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What is Bollinger Squeeze?

volatility compressing until the Bollinger Bands pinch tight.

The number

Bollinger Squeeze is volatility compressing until the Bollinger Bands pinch tight.

What it means

a coiled market stores energy, squeezes resolve into sharp expansions.

Why it matters

it won't tell you the direction, but it tells you a big move is loading.

From the desk

The desk watches this alongside the nine Pulse Score signals when reading a coin. See Methodology for how the score fuses its inputs.

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RSI Divergence

price and momentum disagreeing, new highs with weaker RSI, or new lows with stronger RSI

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Pulse Score

a single signed score per coin, minus hundred to plus hundred

Explainer generated Sep 24, 2026 from the desk glossary. Not financial advice.