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...

Getting started

Getting Started

We guess that if you are using ATM then you have one or more of these goals in mind. Follow the links...

And some other things which aren't end-goals themselves, but which feed into some of the above:

  • Create synthetic pair calculations and price bars - wiki
  • Create custom indicators - video, wiki

Installing

The ATM installer file should prompt you to install anything that ATM needs and you don't already have. Download it here. Run it. Follow the prompts.

The ATM installer can also install the bits required by FXCM, if you ask it to.

You might notice that you can actually choose to opt out of installing the ATM stuff. A bit weird when it's the ATM installer? The first time through, and call me crazy, but I imagine you would choose to install ATM. But maybe you opt out of FXCM. A bit later you might change your mind and want FXCM. So during the second time you are running the ATM installer, you can now install just the FXCM stuff without having to re-install ATM.

If you don't have the .NET Framework, the ATM installer can download and install that for you as well (it's a bit big to include in the installer itself, and most people already have it). If the download fails, follow these steps to install it yourself.