Hi 12Noon, I will try my hand at answering your post. The pattern in the PS Pattern1 is just that - a BUY pattern - there is no coresponding sell as it relates to this pattern. There is a ton of "pattern" information from various sources and are rather easy to enter into the Explorer. I have a number of patterns set up in my Explorer and run them against the securities I monitor. Here is an example of a "SELL" pattern: If(C<Ref(L,-1) AND H>Ref(H,-1) AND L<Ref(L,-1),1,0). The source of this pattern is from information published by Larry Williams. You mighy also check out a recent post to the Traders Tips from TASC in Metastock's Trading Resources on "Targeting Your Pattern." Charley

Since the Low of any bar is always lower than the Close, the above exit long condition can be simplified this way: [code:1:48d9321e38]H>Ref(H,-1) AND L<Ref(L,-1)[/code:1:48d9321e38]... which is another way of saying, "exit on outside days". In any case, note that it is only possible to trade an inside/outside day on the next trading day (or next trading bar if trading intraday), since the High & Low of the day can only be known after the market closes. jose '-) http://metastocktools.com

In that case, you would need to add C<Ref(C,-1): C<Ref(C,-1) AND H>Ref(H,-1) AND L<Ref(L,-1) jose '-) http://metastocktools.com .