Atomic Trader Usage Instructions

Home tab

The Tools panel is used by the end user to choose the markets of
his interest that he wants to trade.

SUGGESTED
This is the primary tool to be used at this point. Under the
SUGGESTED Tab is a list of high performance markets that have
been selected according to specific start date and interval to give
an exceptionally high performance returns. Simply select any of
these then click the Compute button and it will add it to your
Portfolio.
There is a limit of 10 markets that can be added to the Portfolio at
any one time. (If you would like to trader more markets than 10
for wider diversification, extra markets can be added at a cost of
$5/month to pay for the additional resource use.)
Add these high performance markets to your Portfolio, and the
current trade, stop loss will show in the Portfolio window. You can
go to the BackTest tab to look at the historical performance

statistics there to see the results of the backtest trading. When a

market is added into your Portfolio, you will receive automated
emails giving you the buy and sell signals for each markets in
your Portfolio.

CUSTOM
This Tab will be evolved to a higher function soon. Currently you
can select any market and pick one of the 2 algorithms and time
period and fill out the variables listed below to test various
markets. HOWEVER, we now have a dedicated server with a
market scanner that searches ALL markets for the best start
dates, and time intervals which give the highest performance.
Since there are so many possible variables, it is more efficient to
have the automated scanner select search for the best
combination.
Within the next couple upgrades, we will have a list of
best performance dates and indicators for EVERY markets,
so you will simply select your market of interst and will be
automatically given all the best performance options in
that market with a selection of time frames (Daily and at
least 1 Intraday).
If you would still like to play with the Custom tool, the following
explains the various inputs that must be filled in. (But Note:
returns change according to the start date selected, so if you do
not get a good result, try a different start date)
- Indicator which can be either Circular, a turning point
indicator, or Hyperbolic, a trend following indicator.
- RR Risk/Reward (values up to 100) which is only applicable
for Circular indicator and it is used to set the distance from
the entry price to the stop-loss level. A bigger Risk/Reward
means a bigger distance to the stop-loss, hence a bigger
risk. A selection of 20 will give a 20% stop-loss.

- Market Name the symbol of the Market. You need to use

the .FXCM after the currency pair for major currencies (i.e.
EURUSD.FXCM) or .COMP for exotic pairs. For Equities you
simply add the market symbol (i.e. AAPL)
- Bar Interval used to choose the duration of the OHLC bar
when we request the Historical and live data for the specific
market
- Start Date the Start date for the Historical data that we
request for the specific market
- Initial Amount The amount used for Back-testing purposes.
- Slippage You can opt for using a slippage percentage that
will be applied against us on each entry and exit price. A
normal slippage would be 0.125%. That will be applied on
each trade on the entry price and on the exit price. You can
also enter 0 have no slippage.
- Commission You can opt for using a commission to be
applied on each trade. Each trader will choose the
commission that is normally applied by his broker. You can
also enter 0 have no commission.
- Leverage Enter a number here to determine the amount of
leverage you want to be trading this market with in your
account. 1 = no leverage. 2 = 2x leverage, 5 = 5x, 10 =
10x, etc
After clicking the Compute button the market will be displayed
in Home-> Portfolio where we display the current trade, with all
the necessary details needed to follow in real live trading.
The Chart displays the market from the Start date until the
current time, being fed with live data. The market displayed in the
Chart can be changed by clicking another line in Home->Portfolio
to select another test run that has been entered.
Toolbar Controls

Click the sun-like circle in the far right of the bar that says
PROTFOLIO to see some further options of what you can do with
this market list:
- Excel exports the trade to
- Alert will give you alerts for trades
- Portfolio Manager this is what you will click in the Automated
Trading Module to add markets to be trader through your
Interactive Brokers account.
- Message Trade will send you emails when trade signals are
generated
- X Delete This will delete the selected market from the
PORTFOLIO list in the Home Tab.

BackTest Tab

Portfolio

All markets that were computed in Home-Tools are also loaded in

Back-test > Portfolio, with the purpose of showing the
performance of the chosen indicator on the specific market.
Clicking a line in Back-test ->Portfolio will display the Trades
Details, Back-test and P/L Chart on the specific market from the
Start Date until the current date.

Trades Details
Displays all trade recommendations given from the Start Date
until the current trade, with all details of entry price, exit price
and P/L%, starting with the initial Amount, and going full amount
in each trade (with the applied leverage).

Back-test
A set of statistical indicators that measure the performance of all
trade recommendations given. See the GLOSSARY for more
detailed explanations of these statistics.

P/L Chart
A line chart showing the evolution of the Exit amounts after each
trade recommendation.
NOTE you can expand and contract each box on this page to full
screen mode, by clicking the icon at the top right corner of each
bar.

Portfolio Monitor Tab

This tab will function ONLY in the Automated Trading Module. The
Automated Trading Module will integrate with an Interactive
Brokers account and will let the markets selected in the HOME
Tab be automatically traded in real time 24/7/365. It will
automatically place trades, move stops and calculate Portfolio

returns in real time, accounting for commissions, slippage and all

market variables.
For those NOT subscribing to the Automated Trading Module, this
Tab will be in active because it is not possible to calculate your
account costs, commissions, slippage, leverage and other key
variables required to track your portfolio

Indicator Comparison tab

Each market you Compute in Home->Tools with a specific
indicator will be also loaded in Indicator Comparison->Portfolio
panel, with the purpose of showing a statistical comparison
between the performance of the selected indicator (i.e.
Hyperbolic) and the other indicator (i.e. Circular). This helps you
see if it is worth computing the other indicator, or whether you
have already chosen the best performing indicator on the specific
market, within the specific range.

Statistic Comparison
A set of statistical indicators, that show which of the 2 indicators
has a better performance on the same market, within the same
back-tested data set.

P&L Chart
A line chart displaying the returns of both indicators as they
progress through each trade recommendation.

Chat Chat is not currently active but will let users chat with each
other and Catalin and Cosmin to suggest trades, share ideas, or
ask questions.

Glossary

See below for a Glossary of terms and functions used throughout

the Atomic Trader App.

Glossary
Home tab
Tools
Indicator - The Atomic Trading Concept's proprietary technical analysis
indicator used on selected market
RR(Risk/Reward) - The percentage (<=100) that we use when calculating the
stop loss level based on the correspondent entry price of each trade. The
bigger the risk-reward, the bigger the distance between the entry price and
the stop-loss level.
Market Name - The underlying market (Equity, Currency, Commodity, etc.).
When entering an Equity Market, we should use the basic ticker symbol (i.e.
AAPL for Apple stock, BAC for Bank of America, etc.), while for Currencies we
should use the pair symbol (EURUSD) along with the termination .FXCM for
major pairs, or .COMP for exotic pairs (i.e. EURUSD.FXCM, AUDUSD.FXCM,
etc.)
Bar Interval The duration of the OHLC bar
Start Date The start date for the data set we request for back-testing
purposes. On each market a Back-test is performed using the underlying
indicator and the data set from the Start date until the current date, and the
current recommendation is being displayed in Portfolio.
Initial Amount The initial amount used for back-testing purposes. The backtest is created by investing the initial amount in the first trade and
continuously investing full amount in each following trade
Slippage You can opt for using a slippage percentage that will be applied
against us on each entry and exit price. A normal slippage would be 0.125%.
That will be applied on each trade on the entry price and then on the exit
price.
Commission You can opt for using a commission to be applied on each
trade. Each trader will choose the commission that is normally applied by his
broker.
Leverage The leverage size to be applied on the Initial Amount for the
back-testing purposes. Choosing leverage 3 and Initial Amount 100k will

translate into investing 300k in the first trade and then going 3 times the
Amount on each following trade.

Portfolio
Ticker The selected Market symbol
Live Quote The current trading price
Bar The Bar Interval as chosen in Tools before computing.
Indicator The underlying technical analysis indicator as chosen in Tools
before computing.
RR The Risk Reward percentage as chosen in Tools before computing.
Trend The direction of the current recommendation as given by the
underlying indicator (it can be either BUY or SELL). Buy means Long position
while SELL means Short position.
Entry Price The price of the market when the trade recommendation was
given.
From The time stamp of the bar on which the trade recommendation was
given
Stop Loss The Stop-Loss level for the current prediction
Stop Loss% - The distance in percentages between the Entry Price and the
Stop Loss level
Next Trade The direction and the distance in Bars of the next trade (only
applicable to Circular)

Back-Test
Portfolio
Ticker The selected Market symbol
Bar The Bar Interval as chosen in Tools before computing.
From The Start Date as chosen in Tools before computing.

RR The Risk Reward percentage as chosen in Tools before computing.

Indicator The underlying technical analysis indicator as chosen in Tools
before computing.

Trades Details
Trade# - The trade number sorted by oldest to newest.
Direction - The direction of the trade recommendation as given by the
underlying indicator (it can be either BUY or SELL). Buy means Long position
while SELL means Short position.
Entry Amount The amount invested in the trade recommendation. Leverage
applies to this amount.
Start Date - The time stamp of the bar on which the trade recommendation
was given.
Entry Price given.

The price of the market when the trade recommendation was

End Date - The time stamp of the bar on which the trade recommendation
was ended.
Exit price - The price of the market at which the trade recommendation
closed.
P/L% - The profit and loss in percentages as calculated between the Entry
Price and the Exit Pirce
Exit Amount The amount resulted at the end of the trade.

Back-Test
Ind (Indicator) The specific Statistical indicator
Long The values of each Statistical indicator correspondent to the BUY
recommendations (Long positions)
Short - The values of each Statistical indicator correspondent to the SELL
recommendations (Short positions)

Total - The values of each Statistical indicator correspondent to all

recommendations.
Trades Number of trades
Win Trades Number of trades with P/L bigger or equal to 0
Losing Trades Number of trades with P/L smaller than 0.
PL Amount by which the Initial Amount has changed after all trades were
performed.
P/L% - Percentage by which the Initial Amount has changed after all trades
were performed.
Average P/L The P/L divided by the number of trades
Total wins Sum of P/L of Winning Trades.
Total Losses - Sum of P/L of Losing Trades.
Average wins Total Wins divided by number of Winning Trades.
Average Losses - Total Losses divided by number of Losing Trades.
Biggest Win Maximum amount won by one trade.
Biggest Loss Maximum amount lost by one trade.
Num Bars Number of bars with that had active trades.
Average Duration Num Bars divided by Trades.
Max DD Maximum DrawDown from the biggest amount to the smallest
following amount.
Max DD length The duration in days of the Max DD.
Max Increase The Maximum Increase from the smallest amount to the
biggest following amount.
Max Increase length - The duration in days of the Max Increase.
Max DD Recovery period The duration in days from the end of the Max DD
until reaching the biggest amount again (if applicable).
Max Fav Ex Maximum Favorable Excursion inside a trade.

Max Adv Ex Maximum Adverse Excursion inside a trade.

Portfolio Manager

Portfolio
Ticker The selected Market symbol
Live Quote The current trading price
Bar The Bar Interval as chosen in Tools before computing.
Indicator The underlying technical analysis indicator as chosen in Tools
before computing.
RR The Risk Reward percentage as chosen in Tools before computing.
Trend The direction of the current recommendation as given by the
underlying indicator (it can be either BUY or SELL). Buy means Long position
while SELL means Short position.
Entry Price The price of the market when the trade recommendation was
given. (If when adding to Portfolio Manager there is an ongoing trade
recommendation, the Entry price will be the price of the market at that
moment.)
From The time stamp of the bar on which the trade recommendation was
given
Stop Loss The Stop-Loss level for the current prediction
Live P/L The live P/L calculated between the Entry Price and the Live Quote
Trade Details
Trade# - The trade number sorted by oldest to newest.
Direction - The direction of the trade recommendation as given by the
underlying indicator (it can be either BUY or SELL). Buy means Long position
while SELL means Short position.

Entry Amount The amount invested in the trade recommendation. Leverage

applies to this amount.
Start Date - The time stamp of the bar on which the trade recommendation
was given.
Entry Price given.

The price of the market when the trade recommendation was

End Date - The time stamp of the bar on which the trade recommendation
was ended.
Exit price - The price of the market at which the trade recommendation
closed.
P/L% - The profit and loss in percentages as calculated between the Entry
Price and the Exit Pirce
Exit Amount The amount resulted at the end of the trade.

Account Details
Account Size The Amount chosen when first adding a market into the
Portfolio Manager.
Invested Amount The sum of the invested amounts as chosen when adding
each market to the Portfolio Manager.
Leverage The leverage resulted by dividing the Invested Amount by the
Account Size.

Back-Test (applied to whole Portfolio)

Ind (Indicator) The specific Statistical indicator
Long The values of each Statistical indicator correspondent to the BUY
recommendations (Long positions)
Short - The values of each Statistical indicator correspondent to the SELL
recommendations (Short positions)

Total - The values of each Statistical indicator correspondent to all

recommendations.
Trades Number of trades
Win Trades Number of trades with P/L bigger or equal to 0
Losing Trades Number of trades with P/L smaller than 0.
PL Amount by which the Initial Amount has changed after all trades were
performed.
P/L% - Percentage by which the Initial Amount has changed after all trades
were performed.
Average P/L The P/L divided by the number of trades
Total wins Sum of P/L of Winning Trades.
Total Losses - Sum of P/L of Losing Trades.
Average wins Total Wins divided by number of Winning Trades.
Average Losses - Total Losses divided by number of Losing Trades.
Biggest Win Maximum amount won by one trade.
Biggest Loss Maximum amount lost by one trade.
Num Bars Number of bars with that had active trades.
Average Duration Num Bars divided by Trades.
Max DD Maximum DrawDown from the biggest amount to the smallest
following amount.
Max DD length The duration in days of the Max DD.
Max Increase The Maximum Increase from the smallest amount to the
biggest following amount.
Max Increase length - The duration in days of the Max Increase.
Max DD Recovery period The duration in days from the end of the Max DD
until reaching the biggest amount again (if applicable).
Max Fav Ex Maximum Favorable Excursion inside a trade.

Max Adv Ex Maximum Adverse Excursion inside a trade.

Winning ratio The ratio of Winning Trades from Total Trades.
Losing ratio - The ratio of Losing Trades from Total Trades.

Indicator Comparison
Portfolio
Ticker The selected Market symbol
Bar The Bar Interval as chosen in Tools before computing.
Indicator The underlying technical analysis indicator as chosen in Tools
before computing.
RR The Risk Reward percentage as chosen in Tools before computing.
From The time stamp of the bar on which the trade recommendation was
given
Leverage The leverage as chosen in Tools before computing.

Statistics Comparison
Trades The Total number of trades.
Winning Trades The Total number of Winning Trades.
Losing Trades The Total number of Losing Trades.
P/L% - The Total P/L% .
Winning ratio The ratio of Winning Trades from Total Trades.
Losing ratio - The ratio of Losing Trades from Total Trades.
Max DD - Maximum DrawDown from the biggest amount to the smallest
following amount.
Max Increase The Maximum Increase from the smallest amount to the
biggest following amount.