Gap up
BullishPrice jumped clear above the prior bars, leaving a visible empty window — such voids tend to get filled within a short period (three months). One step into the void ends the gap and it leaves the chart
Textbook shape
How to read it
Today's low opens above yesterday's high, leaving a band where no trading happened. Overnight news lifted the price wholesale; that empty band tends to act as support on later pullbacks.
SQMATE marks only young, untouched gaps. Checking what caused the gap (earnings, filings, news) belongs in the read.
Real example
US stockPYPLDaily
Completed 2026-07-15
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.