Just realized how underrated the sandwich candlestick pattern is for short-term trading. It's literally one of the cleanest reversal signals you can spot on any timeframe, and honestly, once you see it, you can't unsee it.

Here's the thing: the pattern is super simple. You're looking at three candlesticks where two candles of the same direction basically sandwich one candle going the opposite way. That middle candle that gets 'enclosed'? That's your tell. It means the original momentum just got rejected, and the market's about to flip.

There are two setups you need to know. First is the bullish sandwich—you'll see two red candles wrapping around a green one. This typically shows up when the price has pulled back or is near support. The entry is straightforward: wait for the price to break above the high of that middle green candle, then go long. Your stop loss sits below the lowest point of all three candles, and your target is basically your entry price plus the height of the entire pattern. It's mechanical, which is why it works.

Then there's the bearish sandwich—flip it around. Two green candles sandwich a red one, usually appearing after a bounce or near resistance. You short when price breaks below the low of that middle red candle. Stop loss goes above the highest candle, and your profit target is entry minus the pattern height.

Why this works? The middle candle represents the failed attempt to continue the original trend. When it gets engulfed like that, it's showing you that the pullback or bounce was just noise. The real trend is reasserting itself. That's why the certainty is so high—you're not guessing, you're reading what the market already told you.

If you trade on any timeframe, adding the sandwich candlestick pattern to your toolkit is a no-brainer. Clean entries, clear stops, defined targets. That's all you need.