
Cycle Trading Terminology
Basement Supply – These are areas of potential selling pressure that arise when a stock reaches certain round-number percentage gains (typically 50%, 100%, 200%, etc.). These levels often serve as excellent price targets and provide strong reasons to be on alert for a sell signal or a shorting opportunity. Traders should be especially cautious as stocks approach these thresholds, as they frequently trigger profit-taking.
MAXC6-This simple and subtle formula can be excellent for identifying shifts in a trend direction before it is obvious to most traders. To use this, whatever timeframe you are trading on, look for a bar close that is the FIRST bar to close greater than the prior 6 bar closes.
For the TC-2000 platform the PCF formula would be written C > MAXC5.1
BEaST-this is a 'bullish engulfing on steroids' setup that can indicate a major price bullish price advance lies ahead.
Option Rippers-these are option trades driven by momentum and cycle-based price squeezes.
Bermuda Triangle-Bermuda Triangles are triangles that form at the completion of a price channel and can identify near exact turn zones based on a few technical indicators (usually CCI, Keltner Channels, and TSS Cycles).
Pattern Quality-a momentum chart analysis technique that helps to grade momentum stocks based on the quality of the price action inside of cycle-based price channels.
BKTC Market Rating-this market trend rating system was developed over years of trading the markets and can be highly accurate for determining what side of the market to be on, and when to raise cash levels to mitigate exposure in a market with elevated risk.
PBC Zone-this is a Post Breakout Consolidation Zone. After a breakout of a base, price will pull back into a resting phase before the next leg up. It can offer excellent low-risk entry points for capturing the majority of a Stage 3 trend.
Blue-Sky-this is an area where a stock has reached a price level where there is no longer any overhead supply to slow its advance. Overhead supply is selling pressure created when prior stock buyers sell to recoup some of their losses as price comes back to near their buy point. Blue Sky stocks with very little or no overhead supply (IPO stocks for example) can make dramatic moves.
Price squeeze-this is the apex of a bull and bear battle usually in a triangle or pennant formation with sometimes explosive resolution coming in one direction or another soon. The most powerful of these price squeezes occur where there are multiple converging cycles with strong momentum (BMI & Vector) preceding the consolidation zone.
BMI-this is the Breakout Momentum Indicator. Depending on where price is inside of a ‘super-cycle’ the required BMI reading can vary wildly. When using correctly in filtering trades, it can home in on the very best trading prospects in the market in just minutes after running pre-built momentum trading scans with these formulas written into them.
PPP Zone-this is a Psychological Price Point (Common: $5, 10, $25, $50, $100 etc.) where price tends to find either: resistance at, or once crossed, support on the pullback. PPP Zones can can act as support or resistance over weeks if not months and can be a powerful trading strategy in and of itself.

Raw Stock List-this is a filtered list of the top potential cycle-based stocks in the market. Generally, about 10% of the stocks in the market have decent cycle-based price squeezes. Further filtering using price action analysis will usually get the premier stocks in the market down to a list of about a few dozen.
BUTT-Back Up The Truck! When we call this out in the club, pay attention. These stocks exhibit a high level of price strength and the potential for a significant price advance ahead. These stocks, in addition to displaying strong momentum, generally offer a lower level of risk and higher probability of follow-through. Stocks coming out of long extended bases or very orderly TSS cycle channels often fall into this category.
ROHS-Recent Overhead Supply- Overhead supply that is usually within 12 months back from the current share price.
DOHS-Distant Overhead Supply-refers to areas of potential selling pressure that may slow the advance of a stock’s price and is ‘supply’ that is usually 12-24 months or more back (momentum stocks on the daily time frame).
CAT-3-CAT lines are cycle adaptive trend lines. When CAT-3 sets, oftentimes price is within 5-15 bars of completing its price channel (time frame dependent). CAT-3 may also refer to ‘cycle-adaptive trend’ channels and is a powerful strategy for filtering stocks for 'meat of the move' trades.
Slinky-this is a cycle-based price squeeze, and forms when the most recent cycles have an elevated price action compared to the prior cycle zones. When this occurs, price can ‘squeeze,’ oftentimes in an explosive fashion especially when using our momentum filters (BMI-VR).
CH-3 & CH-4-these are ‘channel sets’ marking the final leg in a trend channel. Price here is often within 25% of the completion of a channel and when you can spot the formation of these zones, it can make it very easy to find the next trade reversal zone. TSS Cycle trend channels can be a powerful way to trade on any time frame. You can find out more about these channels here: Hidden Grid Training
Super-cycles-big long-term momentum stock breakouts usually do so via formation of a ‘super-cycle.’ These are generally 8-15+ month price trend channels on high vector stocks though super-cycles on very high-quality stocks like AMZN, AAPL, NVDA etc can last not only for years but even decades. The heart and soul of the Big Kahuna style of wave trading are on high vector stocks with super-cycles that last generally 12-24 months max.

SWPO-this stands for Shockwave Power Options. These are option trades where the option strike prices are significantly away from the current price of the stock and the option expiration is just a short time away (WOTM Options Way-Out-Of-The-Money). These option prices can move significantly in a short period of time (a few days to a few weeks), especially when a cycle-based price squeeze is present.
Deep Tube Trade – This is one of our Banzai Elite Wavetrader trades. The buy point occurs during the pullback from an initial high-momentum base breakout, typically within a few days of the first wave peak. These breakouts often happen following a 6-12 month low. When filtered using our BMI and VR indicators, these setups can often lead to 5x, 10x, or even 20x returns (or more) on options by getting in before other traders spot the opportunity.
Trade Silos-this strategy uses a unique approach to building wealth quickly by stacking option trades back-to-back, rolling the gains from the prior trade into the next trade (100% of the prior gains into the next trade). This can be highly risky unless done smartly. It is especially powerful when you can fund an initial trade silo with the gains from a much smaller amount used (for example turning $500 into $5K). More on trade silos HERE (12:32 On video)
Deuterium-the Deuterium trade (formerly called ‘millionaire-maker’ pattern because it epitomizes strength within cycles and offers the potential for high-performing follow-through). These are superior cycle-based trades and are our best performing trading strategy.
They are called Deuterium trades due to the rarity of the best of the best setups (oftentimes 1 out of 6500 stocks qualify, which resembles the number of deuterium isotopes in hydrogen: heavy water)
T-MAAANNG Stocks…These are the ‘Big 8’ stocks. The stock symbols are Tesla, META, Apple, Amazon, AMD (recently added), Netflix, NVDA and Google. Learning the consistent day-to-day price action can enable you to have a small, focused list to trade from.
Trading Ponds – Since cycle-based trades can develop over weeks or even months, isolating stocks with the right setups and building cycle-based trading ponds is an excellent way to maintain a steady supply of high-quality trade opportunities. As one trade completes, another cycle-based trade channel can begin, ensuring a consistent flow of potential trades.
Frilled Dragon-Also called a ‘dragon’ bar. This is a wide trading range bar and is a one-day price spike. On stocks on the daily time frame, the bar may encompass a 10-15%+ gain or loss from high to low but the strongest generally have a 25-35%+ gain from low to high. Price generally closes within 35-70% of the high and low of the bar suggesting a potentially significant move ahead once the direction is confirmed. When combined with the BMI indicator, it can often signal strong prospects for future follow-up breakouts. The initial price spike often occurs on a pending news event or rumor that when resolved may initiate an actual breakout in the share price, in many cases weeks if not a few months in the future.
TSS Cycles-these are cycles discovered over a few decades of reverse engineering big winning stocks. These cycles when applied to trend lines based on bar count occur on all time frames and bar types and can allow for an uncanny knack for finding primary trend reversal points. TSS stands for Trendline Setting Spike with trendlines that are drawn across the highs (for longs) and across the lows (for shorts).
VR-Stands for Vector…it is a measurement of ‘price in time.’ Whereas the BMI indicator measures how far price advanced, VR measures it in what amount of time it took to create those gains.
Good Air-a pullback from a high momentum breakout where the prices have maintained some cushion between the original breakout point and the lows of the consolidation zone (especially where a PPP Zone is present) 'Good Air' can suggest strength in the stock’s price and possibly a strong follow-up breakout ahead.
WAB-this means ‘walk-a-box.’ When a TSS sets if you were to wrap a box around X # of bars from that TSS set and buy a breakout of the reversal out of that box, you can oftentimes nail a ‘channel turn’ within 2% of the beginning of a new channel. WA6B means 'walk a six box of bars' and trade the reversal.

WOTM-Way-Out-Of-The-Money-these are generally lower probability option trades but when combined with converging TSS Cycles can create explosive option trades with potential mega-returns. Options that have a distant strike price and are nearing expiration can be bought dirt-cheap (oftentimes allowing you to control 1,000-3,000+ shares for as little as $100). Learning these hidden cycles that most traders are unaware of and the Black-Scholes option pricing methodology does not take into account, can allow stealth entries on options that have the potential for lottery-like winnings.
-H Channel-these are time-based price channels. The dominant channels for scalping differ from the dominant hourly channels for swing trading.
High Breaker-a BEW trade which is often the final leg of a high momentum stock super-cycle.
WTR-BARS—stands for Wide Trading Range Bars. These are price bars (any time or bar type) that tend to indicate strong conviction for a price advance/ decline if these bars occur in a trend. Weak closes on the bar after a trend followed by small inside bars could indicate a trend reversal soon.
Zone Trading-our Banzai Zone Trading builds trade entry strategies based on PPP Zones combining our momentum (BMI) and Vector (VR) at key price points that target natural psychological based price floors (and ceilings) for precision entries on the right stocks at the right time.
FAQ's
The discovery of TSS Cycles, which occured over a few decades of chart study of high performing stocks, led to an easy visual way to spot significant turning points in a price trend...oftentimes initiating stock trends that last for years. The research was eventually moved to short-term trading and can be a powerful way to spot intraday turns in futures, indexes and Forex trends.
We are demonstrating the power of this new form of cycle-based trading via our social media platforms. You can find the links to these at the bottom of this page and you can also find more information at: https://www.bigkahunatradingclub.club/
TSS Cycles can allow you to spot SIGNIFICANT trend shifts, regardless of what time frame you are trading on, and allow you the opportunity to get into the trade early by using the right technicals at the right time to increase your odds of success.
The best way to demonsrate this visually is to look at a chart of a stock that you are familiar with and imagine how powerful an optimal entry would be in maximizing your gains on a trade, buying at a near perfect entry zone. This is what cycle-based trading can do for you. Those random 'perfect entries' are often where cycle-based channels form.
Unlike breakout trading, commonly used by short-term swing traders, the Big Kahuna style of high-momentum stock cycle surfing focuses on stealth trade entries. We use TSS Cycles to pinpoint prime trade entry zones. This approach allows us not only to capture 'meat-of-the-move' trades—securing a significant portion of a stock's trend in the shortest time possible—but also to benefit from favorable options pricing by buying in quiet zones before the implied volatility (IV) spike.
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