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Robots · ROBOT

Footprint Cluster Patterns

The robot reads footprint clusters inside the candle, spots volume absorption and enters on the pattern on its own — Weak/Strong · Trend/SemiTrend, with stop and take in ticks.

ATAS · .NET 7Robot · footprint patternsauto-entry + test
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The robot finds entries from clusters: ▼ short at a local top, ▲ long at a local bottom.
WHY IT MATTERS
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Reads volume inside the candle

Breaks down the footprint: bid/ask at each price level, finds the level of maximum volume and where the candle closed. Absorption at the bottom → bullish signal, at the top → bearish — on real flow, not price.

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Classifies pattern strength

Every signal is a type: Weak/Strong × Trend/SemiTrend, plus higher-probability Complex blocks. You decide which patterns the robot takes.

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Test before you risk money

Test mode runs the strategy over history with simulated slippage and commission: trades, profit in ticks and $, win rate — before you trade live.

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KEY FEATURES
Footprint analysis of the candlebid/ask by levels inside the candle → level of max volume, bid/ask excess, close position by candle thirds.
Weak/Strong · Trend/SemiTrend patternsSimple patterns by strength and character + higher-probability Complex blocks; each toggled separately per instrument.
Bullish → BUY, bearish → SELLSignal = candle type + confirmed pattern: ▲ long under the candle, ▼ short above the candle.
Automated trading with SL/TP in ticksMarket or Limit orders; stop from low/high, take from open — distances in ticks. Trade Mode: both sides · BUY only · SELL only.
External signals from filesThe Catcher takes commands (SeekTrends / IgnoreTrends) and trends (Long / Short / Neutral) from files — the robot's gate and direction, status buttons on the chart.
Test mode with statisticsSlippage + commission + tick value in $ → P/L, win rate, trade count right on the chart, without trading live.
4 types of Simple patterns as cluster candles — strength × character
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Pattern strength is the share of aggressive clusters in the candle; character is where price closed. Complex blocks are taken separately as high-probability.
Weak/Strong · Trend/SemiTrend

Every signal is a pattern type: strength (Strong = aggressor dominates, Weak = counter-aggressor) × character (Trend = close at the candle edge, SemiTrend = closer to the middle). You enable only the types that work on your instrument.

Complex Pattern: consolidation → block → impulse
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Complex mode vs Simple: rarer, but on more reliable patterns — for your own style.
Complex blocks — high-probability only

In Complex Pattern mode the robot frames the zone with a block and takes an entry only on complex, high-probability configurations — fewer signals, higher quality.

HOW IT WORKS
1Breaks down the candle footprint

At each price level inside the candle it takes bid/ask volume, finds the level of maximum volume and splits the candle into thirds.

2Finds absorption

Max volume in the lower third + close above it + ask excess → the buyer absorbed the selling at the bottom (for a short — mirrored at the top).

3Classifies the pattern

The candle gets a type: Weak/Strong · Trend/SemiTrend or a Complex block. Signal — only if that pattern is enabled in the settings.

4Enters and manages the trade

Bullish + pattern → ▲ BUY, bearish → ▼ SELL. Stop from low/high, take from open in ticks; manages it to close.

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Long logic: max volume (MAX) in the lower third + close above it + ask excess → the buyer absorbed the sells → ▲.
Anatomy of a signal candle

Inside the candle — footprint by levels: max volume (indigo cell) in the lower third, close near the top of the body, ask excess. That is absorption of the selling at the bottom → a long signal. Short — mirrored: max volume in the upper third, close near the bottom.

Indigo MAX cell — level of maximum volume in the candle — the absorption cluster (POC-like)
▲ / ▼ indigo — signal: ▲ long under a bullish candle, ▼ short above a bearish one
Frame block — Complex pattern — higher-probability entry
Green candle · ask — close above open, ask dominates (buyer)
Red candle · bid — close below open, bid dominates (seller)
IN PRACTICE
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Drop → signal candle (absorption at the bottom) → ▲ entry · stop under low · take from open → +34 ticks.
Long off absorption at the bottom

After a drop, a signal candle with a long lower tail = absorption at the bottom: the robot places ▲, entry on close, stop under low, take from open in ticks. Then an upward impulse, and the exit.

Auto-entry on the absorption cluster with a backtest

A trader sees on the footprint that someone absorbed the sells at the bottom, but catching such candles by hand and keeping discipline 24/7 just doesn't work.

  1. Picks a set of patterns (Weak/Strong · Trend/SemiTrend) for their instrument
  2. Enables Test Mode — the robot collects P/L over history with slippage and commission
  3. Sets stop/take in ticks and Order Type (Market / Limit)
  4. Switches to live mode — entry on the arrows automatically, the trade is managed to stop/take
Result: Absorption clusters are traded automatically, risk is set in ticks, the strategy is backtested — entry on real flow, not on emotion.
SETUP & INTEGRATION
Fully configurable
Signal Mode · Simple / ComplexWeak/Strong · Trend/SemiTrendTrade Mode · Market / LimitSL / TP in ticksTest Mode · Slippage / CommissionCatcher · file signals

Set of patterns, order type, stop/take in ticks, test mode with statistics and reading external signals from files — for your own instrument and style.

PlatformATAS (.NET 7) — robot indicator on the chart
Signalsarrows + blocks on the chart · external commands/trends from files
Accesssubscription 3 mo / year · manual renewal
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On the chart: the test panel (trades · profit · profit factor · win rate) and mode control buttons.
Backtest it — then trade.Subscription 3 mo / year, manual renewal.
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