diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
index b8feba57e4..544df0fb96 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\RuleGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Models\RuleTrigger;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Rule\RuleRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\RuleGroup\RuleGroupRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Rules\TransactionMatcher;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
 use Input;
 use Preferences;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ use Response;
 use Session;
 use URL;
 use View;
+use Config;
 
 /**
  * Class RuleController
@@ -333,6 +335,80 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
         return redirect(session('rules.rule.edit.url'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return \Illuminate\View\View
+     */
+    public function testTriggers() {
+        // Create a list of triggers
+        $triggers = $this->getValidTriggerList();
+        
+        if(count($triggers) == 0) {
+            return Response::json(['html' => '', 'warning' => trans('firefly.warning_no_valid_triggers') ]);
+        }
+    
+        // We start searching for transactions. For performance reasons, there are limits
+        // to the search: a maximum number of results and a maximum number of transactions
+        // to search in
+        $maxResults = Config::get('firefly.test-triggers.limit');
+        $maxTransactionsToSearchIn = Config::get('firefly.test-triggers.max_transactions_to_analyse');
+    
+        // Dispatch the actual work to a matched object
+        $matchingTransactions = 
+            (new TransactionMatcher($triggers))
+                ->setTransactionLimit($maxTransactionsToSearchIn)
+                ->findMatchingTransactions($maxResults);
+    
+        // Warn the user if only a subset of transactions is returned
+        if(count( $matchingTransactions ) == $maxResults) {
+            $warning = trans('firefly.warning_transaction_subset', [ 'max_num_transactions' => $maxResults ] );
+        } else if(count($matchingTransactions) == 0){
+            $warning = trans('firefly.warning_no_matching_transactions', [ 'num_transactions' => $maxTransactionsToSearchIn ] );
+        } else {
+            $warning = "";
+        }
+    
+        // Return json response
+        $view = view('list.journals-tiny', [ 'transactions' => $matchingTransactions ])->render();
+    
+        return Response::json(['html' => $view, 'warning' => $warning ]);
+    }    
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of triggers as provided in the URL.
+     * Only returns triggers that will not match any transaction
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getValidTriggerList() {
+        $triggers = [];
+        $order = 1;
+        $data = [
+            'rule-triggers'       => Input::get('rule-trigger'),
+            'rule-trigger-values' => Input::get('rule-trigger-value'),
+            'rule-trigger-stop'   => Input::get('rule-trigger-stop'),
+        ];
+    
+        foreach ($data['rule-triggers'] as $index => $trigger) {
+            $value          = $data['rule-trigger-values'][$index];
+            $stopProcessing = isset($data['rule-trigger-stop'][$index]) ? true : false;
+    
+            // Create a new trigger object
+            $ruleTrigger = new RuleTrigger;
+            $ruleTrigger->order           = $order;
+            $ruleTrigger->active          = 1;
+            $ruleTrigger->stop_processing = $stopProcessing;
+            $ruleTrigger->trigger_type    = $trigger;
+            $ruleTrigger->trigger_value   = $value;
+    
+            // Store in list
+            if( !$ruleTrigger->matchesAnything() ) {
+                $triggers[] = $ruleTrigger;
+                $order++;
+            }
+        }
+    
+        return $triggers;
+    }    
+    
     private function createDefaultRule()
     {
         /** @var RuleRepositoryInterface $repository */
diff --git a/app/Http/routes.php b/app/Http/routes.php
index 5e16686d9a..c930d03514 100644
--- a/app/Http/routes.php
+++ b/app/Http/routes.php
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ Route::group(
     Route::get('/rules/rules/down/{rule}', ['uses' => 'RuleController@down', 'as' => 'rules.rule.down']);
     Route::get('/rules/rules/edit/{rule}', ['uses' => 'RuleController@edit', 'as' => 'rules.rule.edit']);
     Route::get('/rules/rules/delete/{rule}', ['uses' => 'RuleController@delete', 'as' => 'rules.rule.delete']);
-
+    Route::get('/rules/rules/test_triggers', ['uses' => 'RuleController@testTriggers', 'as' => 'rules.rule.test_triggers']);
+    
     // rules POST:
     Route::post('/rules/rules/trigger/reorder/{rule}', ['uses' => 'RuleController@reorderRuleTriggers']);
     Route::post('/rules/rules/action/reorder/{rule}', ['uses' => 'RuleController@reorderRuleActions']);
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
index c11f3a4a97..c90fcb19f0 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ class JournalRepository implements JournalRepositoryInterface
      *
      * @return LengthAwarePaginator
      */
-    public function getJournalsOfTypes(array $types, int $offset, int $page)
+    public function getJournalsOfTypes(array $types, int $offset, int $page, int $pagesize = 50)
     {
-        $set      = Auth::user()->transactionJournals()->transactionTypes($types)->withRelevantData()->take(50)->offset($offset)
+        $set      = Auth::user()->transactionJournals()->transactionTypes($types)->withRelevantData()->take($pagesize)->offset($offset)
                         ->orderBy('date', 'DESC')
                         ->orderBy('order', 'ASC')
                         ->orderBy('id', 'DESC')
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class JournalRepository implements JournalRepositoryInterface
                             ['transaction_journals.*']
                         );
         $count    = Auth::user()->transactionJournals()->transactionTypes($types)->count();
-        $journals = new LengthAwarePaginator($set, $count, 50, $page);
+        $journals = new LengthAwarePaginator($set, $count, $pagesize, $page);
 
         return $journals;
     }
diff --git a/app/Rules/Processor.php b/app/Rules/Processor.php
index bcd81a4d86..52ece1a647 100644
--- a/app/Rules/Processor.php
+++ b/app/Rules/Processor.php
@@ -87,6 +87,22 @@ class Processor
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the current transaction is triggered by the current rule
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function isTriggered() {
+        return $this->triggered();
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the current transaction is triggered by the list of given triggers
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function isTriggeredBy(array $triggers) {
+        return $this->triggeredBy($triggers);
+    }
+    
     /**
      * @return bool
      */
@@ -110,14 +126,15 @@ class Processor
     }
 
     /**
+     * Method to check whether the current transaction would be triggered
+     * by the given list of triggers
      * @return bool
-     */
-    protected function triggered()
-    {
+     */    
+    protected function triggeredBy($triggers) {
         $foundTriggers = 0;
         $hitTriggers   = 0;
         /** @var RuleTrigger $trigger */
-        foreach ($this->rule->ruleTriggers()->orderBy('order', 'ASC')->get() as $trigger) {
+        foreach ($triggers as $trigger) {
             $foundTriggers++;
             
             /** @var TriggerInterface $triggerClass */
@@ -133,7 +150,15 @@ class Processor
         Log::debug('Total: ' . $foundTriggers . ' found triggers. ' . $hitTriggers . ' triggers were hit.');
 
         return ($hitTriggers == $foundTriggers);
-
+        
+    }
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the current transaction is triggered by the current rule
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function triggered()
+    {
+        return $this->triggeredBy($this->rule->ruleTriggers()->orderBy('order', 'ASC')->get());
     }
 
 
diff --git a/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php b/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..629cdaa112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+/**
+ * TransactionMatcher.php
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Robert Horlings
+ *
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+ * of the MIT license.  See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Rules;
+
+use FireflyIII\Models\Rule;
+use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
+
+/**
+ * Class TransactionMatcher is used to find a list of 
+ * transaction matching a set of triggers
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Rules
+ */
+class TransactionMatcher
+{
+    /** @var array List of triggers to match*/
+    protected $triggers = []; 
+    
+    /** @var int Maximum number of transaction to search in (for performance reasons) **/
+    protected $maxTransactionsToSearchIn = 1000;
+    
+    /** @var array */
+    protected $transactionTypes = [ TransactionType::DEPOSIT, TransactionType::WITHDRAWAL, TransactionType::TRANSFER ];
+
+    /**
+     * Default constructor
+     *
+     * @param Rule               $rule
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     */
+    public function __construct($triggers)
+    {
+        $this->setTriggers($triggers);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find matching transactions for the current set of triggers
+     * @param number $maxResults The maximum number of transactions returned
+     */
+    public function findMatchingTransactions($maxResults = 50) {
+        /** @var JournalRepositoryInterface $repository */
+        $repository = app('FireflyIII\Repositories\Journal\JournalRepositoryInterface');
+        
+        // We don't know the number of transaction to fetch from the database, in
+        // order to return the proper number of matching transactions. Since we don't want
+        // to fetch all transactions (as the first transactions already match, or the last
+        // transactions are irrelevant), we will fetch data in pages.
+        
+        // The optimal pagesize is somewhere between the maximum number of results to be returned
+        // and the maximum number of transactions to consider.
+        $pagesize = min($this->maxTransactionsToSearchIn / 2, $maxResults * 2);
+        
+        // Variables used within the loop
+        $numTransactionsProcessed = 0;
+        $page = 1;
+        $matchingTransactions = [];
+        
+        // Flags to indicate the end of the loop
+        $reachedEndOfList = false;
+        $foundEnoughTransactions = false;
+        $searchedEnoughTransactions = false;
+                
+        // Start a loop to fetch batches of transactions. The loop will finish if:
+        //   - all transactions have been fetched from the database
+        //   - the maximum number of transactions to return has been found
+        //   - the maximum number of transactions to search in have been searched 
+        do {
+            // Fetch a batch of transactions from the database
+            $offset = $page > 0 ? ($page - 1) * $pagesize : 0;
+            $transactions = $repository->getJournalsOfTypes( $this->transactionTypes, $offset, $page, $pagesize)->getCollection()->all();
+        
+            // Filter transactions that match the rule
+            $matchingTransactions += array_filter( $transactions, function($transaction) {
+                $processor = new Processor(new Rule, $transaction);
+                return $processor->isTriggeredBy($this->triggers);
+            });
+        
+            // Update counters
+            $page++;
+            $numTransactionsProcessed += count($transactions);
+            
+            // Check for conditions to finish the loop
+            $reachedEndOfList           = (count($transactions) < $pagesize);
+            $foundEnoughTransactions    = (count($matchingTransactions) >= $maxResults);
+            $searchedEnoughTransactions    = ($numTransactionsProcessed >= $this->maxTransactionsToSearchIn);
+        } while( !$reachedEndOfList && !$foundEnoughTransactions && !$searchedEnoughTransactions);
+        
+        // If the list of matchingTransactions is larger than the maximum number of results
+        // (e.g. if a large percentage of the transactions match), truncate the list
+        $matchingTransactions = array_slice($matchingTransactions, 0, $maxResults);
+        
+        return $matchingTransactions;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getTriggers() {
+        return $this->triggers;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @param array $triggers
+     */
+    public function setTriggers($triggers) {
+        $this->triggers = $triggers;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getTransactionLimit() {
+        return $this->maxTransactionsToSearchIn;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @param int $limit
+     */
+    public function setTransactionLimit(int $limit) {
+        $this->maxTransactionsToSearchIn = $limit;
+        return $this;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getTransactionTypes() {
+        return $this->transactionTypes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $transactionTypes
+     */
+    public function setTransactionTypes(array $transactionTypes) {
+        $this->transactionTypes = $transactionTypes;
+        return $this;
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/config/firefly.php b/config/firefly.php
index 48dde88d9a..911b91e25d 100644
--- a/config/firefly.php
+++ b/config/firefly.php
@@ -219,5 +219,11 @@ return [
         'append_description',
         'prepend_description',
     ],
-
+    'test-triggers' => [
+        // The maximum number of transactions shown when testing a list of triggers
+        'limit' => 50,
+        
+        // The maximum number of transactions to analyse, when testing a list of triggers
+        'max_transactions_to_analyse' => 1000
+    ]
 ];
diff --git a/public/css/firefly.css b/public/css/firefly.css
index 9843f2f058..4ce8b95c80 100644
--- a/public/css/firefly.css
+++ b/public/css/firefly.css
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@
 
 /* cursors */
 .rule-triggers {cursor:move;}
-.rule-actions {cursor:move;}
\ No newline at end of file
+.rule-actions {cursor:move;}
+
+#testTriggerModal .modal-body { max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll; }
diff --git a/public/js/rules/create-edit.js b/public/js/rules/create-edit.js
index 9310d6d8de..9a4c0c812c 100644
--- a/public/js/rules/create-edit.js
+++ b/public/js/rules/create-edit.js
@@ -82,4 +82,33 @@ function removeAction(e) {
     if($('.rule-action-tbody tr').length == 0) {
         addNewAction();
     }
+}
+
+function testRuleTriggers() {
+	"use strict";
+	
+	// Serialize all trigger data
+	var triggerData = $( ".rule-trigger-tbody" ).find( "input[type=text], input[type=checkbox], select" ).serializeArray();
+	
+	// Find a list of existing transactions that match these triggers
+    $.get('rules/rules/test_triggers', triggerData).done(function (data) {
+    	var modal = $( "#testTriggerModal" );
+    	var numTriggers = $( ".rule-trigger-body > tr" ).length;
+    	
+    	// Set title and body
+    	modal.find( ".transactions-list" ).html(data.html);
+    	
+    	// Show warning if appropriate
+    	if( data.warning ) {
+    		modal.find( ".transaction-warning .warning-contents" ).text(data.warning);
+    		modal.find( ".transaction-warning" ).show();
+    	} else {
+    		modal.find( ".transaction-warning" ).hide();
+    	}
+    	
+    	// Show the modal dialog
+    	$( "#testTriggerModal" ).modal();
+    }).fail(function () {
+        alert('Cannot get transactions for given triggers.');
+    });
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/js/rules/create.js b/public/js/rules/create.js
index 617cc284ee..4910378c74 100644
--- a/public/js/rules/create.js
+++ b/public/js/rules/create.js
@@ -31,4 +31,10 @@ $(function () {
 
         return false;
     });
+    
+    $('.test_rule_triggers').click(function () {
+        testRuleTriggers();
+
+        return false;
+    });
 });
diff --git a/public/js/rules/edit.js b/public/js/rules/edit.js
index dc4ab331a5..39876d8c2c 100644
--- a/public/js/rules/edit.js
+++ b/public/js/rules/edit.js
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ $(function () {
         return false;
     });
 
+    $('.test_rule_triggers').click(function () {
+        testRuleTriggers();
+
+        return false;
+    });    
+
     $('.add_rule_action').click(function () {
         addNewAction();
 
diff --git a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
index 63a8aab69a..e9ed71aa0c 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ return [
     'delete_rule'                        => 'Delete rule ":title"',
     'update_rule'                        => 'Update rule',
 
+    'test_rule_triggers'                 => 'See matching transactions',
+    'warning_transaction_subset'         => 'For performance reasons this list is limited to :max_num_transactions and may only show a subset of matching transactions',
+    'warning_no_matching_transactions'   => 'No matching transactions found. Please note that for performance reasons, only the last :num_transactions transactions have been checked.',
+    'warning_no_valid_triggers'          => 'No valid triggers provided.',
+    
     // actions and triggers
     'rule_trigger_user_action'           => 'User action is ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_from_account_starts'   => 'Source account starts with ":trigger_value"',
diff --git a/resources/lang/nl_NL/firefly.php b/resources/lang/nl_NL/firefly.php
index 3fbdfc6d6c..9288305e27 100644
--- a/resources/lang/nl_NL/firefly.php
+++ b/resources/lang/nl_NL/firefly.php
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ return [
     'edit_rule'                          => 'Wijzig regel ":title"',
     'update_rule'                        => 'Werk regel bij',
 
+    'test_rule_triggers'                 => 'Transacties die voldoen aan triggers',
+    'warning_transaction_subset'         => 'In verband met de snelheid, worden in deze lijst maximaal :max_num_transactions transacties weergegeven. Het kan daarom zijn dat transacties ontbreken in deze lijst.',
+    'warning_no_matching_transactions'   => 'Er zijn geen transacties gevonden die voldoen aan de triggers in de laatste :num_transactions transacties.',
+    'warning_no_valid_triggers'          => 'Geen geldige triggers opgegeven.',
+    
     // actions and triggers
     'rule_trigger_user_action'           => 'Gebruikersactie is ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_from_account_starts'   => 'Bronrekeningnaam begint met ":trigger_value"',
diff --git a/resources/views/rules/partials/test-trigger-modal.twig b/resources/views/rules/partials/test-trigger-modal.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8239d0d88f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/rules/partials/test-trigger-modal.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+	<!-- Modal dialog to show transactions matching these triggers -->
+	<div class="modal fade" id="testTriggerModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="testTriggerLabel">
+	  <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
+	    <div class="modal-content">
+	      <div class="modal-header">
+	        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+	        <h4 class="modal-title" id="testTriggerLabel">{{ 'test_rule_triggers'|_ }}</h4>
+	      </div>
+	      <div class="modal-body">
+	        <div class="transaction-warning alert alert-warning">
+	            <h4><i class="icon fa fa-warning"></i> {{ 'flash_warning'|_ }}</h4>
+	            <span class="warning-contents"></span>
+	        </div>
+	        <div class="transactions-list">
+	        </div>
+	      </div>
+	      <div class="modal-footer">
+	        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
+	      </div>
+	    </div>
+	  </div>
+	</div>    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/views/rules/rule/create.twig b/resources/views/rules/rule/create.twig
index 3361e454fe..6edc787b25 100644
--- a/resources/views/rules/rule/create.twig
+++ b/resources/views/rules/rule/create.twig
@@ -61,11 +61,14 @@
                     <p>
                         <br/>
                         <a href="#" class="btn btn-default add_rule_trigger">{{ 'add_rule_trigger'|_ }}</a>
+                        <a href="#" class="btn btn-default test_rule_triggers">{{ 'test_rule_triggers'|_ }}</a>
                     </p>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
+    
+	{% include '/rules/partials/test-trigger-modal.twig' %}
 
     <!-- RULE ACTIONS -->
     <div class="row">
diff --git a/resources/views/rules/rule/edit.twig b/resources/views/rules/rule/edit.twig
index bda2c3eae9..72b2037f1f 100644
--- a/resources/views/rules/rule/edit.twig
+++ b/resources/views/rules/rule/edit.twig
@@ -62,11 +62,14 @@
                     <p>
                         <br/>
                         <a href="#" class="btn btn-default add_rule_trigger">{{ 'add_rule_trigger'|_ }}</a>
+                        <a href="#" class="btn btn-default test_rule_triggers">{{ 'test_rule_triggers'|_ }}</a>
                     </p>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
+    
+	{% include '/rules/partials/test-trigger-modal.twig' %}
 
     <!-- RULE ACTIONS -->
     <div class="row">