ATAS PLATFORM EDUCATION
ATAS Power Users
Learn how ATAS works — volume, delta, clusters, order flow, and DOM — so you can read the market with the platform’s native toolkit.
ATAS Basics
Volume, Bid/Ask & Delta
Clusters, Profile & Levels
Order Flow
DOM & Liquidity
Technical Indicators
ATAS Workflows
Glossary
Educational only. Not financial advice. ATAS is a third-party trading platform; this section is educational content about using ATAS.
ATAS Basics
Install & workspace · Chart types · Clusters / footprint intro · Templates · Statistics overview
Volume, Bid/Ask & Delta
Volume · Volume on the Chart · Bid Ask · Delta · Cumulative Delta / CVD · Bars Volume Filter
Volume
What it is: Vertical volume — total contracts or shares traded in each bar; the basic activity meter. What to look for: Rising volume with rising price shows participation; rising volume with falling price shows selling pressure; thin volume at extremes suggests weaker conviction; spikes at breakouts or reversals are attention points, not automatic entries. Settings that matter: Use a panel below price, choose session or visible-range scaling where available, and keep colors simple. Common mistake: Reading a volume spike as a signal by itself. Pairs well with: Delta, Bid Ask, Cluster Statistic.
Volume on the Chart
What it is: Volume drawn on or against the price pane so you can see activity without relying only on a lower panel. What to look for: High-volume bars at breakout levels, high volume that fails to push price, and quiet volume during drift. Settings that matter: Use enough opacity to keep candles readable and filter noise if the feed is busy. Common mistake: Covering candles with a heavy histogram. Pairs well with: Volume panel, Delta, Maximum Levels.
Bid Ask
What it is: Splits volume into market buys traded at ask and market sells traded at bid. It shows aggression, not limit book size. What to look for: Strong ask volume into highs, strong bid volume into lows, one side dominant for several bars, and price higher while ask volume fades. Settings that matter: Use clear buy-versus-sell colors and the same session as your delta tools. Common mistake: Treating Bid Ask like pending orders in the DOM. Pairs well with: Delta, Cumulative Delta, Order Flow, Big Trades.
Delta
What it is: Delta equals market buys minus market sells for the bar or period. Positive delta means more aggressive buying; negative delta means more aggressive selling. What to look for: Positive delta with higher highs, negative delta with lower lows, price and delta divergence, and large delta bars at session opens or news. Settings that matter: Choose bar delta or other modes your build offers, use colors you can read quickly, and do not over-smooth raw aggression. Common mistake: “Positive delta = always long.” Pairs well with: Bid Ask, Cumulative Delta, Volume, Cluster Statistic, Footprint.
Cumulative Delta / CVD
What it is: A running sum of delta from a session or chosen range, showing whether aggressive buy or sell pressure is building over time. What to look for: CVD rising with price, new price highs with flat or lower CVD, new price lows with flat or higher CVD, and sharp CVD turns confirmed by volume. Settings that matter: Use a consistent reset rule and know when the cumulative window starts. Common mistake: Changing the reset constantly and comparing lines with different starts. Pairs well with: Delta, Volume, Market Profile and session levels.
Bars Volume Filter
What it is: Highlights or filters bars by a volume threshold so high-activity or low-activity bars stand out. What to look for: Bars above the filter at breakouts or stops, clusters of high-volume bars at a price zone, and low-volume bars during quiet periods. Settings that matter: Calibrate thresholds to the instrument and timeframe. Common mistake: Using one filter for every symbol and session. Pairs well with: Volume, Delta, Big Trades, Cluster Search.
Section tip
Read Volume → Bid Ask → Delta → CVD in that order. Volume is activity; Bid Ask and Delta are aggression; CVD is the story over the session.
Clusters, Profile & Levels
Cluster Search · Cluster Statistic · Market Profile & TPO · Dynamic Levels · Maximum Levels
Order Flow
Order Flow · Big Trades · Adaptive Big Trades · Tape Patterns · Order Flow Rhythm · Market Power · OI Analyzer
DOM & Liquidity
Depth of Market · DOM Levels · Stacked Imbalance
Glossary
Delta · CVD · POC · VAH · VAL · Footprint · Imbalance · DOM · Big Trade
Technical
Classic tools used together with volume analysis. Keep this reference light — it is not the focus of Power Users.
Workflows
Open checklist, trend vs range day, and using delta with footprint. Workflow notes coming soon.