MW vs ATAS - any experiences?

[candlestick]

Hi,

I want to decide between MW and ATAS for charting. I use Interactive Brokers to execute. I will probably use dxFeed for the charting program.

Does anybody has first hand experience with both, MW and ATAS and can give his opinion about pro and cons of both?

What was the deciding factor for you to decide for one or the other?

 

[zackumer]

Testing ATAS now - seems a bit faster but just started testing

 

[applesauce]

Im mac based, so MV is easier... ATAS just looking now, looks amazing, anyone done a pro and cons of each ??

 

[candlestick]

Anybody else?

 

[h3o]

Might be worth checking out this ATAS review from a trader who has used and coded for probably every major futures trading platform on the market.

Link below:

If link gets blocked, just search "ATAS - trading app review" on YT, posted by TraderOracle

 

[Vlad]

ATAS Pros:

1. Native footprint (aka cluster) support is great - ability to scale into DOM-like precision and back out to whole weeks view is golden. Quantower does something similar but not as seamless.
2. Cluster configuration is good - I was able to setup volume profile, bid/ask and delta without glitches like overlapping each other etc. Zooms in and out pretty well.
   1. But- with delta, i prefer to filter out and show the number values only if above 100 per ES single tick row - there is filter functionality but wasn't able to achieve the result that i wanted. It instead color-coded the whole row (including profile, bid/ask and delta) which is totally not my intent
3. Smart DOM is good as standalone DOM (see cons below why emphasize standalone).
   1. You can have multiple volume profiles - today, yesterday, the whole week whatever
   2. Pulling and stacking - can split into bid and ask columns and have separate color coding for both.
   3. Includes liquidity heatmap - seems to be fashionable these days, not my cup of tea though
   4. Notes and dragging orders around are somewhat quirky
4. A bunch of volume analysis drawing tools - anchored TPO, anchored VWAP, CVD correlation, dynamic POC etc. Nice touch
5. Smart tape is awesome. Couldn't test it myself as volume was dead today, but saw others stream it live.

ATAS Cons:

1. No support of ETH vs RTH - VWAP, TPO all need tedious workarounds. Try setting up different initial balance for oil, gold and equities - pain in the ass. Couldn't find an instrument manager either - looks like all these settings will be per chart! Hope I'm wrong.
2. TPO heavily lacking, mostly due to the issue above. No split, no merge (at least i couldn't figure out how to), no halfback indicator. Somehow TPO and volume profile are combined into the same study and the same drawing component, both called "TPO and Market Profile".
3. No presets for exit strategies, you need to edit ticks manually every time - really? Also, not sure if different settings save on different charts - like oil vs ES for example - haven't had time to test
4. No way to stick the smart DOM to a chart so that the prices align horizontally tick-by-tick, with synchronized scrolling. Deal breaker for me, as I use footprint side by side with the DOM, and have them unsynchronized totally ruins the flow during execution. Charts have their own built-in DOMs but those are a joke.