome!

[@craigh5631]

Awesome presentation!! Garrett and all of Smb capital mentors do an amazing job of teaching traders in there inside access program!!

[@garrettdrinon]

happy to be a part of it!

[@drvasantbhaipatel6323]

Good explanation ... Every body are behind Money... Trader community seeking for easy money but it's most difficult job... Thanks.

[@vladi3471]

put bunch of MA's on chart starting from 5 MA up to 50 with let say 5 or 10 periods "step". when they "compress" to the range that was smaller than avg ATR for whatever period-that would be your "compression cycle". pretty simple. then you just sit and wait for breakout from this range with a price shoot up up or down with a range and volume > X of your average ATR and volume. done! easy to spot visually, easy to code.

[@figh761]

are you a millionaire ?.I dont have .01 percentage of your knowledge

[@vladi3471]

@figh761 now you do! LOL . Did you put it on your chart? See the "compression zone"? See what happens after price got out of the range? Enjoy!

[@lupoaq]

​@@vladi3471 hi vladi thanks for sharing your knowledge! Is this can be used on all assets like Forex & gold? Also the timeframe doesn't matter right?

[@FadiD86]

Great video - you are a trading genius Garrett

[@Venu-s8u]

Getting insider information is best indicator till date. Sadly not available on any trading platform

[@Myles.C999]

Right so rely on someone else to feed you?

[@Venu-s8u]

@Myles.C999 You missed the point that no perfect indicator is available. Indicator tracks market but don't predict future.

[@ATLJB86]

I use TTM Squeeze in combination with multiple EMAs. 8, 21, 34, 55, 89. When those EMAs are stacks then you know it’s go time. That was back in 2020 when stocks were constantly having explosive moves. Haven’t really used it lately but if we start another bull run then I might.

[@garrettdrinon]

this market has felt similar

[@bobhope707]

Loved the strategy talk at the end. Good Interview.

[@dilshardseneviratne7214]

Thank you very much. Learnt something that i never knew.

[@machoibericodecrianza5549]

Great video always helpful, this is what i have been looking for a ttm squeeze setup

[@garrettdrinon]

glad to hear you enjoyed

[@waynesmith6994]

Which TTM Squeeze is it on Trading View? There are a lot of them

[@patrickschlebesofficial]

I my opinion this one fitts: TTM Squeeze & Momentum by Drecken

[@PolarBearMan33]

Solid video packed with information.

[@manfromdnorthdc1895]

what indicator in trading view can we use to see the volatility cycle?

[@adriannegrean1252]

Really great info with clear explanation. Will give it a try!

[@benv.5170]

Hey Garret, I tried plotting the TTM squeeze on ToS, but the plot shows rounded hills instead of the bars with the dots. Can you share your plot settings for histogram, VolComp, and SqueezeAlert settings if possible?

[@chilatelover]

Hi Garrett, how do you scan for these kinds of opportunities? I know everyone looks at TSLA daily but how did SMCI get on your radar? Great video. TTM stands for for trade the market according to John Carter

[@C00ltronix]

In TOS you can setup a ttm scan for squeezes, then just watch the watchlist

[@jacksmith4517]

How can i set up the volatility cycle indicator on TV?

[@alexthk]

I remember John Carter did a video about this TTM Squeeze indicator for SMB Options, it must still be on SMB's YT channel. Is it as accurate on intraday timeframes? (2min/5min/10Min) Awesome video as always from Garrett!

[@traonick9388]

Good coverage Garret and introduction. There’s more info to be discover in combo to make it successful and questions to explore. Using this for swing, intra day ? Which time frame works best ? Pair this with one or two more indicators and you may find yourself something

[@garrettdrinon]

yes it’s one data point within a larger setup. The question for each trader is which setup. The math works on every timeframe. My preference is to use it on higher timeframes as a contextual tool for my trades. Often it simply informs me of the timeframe with the most energy and therefore which expiration options to buy. One of my go-to metrics.

[@ciorchinos]

do you have some Trading View indicator as reference ?

[@fruitmix4health]

Thanks for explaining standard deviation

[@WealthyChronicle]

This might be the most underrated trading signal I've seen! Why isn’t this taught everywhere? 🤔

[@johnkerr7286]

I use Keltner Channel with a shift (multiplier) of 1 - with 8EMA

[@TrueSTRY]

Wouldn’t it be similar to RSI or the MACD?

[@elsaramirez9188]

😮😮😮😮

[@garrettdrinon]

it’s measuring a very diffeeent dynamic - but there will be some correlation neither MACD nor RSI can alert a certain level of compression MACD there’s no threshold for extension RSI is all about avg up days vs average down days and how many in a single direction, not about volatility expansion

[@tomatojuice12]

Dear Garrett, what are the settings that you have for the volatility cycle? The top and bottom level is what I am asking about. Thank you.

[@garrettdrinon]

here i have the thresholds at 1.5 and 6

[@tomatojuice12]

@@garrettdrinon Thank you for responding. I have learned a lot from your wonderful educational videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I look forward to more.

[@rithirongk]

Thanks a lot for this idea.

[@EkaterinaN28]

Does Bollinger's bands indicator gives mostly the same information, maybe less precise? I just don't like to overfill my charts with too many indicators. Thank you for the video.

[@garrettdrinon]

they are all getting at the same thing - just different ways to visualize it, can choose one

[@Printertrouble]

how does this translate into futures trading

[@garrettdrinon]

same thing

[@krel4115]

Time(fractals) is King.. Price (Candlestick reading) follows... who needs an indicator if a trader mastered the art of naked trading?.. just asking...

[@anthonyxu2003]

Thanks. This is an excellent video, and it has a lot of good information. I just saw this today, but it is difficult for me to build this indicator. Is there a way to get the indicator?

[@anthonyxu2003]

I use ChatGPT writing the script on TOS. But I am not able to get it correctly. I believe the indicator is "The standard deviation of closing prices over 20 bars normalized by the stock's ATR". Top line is 6ATRs and the bottom line is 1.5ATRs. I hope the author can help. Greatly appreciate.

[@garrettdrinon]

@@anthonyxu2003this is correct - i provided the complete math/logic here in order to build it, you nailed it

[@pira76]

What timeframe do you gauge to know if day will have expansive fluid volatility or compressed narrow volatility? To observe it on the 1 minute chart?

[@garrettdrinon]

a 30min chart will show a volatility cycle move that should theoretically play out over the course of about 1 day

[@garrettdrinon]

examples in the free video: MSTR NVDA SMCI TSLA … for more join us on Tuesdays!

[@quantum7401]

Charted volatility is important to me because I am an options trader, but I think it would be cool to see all the greeks charted out.

[@shankarnarayanan973]

@garrettdrinon awesome as always. Is there a way to filter stocks that present this potential or is the only way to scan for breakouts and keep looking at the chart individually? Thanks once again

[@marktradesfutures]

you could create a custom scanner in tradingview to give you a list of stocks based on the customer indicator values input

[@aigerimzhakhina5403]

Thank you for this, where do we find this volatility indicator please ❤

[@garrettdrinon]

the custom vol cycle is shared in Bionic Trader meetings on Tuesdays as part of SMB Inside Access, and the TTM_squeeze can be found on almost any platform

[@billdoerrfeld]

For calculating ATR what lookback period do you use? 20?

[@garrettdrinon]

yes 20 for both the ATR and the Standard Deviation sometimes I use 21 but there’s barely any difference - traditional squeeze is 20

[@mikej3430]

TV has many to choose from. Any suggestions? Tried a few, the setup looks way different. Not sure how much it matters

[@Andreabay90]

wow okay, Nasdaq did this after CPI 14:30 cet , kinda. not a bad comparison tbh.

[@machoibericodecrianza5549]

How many bars does the stdv take?

[@garrettdrinon]

20

[@basschot3302]

Basicly i think it detects accumulation period as part of the "accumulation-->mark up--> distribution-->mark down-->accumulation-cycle""?. There also exist specific indicators for this.. There are also volatility index indicators.... I am going to check this all out🤔🤔🤔

[@garrettdrinon]

i like that way of thinking about it

[@GeorgeFlorence-c7c]

I had problem comprehending trading in general. I tried watching other KZbin trading channels, but they made the concepts more complicated. I was almost giving up until when i discovered content and explain everything in detail. The videos are easy to Follow

[@MatthewRiggs-h3s]

I've been making a lot of looses trying to make profit trading. I thought trading on a demo account is just like trading the real market. Can anyone help me out or at least advise me on what to do?

[@AwesomeGod-o3y]

Trading on a demo account can definitely feel similar to the real market, but there are some differences. It's important to remember that trading involves risks and it's normal to face looses sometimes. One piece of advice is to start small and gradually increase your investments as you gain more experience and confidence. It might also be helpful to seek guidance from experienced traders or do some research on different trading strategies

[@Michealbarbrow]

I will advise you should stop trading on your own if you keep losing.

[@Michealbarbrow]

If you can, then get a professional to trade for you i think that way your assets are more secure

[@alexkingsley4776]

@@MatthewRiggs-h3s No, very different to me. There're stoppage, leakage, overnight fees that didn't appear on demo; and your broker/exchange screws you. Just last night, my SL was reset by somebody else.

[@williamflack6691]

Garrett, what is your volatility indicator? Is it a proprietary indicator you developed?

[@garrettdrinon]

yes

[@vargareo]

@@garrettdrinon How can someone obtain your indicator?

[@RichardHerman-p4h]

@@garrettdrinon are you able to share the indicator? looking for thinkorswim

[@RichardHerman-p4h]

@garrettdrinon are you able to share the indicator for thinkorswim?

[@JesseBarkasy]

I have got to view this video a few more times. I listened this first time while I was driving. You did not mention another possible scenario that TSLA may also be putting in a major long term timeframe double top as well….

[@garrettdrinon]

that’s always a possibility, i said if - all about potential

[@JesseBarkasy]

@@garrettdrinon Yes Sir you did say that. I greatly appreciate you posting this video, all the SMB videos and helping me to learn more. This kind of support is helping my trading even though I work full time at a non trading job. I am listening to these videos multiple times.

[@garrettdrinon]

@@JesseBarkasy that is so awesome to hear. lierally makes my day as i watch TSLA chop around below all time highs

[@JesseBarkasy]

@@garrettdrinon I was nervous for a few days taking heat in my SQQQ position and then yesterday I recovered the losses and sold most of my position at a profit yesterday due to the Fed induced selloff.

[@carllundgren9754]

Thanks Garrett

[@gianlucadotti5541]

Hello Garrett, where can I find this indicator the tts squeeze. I Have to buy or have a license. Thanks

[@garrettdrinon]

almost every platform has the ttm_squeeze

[@vladi3471]

put bunch of MA's on chart starting from 5 MA up to 50 with let say 5 or 10 periods "step". when they "compress" to the range that was smaller than avg ATR for whatever period-that would be your "compression cycle". pretty simple. then you just sit and wait for breakout from this range with a price shoot up up or down with a range and volume > X of your average ATR and volume. done! easy to spot visually, easy to code.

[@erinsmith824]

How do you know if the squeeze is going to be bullish or bearish?

[@swooopg]

Wait for it to break out

[@garrettdrinon]

you don’t, you wait for the breakout

[@erinsmith824]

@@swooopg thank you!

[@xinhongl]

great video as always.

[@garrettdrinon]

thank you

[@zd676]

I wonder how much of this can be proxied by just measuring level of clustering of MAs over a period of time, because this is much simpler both to measure and understand.

[@garrettdrinon]

i’d argue that’s more complex and far less informative and still not quantifiable - but everyone is different, whatever works for you

[@anasiruni2347]

Will this work on Futures

[@garrettdrinon]

yes, same math

[@ChrisHamberg-ok2cz]

Can you tell me whether this indicator strategy can help prevent falling for false breakouts,and what the “win rate” is for true breakouts?

[@Dieselpower24]

I need a volume indicator like the one Garret has, I find volume indicators hard to read.

[@gianlucadotti5541]

Hello Garrett, I don't believe that 6 atr can be valid on every stock. I think that every stock has own volatility. Right?

[@garrettdrinon]

very right that every stock has its own volatility, this is why we use ATR in the formula, to normalize the standard deviation to the stock’s volatility - when ATR is in the denominator that is what happens here, so that the threshold, 6 in this case, is the same number of average true ranges for any given stock

[@nononnomonohjghdgdshrsrhsjgd]

Great channel. Thank you!

[@garrettdrinon]

thanks for watching!

[@jonathanmasih9996]

How can I get access to this indicator?

[@marionpawlowski7645]

I can't make out what volatility indicator you have on the charts. My laptop shows the print so small I can not make it out. Can you just tell me what your volatility is called and is it from tradingview. thanks

[@garrettdrinon]

ttm_squeeze and the vol cycle is a custom indicator shared in Bionic Trader on Tuesdays as part of SMB Inside Access

[@darrellwebster7291]

Link to the indicator would be nice for those watching TNF!😊

[@NoSaixT]

Where is the link to free class?!

[@marionpawlowski7645]

What volatility indicator do you use?

[@garrettdrinon]

the ones in this video

[@ziadhasssn3306]

i cant found it on trading view help please

[@NBCodeCutter]

OBV is the king of breakout confirmation IMHO. My pinescript indicator uses OBV and as long as you're not near key levels, or you're coming off of a deviation, you should be good to ride. Not always, but that's trading ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@SunnyKumar-nn5wm]

How it's better then this

[@lalog4978]

Whats the indicator ?

[@kanwaljitsingh432]

My head is spinning, is there particular TTM indicator on tradingview cuz there is so many? Also if you don't mind sharing the other indicator, sorry I am newbie.

[@garrettdrinon]

i think the first one on tradingview looks good custom indicators are for Inside Access members - but i did provide in the video everything someone would need in order to build it

[@jk5784]

TTM , BB, KC are all EMA or SMA based ? Thanks .

[@garrettdrinon]

the standard deviation is with a simple average when people use a bollinger band they are extending this standard deviation from a moving avg of price, in which case i like the exponential, same for keltner

[@ciorchinos]

the data are lagging so if you want to trade this you are all the time late or you in a position of high risk into the position

[@garrettdrinon]

everything is lagging

[@craigmcguire6573]

No such thing as a forward looking indicator, if there was we’d all be millionaires

[@TopJoo7]

wow this TTM is like a better RSI indicator

[@garrettdrinon]

agree re the full volatility cycle - ttm only quantifies the compression end of the spectrum

[@yoginacharya2150]

Thank you Jeff & SMB team🙏

[@yelowclapton7461]

Muy interesante el concepto acumulacion Energia..Gracis desde España.

[@garrettdrinon]

you’re welcome!

[@CrispyDollar]

Wasnt AMC doing this now?

[@johnnyang7244]

AKA ttm squeeze by john carter, the GOAT.

[@garrettdrinon]

he’s great with this

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How much u pay your trader per month ..

[@aleksc5931]

You speak of red and green dots, but unfortunately your Instagram is showing only dark gray dots?

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With over exuberant costs in the 1000's for premium custom indicators, AI trading software, nice to see you can still drive a nail with a hammer!!!

[@crashonthehumble]

Thank you

[@garrettdrinon]

you are welcome

[@daffyduck8244]

NVDA??? Is that the only example he can offer us. Certainly. with his space age signal? All we get is two examples

[@TraderTre505]

thank you🙏

[@garrettdrinon]

you are welcome

[@lucianosantucci108]

Could it be that positive news on that stock was the catalyst 😊

[@garrettdrinon]

of course

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[@BenzaminDo]

you can use your eyes to detect the price is currently squeezed, not have to use this indicator :))

[@garrettdrinon]

savvy

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[@jackskal4302]

show me this same results on 1 month period with 10 different stocks.

[@garrettdrinon]

kind of exercise a trader might do

[@ciorchinos]

I ve backtested your strategy over 1000 trades and does not perform very well

[@garrettdrinon]

what strategy?

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[@garrettdrinon]

everything lags

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depends what your strategy is doesn’t it

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[@garrettdrinon]

i feel your frustration - many channels do what you are saying! but curious, what do you think we’re hiding in this 20 minute breakdown? - i’m giving you all i got here on this very specific subject… trading is layered and nuanced, of course there’s a lot that goes into every decision and we work on these decisions every day… impossible to fit all into a single 20 minute video - but i hope we are helping peel the onion one layer at a time

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[@garrettdrinon]

you’re welcome

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what does that mean