--- title: "How to Use Pattern Finder to Make TradeMachine® Better" slug: "how-to-use-pattern-finder-to-make-trademachine-better" updated: 2025-06-19T22:40:39Z published: 2025-06-19T22:40:39Z canonical: "patternfinderhelp.cmlviz.com/how-to-use-pattern-finder-to-make-trademachine-better" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://patternfinderhelp.cmlviz.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Use Pattern Finder to Make TradeMachine® Better CEO, Ophir Gottlieb, gives a tutorial on how to use **TradeMachine®** in conjunction with **Pattern Finder** to validate and refine options trading strategies. He then walks through a **real-world example** using TradeMachine’s “Buy the Dip with AI” strategy, backtesting it on the **Mag 7 stocks** with a time-travel mindset: pretending to be in June 2024 and assessing which trades he would have taken based on data available *at that time*. He focuses on trades for **Tesla and Amazon**, showing how Pattern Finder charts could help confirm or **filter out poor trades**, potentially improving performance. Ultimately, he demonstrates how **Pattern Finder serves as a visual confirmation layer** for TradeMachine’s AI-generated strategies — emphasizing that if a chart looks obviously bad, the trade can be avoided, even if it’s algorithmically triggered. [Embedded content](https://www.youtube.com/embed/N9aubPUjyYw) **Timestamps:** **00:10 Disclaimer** **01:02 Brief TradeMachine Overview:** AI-powered options backtester. **01:25 Introducing built-in strategy:** “Buy the Dip with AI.” **01:47** Begins backtest on Mag 7 stocks, simulating June 14, 2024. **02:30** Focusing in on AMZN and TSLA. **03:11** First trade examined: Tesla signal on **July 1, 2024**. **04:16** First Amazon trade: **August 13, 2024**. **04:55** Second Amazon trade: **September 9, 2024**. **05:47** Third Amazon trade: **May 12, 2025**. **06:42** Summary of impact: Removing that one losing trade improves results from **+7% to +115%**. **07:35** Conclusion