The Market Maker Method in Real-Time
The PAT AMD Indicator shows you Accumulation, Manipulation, and Distribution as it happens
For TradingView
PAT Indicator shows you the three phases—Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution—through five visual elements you can see on any chart.
The Origin Story
I Created the Market Makers Method in 1999
26 years ago, I created the Market Makers Method—a framework revealing how market makers use Accumulation, Manipulation, and Distribution (AMD) to engineer price movements. It was featured as a 4-page spread in Futures and Options World magazine in 1999.
In 2001, I published my first book, "Trading For A Bright Future," documenting the method in detail. Since then, AMD spread across trading education—taught by Inner Circle Trader starting in 2010, and now by dozens of platforms and thousands of educators worldwide.
But there was a problem: everyone taught the theory. No one gave traders a tool to see AMD happening in real-time.
That is why I have built PAT AMD Indicator—Professional Activity Tracker—built specifically to track Accumulation, Manipulation, and Distribution in real-time.
How PAT Visualizes AMD
Learn AMD from the source. Trade it in real-time with PAT AMD Indicator.
What You See Isn't Real
Candles are form — the shapes that seduce the eye, the surface story of what already happened.
Belief is content — it shows you why it happened.
Most traders chase the form — the wicks, the patterns, the noise that looks meaningful.
But markets move on what traders expect, fear, and believe about the future.
The PAT Indicator doesn't chase the surface. It reveals the undercurrent — showing where conviction is rising, where doubt begins to spread, and where manipulation is quietly at work.
Follow The Floating Zone.
The Floating Zone: Reveals underlying strength and weakness. And confirmation of trend change.
When The Floating Zone bends upward, belief in rising price strengthens.
When it turns down, that belief weakens and begins to unwind.
Ray Lines: Where Accumulation Pivots
Ray lines: Where accumulation pivots on underlying strength or weakness.
Above the ray line → Strength is more likely to emerge and continue.
Below the ray line → Weakness is more likely to unfold.
A powerful component of the overall PAT indicator.
When Belief Starts to Fracture.
Pressure Points: Where conviction starts to become fractured. Early warning signs that the current trend is showing signs of fractured beliefs.
Multiple pressure points on one side of The Floating Zone often signal that belief is about to collapse.
Turn your 3:1 Disadvantage Into Your Edge.
Markets trend 2 days out of 5. That means 60% of the time, trend traders are getting chopped up in sideways action.
Buffers reveal structural boundaries that show you exactly when the market is range-bound versus breaking out. Instead of fighting the range, you profit from it.
Buffer holds? Trade the oscillation between boundaries with institutional backing.
Buffer breaks? Identify genuine trend opportunities before the crowd realizes what's happening.
This is how PAT turns the statistical reality of markets into a structural advantage.
The Whales Don't Follow the Market — They Create It.
Whale markers: Where professional, large trading positions enter and exit (Smart Money Concept).
When whales act, they aren't chasing price. They're reshaping the crowd's belief. That's why a whale marker often appears just before a sharp reversal.
The crowd thinks it's confirmation. The whale knows it's camouflage.
How to Trade with the Market Maker Method
The Market Maker Method created by Martin Cole in 1999 reveals how institutions engineer price through three repeating phases. Here's how to trade them.
Accumulation
Market Makers quietly build positions. The Floating Zone shows underlying directional belief forming. Ray lines mark accumulation pivots.
Strategy: Watch and wait. Don't enter yet.
Manipulation
Market Makers test belief and hunt stops. Buffers reveal manipulation zones. Pressure Points show fractured conviction.
Strategy: Stay out. Let manipulation complete.
Distribution
The real move happens. Whale markers signal where Market Makers release positions. The Floating Zone confirms direction.
Strategy: Enter here. This is your window.
The Complete Market Maker Trading Strategy
Identify the Market Maker phase. Wait for manipulation to end (whale marker at buffer or ray line). Enter when distribution begins in the direction of the Floating Zone. Trade the AMD cycle, not predictions.
You're Not Watching Price — You're Reading Thought.
When you combine The Floating Zone, the rays, the pressure points, the buffers, and the whales — you begin to see the market's mind at work.
You see belief shift before it's visible in price. You stop reacting to candles. You start understanding the forces behind them.
Learn From The Original Source
Not The Copies
The Timeline: From Pioneer to Industry Standard
The PAT Indicator represents 30+ years of Martin Cole’s proven market maker methodology.
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The Problem with Chasing Candles
Candles are the shop window—shiny patterns that tempt people in. But the real business happens behind the glass: what traders believe. Without reading belief, traders buy tops, sell bottoms, and fall for manipulation.
The PAT Solution: Read Belief, Not Just Price
PAT maps the market's mind using the Market Maker Method created in 1999: the Floating Zone shows belief flow; Rays mark remembered value; Pressure Points reveal cracks in consensus; Buffers show where belief is rewritten; Whale markers expose Market Maker manipulation.
Trade What the Market Believes.
Install the PAT Indicator on TradingView and start reading belief instead of chasing noise.
See Exactly How PAT Works
Read the complete Training Manual covering:
- • The Floating Zone methodology
- • Raylines (Where bias tips)
- • Pressure Points, Buffers & Whale markers
- • Step-by-step Market Makers Playbook
No fluff. No secrets. Complete transparency.
Clarity
Understand market structure instantly—no confusion, no clutter.
Confidence
Trade with certainty knowing what the market believes, not guesses.
Consistency
A repeatable process: The Floating Zone → Ray → PressurePoints → Buffers → Whales.
No Repainting
What you see is what you get—signals never change after they appear.
Live Example
Floating Zone bends, PP cluster forms, whale marker prints, reversal starts.
Rayline
Your strength meter. Above the ray = buy opportunity. Below = expect weakness.
Simple Pricing
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is PAT a TradingView indicator?
Yes. You add it to your TradingView charts like any other indicator.
Do I get a PAT indicator training manual?
Yes—an in-depth online manual covering The Floating Zone, Rays, Pressure Points, Buffers and Whales.
Does PAT repaint?
Core signals use a 30-minute canonical engine that confirms on bar close—no repainting of confirmed data.
How easy is this to learn?
“Easy” becomes relative to the amount of understanding and then the application following training. Once we truly understand everything, then it can be said to be easy. I would encourage you to read through the training manual. (It’s highly likely you’ll be pleasantly surprised)
What markets can I use the PAT indicator on?
The PAT indicator will work on pretty much any financial instrument that can be charted in TradingView.
Can I speak with someone before committing?
Absolutely. You can book a call with Martin Cole direct for a 30-minute pre-purchase consultation ($150) to discuss your trading challenges, ask questions about the PAT methodology, and see if it’s the right fit for you.
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