# Bollinger squeeze — NSE scan

> Bands within 8% of the middle — compressed ranges that usually resolve with a move.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/squeeze

```sift
where bb().width < 0.08 and close > sma(200)
```

Volatility is the one thing in markets that reliably mean-reverts: quiet periods are followed by loud ones. A squeeze says nothing about direction, only that the range has compressed to the point where it is unlikely to stay there.

Category: [Volatility](https://patternsradar.com/scans/volatility.md). Default universe: top 500 NSE stocks by 20-day turnover.

Guides: [Bollinger band squeeze screener for NSE](https://patternsradar.com/blog/bollinger-band-squeeze-screener.md).

The rendered page runs this scan against the latest session and can replay it across the last 250 sessions to measure its hit rate: https://patternsradar.com/screener/squeeze.