Help for MatchTool project
This application is a tool that identifies similar historical patterns to the one specified by the user.
The pattern can be specified in two ways: Prices over last N days or Prices for the given start / end dates.
Main Screen
Similarity Analysis Report
Similarity Analysis Report contains summary and details of historical matches found.
The pattern specified by the user.
Similar historical patterns. The green highlighting indicates the pattern specified by the user.
The black highlighting indicates the similar historical patterns found.
The plot of the pattern specified by the user and similar historical patterns found.
The summary table of future perfromance of the similar historical patterns found. R5D, R20D, R60D columns present returns for 5, 20, and 60 days after the historical pattern.
The detail plots for each similar historical patterns found.
'Update Prices' and 'Edit Stock List' buttons will be available only if
Yahoo & Google Historical Quotes Downloader is installed.
'Edit Stock List' button
Press 'Edit Stock List' button to open stock list file in notepad.
Add/Delete/Update list of tickers to be downloaded. Save file when done. Please note that all tickers must be valid
Yahoo Finance tickers.
'Update Prices' button
Press 'Update Prices' to download data for all companies in stock list file. The
Yahoo & Google Historical Quotes Downloader will start automatically. Please wait till all symbols are downloaded.
