| Concept | Description | |---------|-------------| | | The preferred retracement pattern. You wait for price to pull back in two clear moves against the trend before entering. | | The "Zero Line" | A horizontal line drawn at the close of the trend bar. It acts as real-time support/resistance. | | No Overlapping Bars | Clean trends have bars that don't overlap much. Overlapping bars = chop, avoid trading. | | Second Entry | Often the first breakout fails; the second breakout after a small pause has higher odds. | | Tick Chart (2000T or 500T) | PATs is designed for tick charts, not time-based charts (e.g., 5-min). Tick charts show transaction volume, creating cleaner price moves. |
Pat’s rule: If you can’t explain the signal in one sentence, skip the trade.
However, the manual itself is just a map; you still have to walk the terrain. The system works remarkably well for those willing to develop the required emotional control and chart-reading fluency, but it will quickly penalize anyone looking for an effortless shortcut to market profits.
By entering precisely at the turn of a second leg with a tight stop just past the signal bar, the risk on any given trade is strictly minimized.
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The , authored by a trader known as Mack , is a comprehensive guide to day trading focused primarily on the E-mini S&P 500 (ES) futures market using "naked" or "pure" price action. The manual, available as a PDF, serves as the foundation for a methodology that removes lagging indicators in favor of reading market geometry and human psychology through raw price movement. Core Principles of the PATS Manual
The core of the PATs philosophy is that trading is about probabilities, not certainty.
If you check the chart more than 3 times before your stop is hit, you are overtrading emotionally.
To make the "work" effective, prioritize these three pillars found in the manual: | Concept | Description | |---------|-------------| | |
: Teaches how to "look left" to find key entry points and how to ignore bar-by-bar noise in favor of larger market structures. Effectiveness & Learning Curve (PDF) Price Action Trading Day-Trading the T-Bonds off PAT