Tour of APS Automatic Pattern Search - Search Results

The search may take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours depending on the price history file size and on the number of search lines specified (in this example only one line was created). In this example, four patterns were found by the program. Each line in the output corresponds to a price pattern that satisfies the performance parameters set. The column labels are:

File Name is the data file used in the search.
Index is a number used internally, classifying price patterns.
 Index Date is used internally and corresponds to the date of the latest pattern occurrence in the data file.
Trade on is either Open or Close and is the trade entry point.
PL is the percent profitability of patterns suitable for long positions. In this case PS = 100 – PL
PS is the percent profitability of patterns suitable for short positions . In this case PL = 100 – PS.
CL is the number of maximum consecutive losers for the pattern.
Type is either Long or Short. Patterns with a Long type are used for long positions and Short types for short positions. 
Target shows the profit target value used in the search. Stop shows the stop-loss value used in the search.
C indicates the type of profit target and stop-loss, % stands for percentages of entry price and inc for points added to entry price.
Last Date is the most recent date (last) in the data file)