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How to Use the Strat Pattern Scanner

Scan results are refreshed once a day at about 05:20 AM UTC. The "Last scan" time at the top of the sidebar shows when the data you are viewing was generated.

1. Choosing a timeframe (1d / 1wk / 1mo / 3mo)

The dropdown at the top of the sidebar switches the whole table between scan timeframes: 1d (daily bars), 1wk (weekly), 1mo (monthly) and 3mo (quarterly). Each timeframe is a separate scan, so the list of tickers and patterns changes when you switch. Your filter settings are kept when you change timeframe.

2. The buttons

• Reset Filters — returns every filter below to its default (everything visible).
• Copy List (TV format) — copies all currently visible tickers to the clipboard as a comma-separated list (e.g. NASDAQ:AAPL,NYSE:IBM), ready to paste into a TradingView watchlist.
• Export (CSV file) — downloads the table exactly as you see it (current filters and sort order) as a CSV file.
• Search ticker… — type any part of a symbol to narrow the table to matching tickers. Input is automatically uppercased; typing AAP matches AAPL, AAP, etc.

3. Sorting the table

Every column header is clickable. Click once to sort ascending (▲), click the same header again to flip to descending (▼). Price, MrktCap, AvgVol and ATR sort numerically; the other columns sort alphabetically. Sorting works on top of whatever filters are active and is kept when you change filters or timeframe.

4. The columns

Column	Meaning
Ticker	The symbol. Clicking it opens the chart on TradingView in a new tab, at the same timeframe you are viewing.
Price	Last close price.
MrktCap(B)	Market capitalization in billions of dollars.
AvgVol(M)	Average volume in millions of shares.
Strat	The detected Strat pattern (e.g. 2-1-2, 3-BAR-BU, PMG-BR). BU = bullish, BR = bearish. The cell's background color shows the candle type of the latest bar — see "Candle colors" below.
Sector	The sector ETF the ticker belongs to (e.g. XLK technology, XLF financials).
TFC (D|W|M|Q|Y)	Time Frame Continuity — one character per timeframe: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly. See "Reading TFC" below.
Inforce	Whether the pattern has triggered (price has broken the trigger level). An orange background marks a trigger that is new since the previous scan.
BF	Broadening Formation position: TOP, BETWEEN, BOTTOM or N/A. Experimental feature.
ATR(D)	Average True Range. The cell color reflects ATR as a percentage of price: green < 3%, orange 3–6%, red > 6% — a quick volatility gauge.

Candle colors (Strat column background)

• Light green — Hammer (bullish reversal candle)
• Dark red — Inverted hammer / bearish hammer
• Dark yellow — Doji (indecision)
• Dark orange — Strat conflict
• Light red — Shooting star (bearish)
• Dark green — Shooting star (bullish context)
• No color — ordinary candle

Reading TFC

Each of the five characters describes one timeframe (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly):

• ↑ — 2-up bar (timeframe trading above the prior bar's high)
• ↓ — 2-down bar (timeframe trading below the prior bar's low)
• 1 — inside bar
• 3 — outside bar
• x — neutral / unchanged

Green characters are pointing up, red characters down. When all five agree in one direction the ticker has Full Time Frame Continuity (FTFC) — filter for those with the FTFC dropdown.

5. The filters

All filters combine — a row must pass every active filter to stay visible. The result count is shown at the top of the sidebar.

• Candle Type — check/uncheck Hammer, Shooting Star, Doji and Others to show or hide rows by the latest candle's type.
• Strat Patterns — one checkbox per pattern. Untick a pattern to hide it; the All checkbox toggles the whole list at once.
• Price / Market Cap / Avg Volume (M) — numeric Min/Max ranges. Leave a box empty for no limit (e.g. Price Min 10 with empty Max shows everything above $10).
• Sector — restrict the table to one sector ETF.
• TFC — substring search on the TFC string using the characters ↑, x, ↓. For example ↑↑ matches any ticker whose TFC contains two consecutive up timeframes.
• FTFC — Yes shows only tickers with Full Time Frame Continuity; No shows the rest.
• Inforce — Yes (pattern triggered), No (not yet triggered), or N/A. Remember: orange cells are triggers that are new today.
• BF (Broadening Formation) — filter by position inside the formation: TOP, BETWEEN, BOTTOM or N/A. Experimental.
• ATR — numeric Min/Max range on the ATR value.

6. Typical workflow

• Pick a timeframe (e.g. 1d for swing setups).
• Filter to what you trade: untick patterns you ignore, set a Price/Volume floor, choose Inforce = No to find setups that have not triggered yet.
• Sort by AvgVol or MrktCap to put liquid names on top.
• Click tickers to review the charts on TradingView, or Copy List to bring the whole result set into a TradingView watchlist.

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