Reading Market Maker Intentions with PAT: A Quick Walkthrough

Understanding what market makers are doing in real-time is the key to profitable trading. In this walkthrough, I'll show you exactly how to read a PAT chart and identify high-probability trades by following the whale markers and market structure.

Understanding Whale Markers and Market Intent

Let's start by looking at the W1 whale markers on this EUR/USD chart. Notice how these yellow markers appear at critical moments - they're showing us where significant market maker activity is occurring.

Here's a perfect example: you can see a whale marker that pushes the market down against the underlying uptrend. The market then retaliates, comes back up, breaks through resistance, and continues trending higher. Then another whale marker appears.

Here's the crucial insight: We don't need to know exactly what the whales are doing in the moment - that's impossible and unnecessary. What we need to see is the outcome of their actions. This tells us what they did, and more importantly, allows us to trade alongside them.

Reading Accumulation Zones and Market Structure

Look at what happens next. The market pushes up, then immediately reverses all the way back down. If this was genuine buying strength, why would it collapse so quickly? This tells us the market makers are positioned against a weakening market.

The market then enters accumulation - shown by the yellow box. Even though the yellow line is faint (because this is the fourth box back), it was clearly visible at the time. Notice how the market breaks into the lower half of the latest floating zone. This signals anticipated weakness.

And sure enough, the whales show up right on the buffer line.

Following the Market Maker Method

Watch how the pattern repeats:

• The market dips down to the pressure points
• Comes back up into the buffer line (which would have been much darker and stronger at the time)
• Breaks down and starts declining - an excellent short trade opportunity
• The market attempts to close the trade through accumulation
• Moves above the rail line, then breaks up to the buffer
• Whales come in with downward pressure again
• The market carries on down

This is the Market Maker Method in action - reading the intent through price action and positioning yourself with the smart money, not against it.

The PAT/AMD Indicator Advantage

The AMD indicator component of PAT shows you exactly where these critical zones are:

• Floating zones that indicate directional bias
• Buffer lines where market maker activity concentrates
• Rail lines that signal strength or weakness
• Accumulation boxes where the market consolidates before the next move

Notice in this example how the market probes back into the buffer zone, falls back off, then enters accumulation again. When the rail line appears and the market moves back above it, this indicates returning strength. The market moves up, whales enter temporarily to push it down around the buffer side, then the market breaks above, dips back for confirmation, and continues the move higher.

It's a Repetitive Cycle

This is what makes the PAT indicator and Market Maker Method so powerful - the cycle repeats over and over again. Once you understand how to read these signals, you can spot them on any timeframe, any market.

Your Next Steps

Here's what I recommend:

1. Open your charts right now and review what I've just shown you
2. Read through this walkthrough again and match it to your own charts
3. Tomorrow, get live on the charts - if you're still learning, use very small amounts so you can understand the market maker movements without the emotional interference of significant money at stake
4. Gradually increase your position size as you become comfortable
5. When you feel slightly uncomfortable again, hold that level until comfort returns, then add more

This is how you become successful with the PAT indicator - by learning to read what market makers are actually doing and trading with them, not against them.

The AMD indicator gives you the objective framework. The Market Maker Method gives you the understanding. Combined, they transform how you see and trade the markets.

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