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FREE SANDWICH BARS INDICATOR FOR METATRADER

Catch explosive breakouts after tight consolidation

Find the moments when the market is about to move. This indicator detects high-compression setups and highlights clean breakout opportunities—so you can enter strong moves with clarity and confidence.

  • Spot breakout setups after tight consolidation
  • Catch strong price moves early
  • Avoid noise and low-quality signals
  • See clear bullish and bearish breakouts on the chart
  • Trade momentum with better timing
  • Save time—no need to scan candles manually
  • Set alerts and never miss a setup
  • Works on any symbol and timeframe
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Description

The PZ Sandwich Bars indicator scans the chart for one of the most effective and overlooked breakout formations: a single candle that fully engulfs several previous bars—compressing price and then breaking out strongly. This "sandwich" of compressed price action followed by a breakout offers a high-probability setup for directional trades.

A Sandwich Bar is defined as a bar that entirely contains the range of multiple preceding bars, effectively rejecting all previous price activity and dominating the range. These setups often occur after periods of consolidation and signal a strong intent by the market to move in a defined direction.

Reading the signals is straightforward:

  • A blue box indicates a bullish breakout
  • A red box indicates a bearish breakout

You can customize the pattern size by adjusting the minimum and maximum range of bars that should be contained within the sandwich formation. This allows you to filter out weak setups and focus on high-compression breakouts.

Input Parameters

  • Min Range: Minimum number of bars the sandwich candle must engulf
  • Max Range: Maximum number of bars the sandwich candle may engulf
  • Max History Bars: Number of past bars to scan when the indicator loads
  • Drawing Settings: Customize box color, line thickness, and label sizes
  • Alerts: Enable or disable notifications via popup, email, push, or sound

What To Expect

This indicator is designed to highlight rare but powerful breakout patterns. Sandwich Bars do not occur frequently, but when they do, they offer clear, visual trade setups that can be incorporated into both discretionary and automated trading strategies. Because the pattern is based on completed candles and fixed conditions, it does not repaint or backpaint.

Disclaimer

This indicator is a tool for technical analysis only and is designed to assist in chart interpretation. It does not constitute financial advice, investment recommendation, or any guarantee of results. Trading involves a high risk of loss and can result in the loss of your entire capital. Use this indicator at your own risk and only with money you can afford to lose. For complete details, please read our Terms and Conditions.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A Sandwich Bar is a price action formation where a single candle engulfs the high and low of several preceding bars. It signals strong momentum and often precedes a breakout. This setup indicates that price has compressed and is ready to expand in one direction.

A blue box means a bullish breakout has occurred. A red box means a bearish breakout. The box appears when the engulfing candle closes, confirming the breakout.

No. The PZ Sandwich Bars Indicator does not repaint or backpaint. Signals are confirmed and drawn only after the sandwich bar is fully formed and closed.

While inside bars are fully contained within the previous candle, a Sandwich Bar goes further—it engulfs the range of multiple candles, not just one. It combines aspects of compression and breakout in a single visual setup.

Yes. You can adjust the minimum and maximum number of bars that the sandwich candle must engulf. This allows you to filter for either tighter or broader consolidation setups.

Yes. You can receive alerts via on-screen popups, sound, push notifications, or email. Alerts are triggered when a new sandwich bar breakout is detected.

The indicator works on any instrument or timeframe supported by MetaTrader 4. However, higher timeframes (like H1, H4, or D1) tend to produce fewer but more reliable signals.

The “Max History Bars” setting controls how many candles back the indicator will scan to identify past signals. Increasing this value lets you see more historical setups on your chart.

Yes. The indicator is visually intuitive, requires no advanced technical knowledge, and is easy to configure. It's a great tool for traders who rely on price action.

Use it to identify high-probability breakout setups after periods of compression. Combine it with trend analysis, support/resistance, or momentum filters to improve accuracy and reduce false breakouts.