The story behind the method—and why perception changes everything.
For decades, retail traders have been taught to trade the same way: collect indicators, follow patterns, trust moving averages, and hope for the best. The result? Most lose. Not because they're undisciplined, but because they're playing a game they don't fully see.
Traditional indicators show you the past. They lag. They repaint. They contradict each other. And most critically—they don't show you what the market is actually doing right now: forming, testing, and shifting belief.
PAT Indicator was built to solve this. It doesn't add more complexity. It strips away the noise and shows you the five elements that matter: momentum flow, belief boundaries, conviction tests, safe zones, and institutional activity.
Martin Cole has been trading and teaching markets for over 30 years. He's not a guru selling dreams—he's a practitioner who's seen every market cycle, every manipulation pattern, and every way traders sabotage themselves.
His approach evolved from a simple realization: the market doesn't move on fundamentals or chart patterns. It moves on belief. And belief is visible—if you know what to look for.
That insight became the foundation of the PAT method: Perception, Awareness, and Timing. Not prediction. Not hope. Just reading what the market is showing you, right now.
Before creating the PAT Indicator, Martin wrote How the Market Makers Extract Millions of Dollars a Day—a book that exposes the mechanics of market maker manipulation and lays the philosophical foundation for perception-based trading.
PAT is built on three core principles:
You can't predict the future. But you can read the present better than the crowd. PAT shows you where belief is forming, where it's being tested, and where structure confirms or rejects it.
The market is full of noise—random wicks, false breakouts, emotional spikes. PAT filters it out and shows you the underlying structure: where the real momentum is, where boundaries sit, and where manipulation ends.
Most traders drown in complexity. PAT simplifies. Five visual elements. Clear rules. Repeatable process. You're not juggling ten indicators—you're reading one coherent picture.
PAT works because it aligns you with how markets actually function. Market makers and institutions don't chase indicators—they read order flow, liquidity, and belief dynamics. PAT gives retail traders the same lens.
It doesn't guarantee you'll win every trade. No tool does. But it gives you clarity, structure, and a repeatable edge. Over time, that compounds.
PAT is for traders who are serious about learning to read markets—not looking for shortcuts or magic signals. It's for:
When you get PAT, you're not just buying an indicator. You're getting a complete trading education:
We're not here to sell you hope. We're here to teach you to see. PAT is a tool, a framework, and a lens. What you do with it is up to you.
But if you're willing to put in the work—to study the manual, practice the concepts, and shift from mechanical thinking to perceptual awareness—PAT will change how you trade. Permanently.
Start with the manual. It's the complete framework, explained in detail with real chart examples.