Waddah Attar Explosion

Waddah Attar Explosion is the classic go / no-go gate, rebuilt clean. Following the Waddah Attar Explosion construction, trend power columns plot the bar-to-bar change of a 20/40 EMA MACD line scaled by a sensitivity of 150 (green for upward pressure, red for downward) against an explosion line set to the width of 20-period, 2-deviation Bollinger Bands, plus a dead zone noise floor. Columns that fail either gate print dimmed, reserving full color for momentum that exceeds ambient churn.

How to Trade the Waddah Attar Explosion?

• Column breaks above the explosion line (clear of the dead zone): momentum expanding faster than the volatility envelope, the go condition.
• Column falls back below the explosion line: energy no longer clears ambient volatility; the gate closes.
• Color flip: pressure changed sides. Green permits longs, red permits shorts, in the classic reading.
• Dead zone exit: readings climbed out of the noise floor and count again.

All of these events carry alerts, split by direction where applicable. It gates trades; it sets no stops or targets, so pair it with structure.

Waddah Attar Explosion Settings

• Source (default close): feeds both the MACD line and the Bollinger width.
• Fast EMA Length (default 20), Slow EMA Length (default 40): the MACD pair at the classic defaults.
• Sensitivity (default 150): scales the MACD change into columns readable against the width.
• Bollinger Length (default 20), Bollinger Multiplier (default 2): the bands whose width forms the explosion line.
• Basis (default ATR Multiple): dead zone derivation, via ATR Length (default 100) and ATR Multiplier (default 3.7), or Fixed Size (Ticks) (default 20) for a constant floor.
• Style toggles: Dim Filtered Columns (default enabled), Explosion Gradient (default enabled), and the colors.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does it compare to the TTM Squeeze?

Why are some columns dimmed?

Should the dead zone be ATR-based or fixed?