Squeeze, Trend Strength, Gap Level

Learn about the Squeeze, Trend Strength, and Gap Level strategy for GOOG stock on a 195-minute timeframe, identifying potential price action.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Technical Indicators

Part of: Bollinger Bands Strategies

  • Methodology: Technical Indicators
  • Content type: educational
  • Timeframes: 195-minute
  • Markets: GOOG Stock

Indicators used

  • Squeeze
  • Trend Strength

Source video

Decoded from: GOOG Stock Squeeze Setup | Next Move to $340? by Simpler Trading — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Why Google’s trend strength matters
  • 1:05 - The 195-minute squeeze explained
  • 2:10 - The importance of the $300 gap level

Strategy overview

A squeeze is a volatility-compression signal: it flags the moments when a market's trading range has narrowed enough that a range expansion becomes the more likely next event. What distinguishes this entry is that it is named after its three ingredients rather than after a method — squeeze, trend strength, gap level — and the source video's chapter list runs through them in exactly that order: why trend strength matters first, then the squeeze itself, then the price level the move is measured against. Read that way, the title is less a label than a dependency chain: a directional filter, a timing trigger, and a destination.

The timeframe is the least ordinary detail here. A regular US equity session runs 390 minutes, so a 195-minute bar is precisely half of one — two bars per trading day, splitting the session at roughly midday rather than following the usual 60-minute or daily clock. That choice means compression is being measured against half-session behaviour rather than hourly noise, which is a meaningful difference in what counts as a "tight" range. The provenance fits: Simpler Trading built much of its public identity around squeeze-based tooling, so an unusual bar length applied to a familiar indicator is the kind of variation that channel produces.

Worth being clear about what this page is and is not. The entry is a single-ticker read on GOOG anchored to a specific reference level, and the video's headline target is posed as a question, not a claim — the $340 in the title carries a question mark and should be treated as the presenter's framing of an open scenario, not a forecast this page endorses. No mechanical rules were extracted from this source, so there are no thresholds, entry conditions or exit logic recorded here; the indicators are identified by name and timeframe only. The part that travels beyond one chart and one week is the sequencing itself — establish trend context, wait for compression, then define where the move is being measured to.

Topics

trading strategy · technical indicators · pine script · tradingview strategy · goog stock strategy · stock trading strategy · squeeze strategy · trend strength indicator · 195 minute strategy · gap level trading

Frequently asked questions

What is a squeeze setup in trading?

A squeeze identifies periods when volatility has contracted and a market's trading range has tightened. The premise is that compression tends to resolve into expansion, so traders use it as a timing tool — it suggests when a move may be near, while other elements of the setup supply the direction.

Why does this setup use a 195-minute chart?

The regular US stock session is 390 minutes long, so a 195-minute bar is exactly half of it — two bars per trading day. It is a deliberate non-standard choice: compression gets measured against half-session ranges instead of the more common hourly or daily bars, which changes what registers as a tight range.

What role does the $300 gap level play?

The source video treats it as the reference level the setup is measured against. Gap levels are commonly used this way because they mark price zones the market moved through quickly, leaving them as identifiable areas traders watch on the return. In this video it functions as context for the move rather than as a trigger.

Does this page contain the exact entry and exit rules?

No — no mechanical rules were extracted from this source. What is recorded is the indicator set, the 195-minute timeframe and the structure of the video's argument. Because it is a single-ticker discussion tied to particular price levels, treat it as a worked example rather than a standing signal, and backtest any version you build from it on historical data before committing capital.

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