🏠 Home 🔍 Today's Scan 📰 Daily Report 📈 Hit Rate 📊 Base Rate ❓ Methodology 📚 Learn 🪙 Crypto Scanner 📋 All Tools ⏪ Investment Simulator 🧾 Tax Calculator🧮 Pension vs. Direct ⚡ Leverage ⚖️ Rebalancing 💹 DCA 📉 Averaging-Down B/E 💰 Dividend Calendar
🌅 Pre-Breakout Signal Scan Result
PCTY
Watch Volatility Contraction 📅 Scanned: 2026.09.09 13:05
Pre-Breakout Score
14.0
⚠️ This risk flag is not a ranking — it reflects "chase / volatility risk if entering right now"
Watch

Few overheating or already-surging signals — relatively calm. A good stage to observe pre-breakout conditions patiently.

Caution

Some risk factors present — volatility, short-term overheating, or thin liquidity. Size and scale in carefully if entering.

High Risk

Already surged, RSI overheated, extended far from highs, or earnings imminent. Chasing now carries meaningful pullback risk.

Key Technical Indicators
RSI (14)
44
normal
ADX
35
strong trend
BB Squeeze
✓ Squeeze
bottom 11% band width
OBV Accum.
✗ None
no inflow
Vol Ratio
1.0x
typical
5D Chg
-10.4%
short-term trend
1D Chg
-5.7%
vs. prior close
vs 20D High
+11.4%
distance from high
ATR%
3.9%
daily range
SPY RS 20D
-0.7%
strength vs. market
60-Day Price History
Close Volume Hover for details
Detected Signals (1)
Bollinger Band squeeze
🌅 Technical Diagnostic Summary
PCTY is currently classified as 'Volatility Contraction' on technical indicators. RSI at 44 sits in pullback territory, meeting the conditions for a rebound setup. Bollinger Band width has contracted to the bottom 11% of its past year, consistent with energy building ahead of a possible breakout. ADX 35 with +DI 28 / -DI 24 shows a clearly established uptrend.
📖 How to Read These Indicators

PCTY's RSI(14) currently reads 44. RSI compares the size of recent up moves to down moves to flag stretched conditions in either direction. Readings above 70 are typically read as overbought and below 30 as oversold — this one falls in the 'normal' range. Cross-check this against PCTY's other indicators above before drawing a conclusion. → Learn more

ADX currently reads 35. ADX is a strength-only gauge: it rises when a move is sustained, regardless of which way it points (25+ is considered pronounced). Right now PCTY shows +DI sits above -DI, favoring the upside, putting it in the 'strong trend' range on ADX. Cross-check this against PCTY's other indicators above before drawing a conclusion. → Learn more

PCTY's Bollinger Band width is in the bottom 11% (narrow) of its past year, and the squeeze indicator is currently active. Band-width contraction (a squeeze) means the stock has been trading in an unusually tight range lately. A squeeze is often followed by a volatility expansion in either direction. Cross-check this against PCTY's other indicators above before drawing a conclusion. → Learn more

PCTY's OBV is currently not showing a clear rise (none), and the up/down volume ratio is 1.3x. OBV (On-Balance Volume) uses the cumulative direction of volume to estimate accumulation or distribution. As with any single metric, weigh this alongside PCTY's full indicator set. → Learn more

PCTY's recent volume is running at 1.0x its usual level. It's a simple multiple of current volume over the trailing average — a proxy for how much attention the stock is getting — a reference point for whether order flow is concentrating around this stock. As with any single metric, weigh this alongside PCTY's full indicator set. → Learn more

PCTY's change over the last 5 trading days is -10.4%, and over the last 1 trading day is -5.7%. Both are backward-looking price-change figures, not a forecast of future movement.

PCTY's current price is 11.4% below its 20-day high. This gap to the recent high is often watched as a proxy for nearby resistance. On this measure it currently falls in the 'distance from high' category. This reading is specific to PCTY on this scan date and can change quickly. → Learn more

PCTY's ATR% currently reads 3.9%, a 'daily range' level. ATR% expresses how large the average daily move has been recently, as a percentage of price. Cross-check this against PCTY's other indicators above before drawing a conclusion. → Learn more

PCTY's 20-trading-day relative strength versus SPY (S&P 500 ETF) is -0.7%. PCTY underperformed the S&P 500 over this particular window. Treat this as one data point on PCTY, not a standalone signal. → Learn more

📊 Measured Base Rates for PCTY's Active Signals · Full table

Stocks holding Bollinger Band Squeeze reached +15% 28.3% of the time, versus a 29.3% base rate — not a statistically significant difference (3949 cases). As with any single metric, weigh this alongside PCTY's full indicator set. → Bollinger Band Squeeze

No significant edge was measured for +DI Dominance: 27.0% versus a 29.3% base rate across 8370 cases. Cross-check this against PCTY's other indicators above before drawing a conclusion. → +DI Dominance

Limitations of this page — Automatically calculated, not a stock recommendation. Score is a count of conditions met, not a prediction; base rates are historical measurements only (PCTY diagnostic as of 2026.09.09 13:05).

Past Monitoring History for This Stock (last 2)
📅 2026-09-01 · #10 Entry $160.22 Caution Breakout Imminent (Squeeze + Near Resistance) AI · Peak since +1.1% Tracking 5 trading days
📅 2026-08-28 · #10 Entry $158.15 Caution Breakout Imminent (Squeeze + Near Resistance) AI · Peak since +2.4% Tracking 7 trading days

A history of past monitoring candidates — not investment advice. See the scanner's full track record here.

⚠️ This is a monitoring candidate only, not investment advice. The indicators, score, and diagnosis on this page are the result of technical screening and do not guarantee any return. Price can move up, sideways, or down from here, and any investment loss is the investor's own responsibility. Read the full disclaimer