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Volatility Radar

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Last reviewed Jun 23, 2026Educational only, not financial advice.

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Compression finds unusually quiet range states.

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Use the compression lane for coiled setups.

Use Compression when looking for tight ranges, low ATR percentile, narrow bands, or squeeze conditions before possible expansion.

The screen is built to keep quiet setups from disappearing behind active movers.

Source and review notes

Reviewed against Volatility Radar product requirements on 2026-06-23. Educational only; not investment, tax, or legal advice.

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Volatility Radar

64 questions

Last reviewed Jun 23, 2026Educational only, not financial advice.

Short answer

Compression finds unusually quiet range states.

Use this to

Use the compression lane for coiled setups.

Use Compression when looking for tight ranges, low ATR percentile, narrow bands, or squeeze conditions before possible expansion.

The screen is built to keep quiet setups from disappearing behind active movers.

Source and review notes

Reviewed against Volatility Radar product requirements on 2026-06-23. Educational only; not investment, tax, or legal advice.

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Tools FAQs

Is Volatility Radar an options tool?

What stock data powers Volatility Radar?

Why does the tool need historical candles?

What happens when a ticker has limited history?

What is the Volatility Radar Score?

Which components make up the Radar Score?

How is realized volatility measured?

Why use 5D, 10D, 20D, and 60D windows?

What does volatility percentile mean?

How does the volatility change score work?

Can high realized volatility be a caution signal?

What is ATR percent?

What counts as range expansion?

What does close location inside the range show?

How is Unusual Range different from Volatility Expansion?

What is the Compression Score?

How does Bollinger Band width percentile help?

What is Keltner and Bollinger squeeze state?

What does 10D high-low range compression mean?

How does Breakout Watch work?

How does Mean Reversion Watch work?

How is gap risk scored?

What is overnight gap frequency?

What does average absolute gap show?

How is max recent gap used?

What is post-gap continuation or reversal?

How does volume confirmation work?

What is relative volume?

Why does dollar volume matter?

How is volume trend used?

What is Low Liquidity Volatility?

What is price-impact proxy?

Why can thin volume penalize a row?

How does price bucket affect liquidity risk?

Which preset screens are included?

When should I use Volatility Expansion?

When should I use Compression?

When should I use Gap Risk?

When should I use High Beta or High Correlation?

When should I use Unusual Range?

When should I use Low Liquidity Volatility?

When should I use Breakout Watch?

When should I use Mean Reversion Watch?

What is statistical expected move?

Why is it called statistical expected move?

How should I read 1D, 5D, and 20D move bands?

How often does Volatility Radar rebuild full metrics?

What updates during intraday refreshes?

What do freshness labels mean?

What does data confidence mean?

What is inside the ticker detail drawer?

What does why-this-ranks explain?

What does what-changed explain?

Which columns appear in the main table?

Why does clicking a row open a drawer?

Can screens be saved?

What exactly does a saved screen preserve?

Which alert rules are available?

How do screen-movement alerts work?

How are repeated alert events avoided?

What should I do when a screen is empty?

Can Volatility Radar rows be exported?

Who can access Volatility Radar?

Does Volatility Radar provide investment advice?