Price is getting tight
Scanner name: Compression. The stock is moving in a small space. It may stay quiet, or it may make a bigger move later.
What to do: Put it on your watchlist. Wait for the price to prove a direction.
BLACK SIGMA // SETUP LIBRARY
Know what the scanner is seeing.
Plain English first. A setup is a reason to research—not a promise that a stock will move or a reason to rush into a trade.
Price is pushing up
Scanner names: Upside Break / Fast Up Move. Price moved above a recent area with stronger activity.
What to do: Check whether it can hold above that area. Do not chase a move that is already stretched.
Price is pushing down
Scanner names: Downside Break / Fast Down Move. Price moved below a recent area with stronger selling activity.
What to do: Treat it as a bearish research idea, not proof of a crash. Check support and the broader market.
The move is late
Scanner name: Extended / Pullback Risk. The price has already traveled far compared with its normal range.
What to do: Skip the chase. Wait for a fresh base, pullback, or a new setup.
ADVANCED RESEARCH—ONLY WHEN THE DATA IS CONNECTED
“Squeeze” and “flush” are not all the same.
The scanner will not claim it knows the cause without the right feed. These names stay research-only until the needed data is available.
Squeeze candidates
- Short squeeze: needs current short-interest and float data.
- Gamma ramp: needs options positioning / dealer exposure.
- Liquidity squeeze: needs order-book depth.
- Micro-squeeze: price-volume proxy only until float data is connected.
Flush candidates
- Gamma crash: needs options positioning / dealer exposure.
- Liquidity flush: needs live order-book data.
- Stop cascade: daily-bar proxy; it cannot see individual stop orders.
- Micro-flush: price-volume proxy only until float data is connected.
The simple rule: the app can show price, activity, structure, and risk now. It cannot truthfully identify the person behind a trade or the exact cause of a move unless the connected data proves it.