Thinking Stuff's ATM

Automated Trading Machine (ATM) makes it simple to remove fear and greed from your trading. Automated trading is no longer just for the rich or nerdy. Our revolutionary software runs on your computer, using your trading rules, but none of your emotions. There's just one requirement - you know how to use a mouse.  Learn more...

Thinking Stuff's ATE

Automated Trading Execution (ATE) is where we run your trading systems for you on our servers. Your system can be exported from ATM, or written in plain English and we'll make it for you. We'll even backtest and suggest improvements if you want us to. This service essentially automates your automated trading.  Learn more...

Thinking Stuff's Groups

Join a group of like-minded individuals, and help each other to trading success. Once you join a group, you will have access to that group's trading systems, ideas, and feedback. And please contribute your own knowledge as much as possible. Or contact us to start your own group.  Learn more...

Available Trading Rules

These are the "official" indicators, as provided with ATM out-of-the-box. v3 also gives you the ability to create your own custom indicators, making the possibilities endless.

Aroon

  • Aroon Up
  • Aroon Down
  • Aroon Oscillator

Balance Of Power

  • Balance Of Power
  • Average Balance Of Power

Bar Range

  • High to Low Range
  • Average High to Low Range
  • Minimum High to Low Range
  • Maximum High to Low Range
  • [OHLC] Plus Average High to Low Range
  • [OHLC] Plus Maximum High to Low Range
  • Open to Close Range
  • Average Open to Close Range
  • Minimum Open to Close Range
  • Maximum Open to Close Range
  • Close Position in Bar Range
  • Average Close Position in Bar Range

Bar Swings

  • Bar Swing Count
  • Current Bar Swing Low
  • Previous Bar Swing Low
  • Bar Swing Low Before That
  • Current Bar Swing High
  • Previous Bar Swing High
  • Bar Swing High Before That
  • Bar Swing Current Pattern
  • Bar Swing Previous Pattern

Bar Values

  • Open
  • High
  • Low
  • Close
  • Volume
  • Open Bid
  • High Bid
  • Low Bid
  • Close Bid
  • Open Ask
  • High Ask
  • Low Ask
  • Close Ask

Bollinger Bands

  • Lower Bollinger Line
  • Middle Bollinger Line
  • Upper Bollinger Line
  • Bollinger Bandwidth
  • Average Bollinger Bandwidth
  • Bollinger %b
  • Average Bollinger %b
  • Price where %b would equal X

Camarilla Pivot Points

  • Camarilla Pivot Points - 1st Resistance
  • Camarilla Pivot Points - 2nd Resistance
  • Camarilla Pivot Points - 3rd Resistance
  • Camarilla Pivot Points - 4th Resistance
  • Camarilla Pivot Points - 1st Support
  • Camarilla Pivot Points - 2nd Support
  • Camarilla Pivot Points - 3rd Support
  • Camarilla Pivot Points - 4th Support

Candlesticks A-G

  • Abandoned Baby
  • Advance Block
  • Belt-hold
  • Breakaway
  • Closing Marubozu
  • Concealing Baby Swallow
  • Counterattack
  • Dark Cloud Cover
  • Doji
  • Doji Star
  • Dragonfly Doji
  • Engulfing Pattern
  • Evening Doji Star
  • Evening Star
  • Gravestone Doji

Candlesticks H-L

  • Hammer
  • Hanging Man
  • Harami Cross
  • Harami
  • High-Wave Candle
  • Hikkake
  • Homing Pigeon
  • Identical Three Crows
  • In-Neck Pattern
  • Inverted Hammer
  • Kicking
  • Kicking - bull/bear determined by the longer marubozu
  • Ladder Bottom
  • Long Legged Doji
  • Long Line Candle

Candlesticks M-S

  • Marubozu
  • Mat Hold
  • Matching Low
  • Modified Hikkake
  • Morning Doji Star
  • Morning Star
  • On-Neck Pattern
  • Piercing Pattern
  • Rickshaw Man
  • Rising/Falling Three Methods
  • Separating Lines
  • Shooting Star
  • Short Line Candle
  • Spinning Top
  • Stalled Pattern
  • Stick Sandwich

Candlesticks T-Z

  • Takuri (Dragonfly Doji with very long lower shadow)
  • Tasuki Gap
  • Three Advancing White Soldiers
  • Three Black Crows
  • Three Inside Up/Down
  • Three Line Strike
  • Three Outside Up/Down
  • Three Stars In The South
  • Thrusting Pattern
  • Tristar Pattern
  • Two Crows
  • Unique 3 River
  • Up Down Gap Side-By-Side White Lines
  • Upside Downside Gap 3 Methods
  • Upside Gap 2 Crows

Chaikin Accumulation Distribution

  • Chaikin A/D Line
  • Chaikin A/D Oscillator

Chandelier Stops

  • Long Chandelier Stop
  • Better Long Chandelier Stop
  • Short Chandelier Stop
  • Better Short Chandelier Stop

Commodity Channel Index

  • Commodity Channel Index
  • Average Commodity Channel Index

Dates and Times

  • Seconds part of the bar's start date (0-59)
  • Minutes part of the bar's start date (0-59)
  • Hours part of the bar's start date (0-23)
  • Day of Week of the bar's start date (0=Sun...6=Sat)
  • Day of Month of the bar's start date (1-31)
  • Day of Year of the bar's start date (1-366)
  • Month part of the bar's start date (1-12)
  • Year part of the bar's start date (e.g. 2014)

DeMark's Pivot Points

  • DeMark's Pivot Points - 1st Resistance
  • DeMark's Pivot Points - 1st Support

Detrended Price Oscillator

  • Detrended Price Oscillator
  • Average of Detrended Price Oscillator

Directional Movement Index

  • +DI
  • +DM
  • -DI
  • -DM
  • DX
  • ADX
  • ADX Rating

Elder-Ray

  • Elder-Ray Bull Power
  • Elder-Ray Bear Power
  • Elder-Ray Oscillator

Fibonacci Levels (using Min/Max)

  • Fibonacci Level (using Min/Max)

Floor Pivot Points

  • Floor Pivot Point
  • Floor Pivot Points - 1st Resistance
  • Floor Pivot Points - 2nd Resistance
  • Floor Pivot Points - 3rd Resistance
  • Floor Pivot Points - 1st Support
  • Floor Pivot Points - 2nd Support
  • Floor Pivot Points - 3rd Support

Heikin Ashi

  • Heikin Ashi Open
  • Heikin Ashi High
  • Heikin Ashi Low
  • Heikin Ashi Close

Hilbert Transform

  • HT - Dominant Cycle Period
  • HT - Dominant Cycle Phase
  • HT - Phasor Components - Phase
  • HT - Phasor Components - Quadrature
  • HT - Sine Wave - Sine
  • HT - Sine Wave - Lead Sine
  • HT - Instantaneous Trendline
  • HT - Trend vs Cycle Mode

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo

  • Tenkan-sen Line (Conversion Line) - Current Bar
  • Kijun-sen Line (Basic Line) - Current Bar
  • Senkou Span A (Leading Span A) - Current Bar
  • Senkou Span A (Leading Span A) - Future Bar
  • Senkou Span B (Leading Span B) - Current Bar
  • Senkou Span B (Leading Span B) - Future Bar
  • Chikou Span - Current Bar

Linear Regression

  • Linear Regression
  • Linear Regression Angle
  • Linear Regression Intercept
  • Linear Regression Slope

MACD

  • MACD
  • MACD Signal
  • MACD Histogram

Mid Points

  • Mid Point
  • Mid Price

Minimums and Maximums

  • Minimum [OHLC]
  • Average Minimum
  • Minimum Volume
  • Maximum [OHLC]
  • Average Maximum
  • Maximum Volume

Momentum

  • Momentum
  • Average Momentum
  • Chande Momentum Oscillator
  • Average Chande Momentum Oscillator

Money Flow Index

  • Money Flow Index
  • Average Money Flow Index

Moving Averages A-R

  • Double Exponential Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • Exponential Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • MESA Adaptive Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • MESA Following Adaptive Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • Double Exponential Moving Average of VOLUME
  • Exponential Moving Average of VOLUME
  • Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average of VOLUME
  • MESA Adaptive Moving Average of VOLUME
  • MESA Following Adaptive Moving Average of VOLUME

Moving Averages S-Z

  • Simple Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • Tillson's T3 Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • Triangular Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • Triple Exponential Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • Weighted Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • Welles Wilder Moving Average of [OHLC]
  • Simple Moving Average of VOLUME
  • Tillson's T3 Moving Average of VOLUME
  • Triangular Moving Average of VOLUME
  • Triple Exponential Moving Average of VOLUME
  • Weighted Moving Average of VOLUME
  • Welles Wilder Moving Average of VOLUME

On Balance Volume

  • On Balance Volume
  • Average On Balance Volume

Parabolic SAR

  • Parabolic SAR

Price Oscillators

  • Absolute Price Oscillator
  • Average Absolute Price Oscillator
  • Percentage Price Oscillator
  • Average Percentage Price Oscillator

Prices

  • Average Price
  • Average Average Price
  • Median Price
  • Average Median Price
  • Typical Price
  • Average Typical Price
  • Weighted Close Price
  • Average Weighted Close Price

Pullback

  • Average Pullback Histogram
  • Upwards Pullback
  • Average Upwards Pullback
  • Maximum Upwards Pullback
  • Downwards Pullback
  • Average Downwards Pullback
  • Maximum Downwards Pullback
  • [OHLC] Plus Average Upwards Pullback
  • [OHLC] Plus Average Downwards Pullback
  • [OHLC] Plus Maximum Upwards Pullback
  • [OHLC] Plus Maximum Downwards Pullback

Pullback Histogram Peaks and Troughs

  • Current AVPBH Trough
  • Previous AVPBH Trough
  • AVPBH Trough Before That
  • Current AVPBH Peak
  • Previous AVPBH Peak
  • AVPBH Peak Before That
  • AVPBH Current Pattern
  • AVPBH Previous Pattern

Rate Of Change

  • Rate Of Change
  • Average Rate Of Change
  • Rate Of Change Percentage
  • Average Rate Of Change Percentage
  • Rate Of Change Ratio
  • Average Rate Of Change Ratio
  • Rate Of Change Ratio 100-Scale
  • Average Rate Of Change Ratio 100-Scale

Relative Strength Index

  • Relative Strength Index
  • Average Relative Strength Index

Special / Miscellaneous

  • Entry Price
  • Spread
  • Random number between 0 and max 255
  • Bar X of Move

Stochastic

  • Fast Stochastic - Fast K
  • Fast Stochastic - Fast D
  • Slow Stochastic - Slow K
  • Slow Stochastic - Slow D

Stochastic Momentum Index

  • Stochastic Momentum Index
  • Average Stochastic Movement Index

StochRSI

  • StochRSI - Fast K
  • StochRSI - Fast D

SMA Swings

  • SMA of [OHLC] Swing Count
  • Current SMA of [OHLC] Swing Low
  • Previous SMA of [OHLC] Swing Low
  • SMA of [OHLC] Swing Low Before That
  • Current SMA of [OHLC] Swing High
  • Previous SMA of [OHLC] Swing High
  • SMA of [OHLC] Swing High Before That
  • SMA of [OHLC] Swing Current Pattern
  • SMA of [OHLC] Swing Previous Pattern

Time Series Forecast

  • Time Series Forecast
  • Average Time Series Forecast

TRIX

  • TRIX of [OHLC]
  • Average TRIX

True Range

  • True Range
  • Average True Range
  • Normalized Average True Range
  • Minimum True Range
  • Maximum True Range
  • [OHLC] Plus Average True Range
  • [OHLC] Plus Maximum True Range

Ultimate Oscillator

  • Ultimate Oscillator
  • Average Ultimate Oscillator

Value of a bar at a particular time

  • [OHLC] of a bar at a particular time - day of week level
  • [OHLC] of a bar at a particular time - hour level
  • [OHLC] of a bar at a particular time - minute level

Variance

  • Standard Deviation
  • Variance

Williams %R

  • Williams %R
  • Average Williams %R

Woodie's Pivot Points

  • Woodie's Pivot Point
  • Woodie's Pivot Points - 1st Resistance
  • Woodie's Pivot Points - 2nd Resistance
  • Woodie's Pivot Points - 1st Support
  • Woodie's Pivot Points - 2nd Support

 
More On Custom Indicators

Most people should require only the standard indicators above. You can however create your own custom indicators. There is detailed help in the wiki. Assistance can also be sought in the forums, along with requests for adding Indicators to the official set. And you can use any of the provided indicators as examples to help you create your own (Detrended Price Oscillator and Pullback, especially, show a range of techniques). Export the example, then import with a different name and modify as you wish.