Box range
Neutral — the break decidesHighs and lows locked horizontal — the break side sets the next move
Textbook shape
How to read it
Price crawls sideways between two horizontal levels. Buyers and sellers are balanced; direction is decided only when one side gives way — the box itself is neutral.
The longer the box and the heavier the volume on the exit, the more the break means. SQMATE marks the box and detects breaks of either edge as separate signals.
Real example
US stockJPMWeekly
Completed 2026-05-22
A window SQMATE's detectors actually flagged in past bars. It records a day that worked out — the same shape doesn't always resolve the same way.
On SQMATE
No more eyeballing charts
You don't have to flip through charts hunting for shapes. Signal watch pings your browser the moment a condition is met, patterns on your watchlist arrive by email, and the screener lists every symbol that matched today.
SQMATE draws the lines
Support lines, trendlines, channels — the lines you need to read a pattern are drawn for you, so no time goes into drawing.
Patterns aren't the whole story
The same shape doesn't always resolve the same way. It's safer to read it together with candles, volume, and market context — news, catalysts, flows.