Comparison
TradersWeek vs ATAS
ATAS is a Windows order-flow desktop built around futures. It connects to Rithmic, CQG, CTS, TT, IQFeed, dxFeed and Interactive Brokers, draws cluster charts and a Smart DOM, and reads market-by-order data for its iceberg, stop-run and sweep tools. source TradersWeek is a browser terminal that does one part of that job on crypto: 28 order-flow layers built from Binance spot trades, a DOM panel that reads the exchange book without a broker account, and automatic Elliott Wave labeling in the free tier. It covers no futures at all. The practical split is markets and machines: ATAS for CME futures on Windows, TradersWeek for crypto on whatever you already have open. All ATAS facts below were checked against its own pages on 2026-08-11.
Which one fits
Choose ATAS if
You trade CME, Eurex or any regulated futures market, and you want order flow built on that exchange data. source You want market-by-order evidence behind iceberg and stop-run detection rather than inference from the tape. source You place orders from the DOM through a broker connection. You run Windows and a desktop install is not a problem. You want a C# API and a marketplace of third-party indicators. source
Choose TradersWeek if
Your instrument is crypto and your machine is a Mac, a Linux box or a laptop you do not administer. You want footprint, delta and the detectors without an install and without a second bill for data. You want wave counts labeled automatically and still editable by hand. You want Smart Money, Wyckoff, Ichimoku and Gann in the same subscription rather than bought as separate add-ons.
What order flow actually costs to run
The corpus of questions this page is written for keeps asking about the total, not the licence, and that is the honest way to compare these two. A futures order-flow setup is a platform fee plus an exchange feed; a crypto one on public data is a platform fee and nothing else. Both facts cut both ways.
| Line item | ATAS | TradersWeek |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | €24.95 to €89.95 per month, €19.95 to €49.95 annual, lifetime from €999. source | Free core, Pro $30, Premium $120 per month. Order flow is Premium |
| Market data | Billed separately by the provider. No single published price. source | Nothing on top. Binance public trade data carries no exchange fee |
| What the money buys | Futures, stocks and crypto through connected providers source | Binance spot, plus bridged forex, metals and indices. No futures |
| Free entry | Start: real-time crypto, 2 instruments, 3 indicators, delayed futures. source | 123 indicators, Elliott labeling and paper trading, with no card. Order flow is not in it |
Read the free rows together. ATAS Start gives real-time crypto with cluster charts. The free Start plan allows 3 indicators per chart. source That is a genuine free footprint option if Windows is not in your way. TradersWeek gives away the chart and the wave labeling instead, and keeps order flow behind Premium.
What the detectors are actually looking at
Both products draw icebergs, sweeps and absorption. They are not reading the same thing, and a comparison that leaves this vague is useless to anyone deciding between them.
- ATAS on futures
- Market-by-order data, where individual orders are visible as they are placed, modified and pulled. Iceberg, stop-run and sweep tools sit on the higher plans and read that stream directly. source Order identity is in the data itself, so an iceberg is observed rather than deduced. That feed is part of what futures order flow costs.
- TradersWeek on crypto
- The public Binance trade tape and the order book. Executions and resting size are visible, order identity is not, so the detectors infer an iceberg from repeated refills at a level rather than observing one. Same question, weaker evidence. The DOM panel reads the exchange book live over a WebSocket, with click-to-trade and no broker account in between.
- TradersWeek on forex
- Weaker still, and worth saying plainly. The MetaTrader bridge delivers a bid and ask stream rather than trades, so the module derives synthetic trades from mid-price movement. The charts look identical to the crypto ones and the evidence behind them is not the same.
- History depth
- TradersWeek loads the tape for the visible window, not indefinitely: about 7 days on weekly charts, 48 hours on daily, 30 hours from hourly up and 15 hours below it. Deep historical order-flow research is a job for a desktop platform with a stored data feed, and ATAS Market Replay is the answer to it here. source
Feature comparison
| Capability | TradersWeek | ATAS |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Any modern browser, installs as a PWA | Windows desktop; ATAS X beta for Windows and macOS. source |
| Elliott Wave | Automatic in the free core: 24 wave patterns, counts scored against the rules, labels editable | Not listed on its product, pricing or support pages. source |
| Cost of crypto order flow | One subscription, no exchange fee | Licence plus whatever the chosen connection charges source |
| Methodology modules | The methodology modules are included in Premium | Third-party indicators through the Marketplace, priced per item |
| Paper trading | Server-side, $10,000 balance. Positions survive a page reload | Simulated trading and Market Replay, tied to the connected data source |
| Capability | TradersWeek | ATAS |
|---|---|---|
| Footprint clusters | Bid and ask per level, delta, imbalance, absorption, exhaustion | Cluster charts with bid × ask, delta and volume clusters. source |
| Depth of market | DOM panel on the Binance book, with click-to-trade | Smart DOM, with market-by-order tools on the higher plans. source |
| Free plan with real-time crypto | Yes for charting, no for order flow. 2 on a chart, no registration | Yes, with cluster charts. 3 indicators per chart on the free plan. source |
| Capability | ATAS | TradersWeek |
|---|---|---|
| Futures | Futures, stocks and crypto through Rithmic, CQG, IQFeed, dxFeed and others. source | Not covered |
| Evidence behind detectors | Market-by-order tools for icebergs, stop runs and sweeps on the higher plans source | Inferred from the trade tape and the book |
| Order execution | Chart and DOM trading through supported connections source | Paper account, or an exchange through your own API key |
| Extensibility | C# API and a Marketplace of indicators and extensions source | Script Converter reads 6 languages. No public API, no marketplace |
| Liquidity heatmap | Listed as beta source | None. The chart heatmap colours executed volume, not resting orders |
Questions people actually ask
Is TradersWeek an alternative to ATAS?
For crypto, yes. For CME futures, no. TradersWeek reads Binance spot trades in the browser and builds 28 order-flow layers from them, with nothing to install and no exchange fee on top. ATAS connects to futures data through Rithmic, CQG, CTS, TT, IQFeed, dxFeed and others, which is exactly the coverage TradersWeek does not have. If your instrument is ES, NQ or CL, ATAS is the tool and TradersWeek is not an option at all.
Does ATAS have a free plan?
Yes, and it is a real one for crypto. Start is free: real-time crypto, futures delayed by 15 minutes unless a real-time feed is connected, one crypto connection, two instruments open at once, 3 indicators per chart and Market Replay. A 14-day trial opens the paid features. TradersWeek is free on a different axis: the whole chart, 123 indicators and automatic Elliott labeling cost nothing, while order flow is Premium at $120 per month.
Can I run ATAS on a Mac?
ATAS ships for Windows, and an ATAS X beta is announced for Windows and macOS. A browser build is not listed on its download page. TradersWeek runs in any modern browser, so the operating system stops being part of the decision. This is the one axis where the comparison is not close.
Which one is cheaper for order flow?
Compare the total, not the licence. ATAS Pro is €69.95 per month, or €39.95 on annual billing, and exchange and provider fees are billed separately by the data provider or the broker. TradersWeek Premium is $120 per month with nothing billed on top, because Binance public trade data carries no exchange fee. The catch is on the other side of that trade: the free data is also all the data there is. There are no CME, Eurex or US equity feeds to pay for here because those markets are not covered.
Do TradersWeek iceberg and sweep detection work like the ATAS market-by-order tools?
They answer a similar question from weaker evidence. ATAS builds its iceberg, stop-run and sweep tools on market-by-order data, where individual orders are visible as they are placed, modified and pulled. TradersWeek works from the public trade tape and the order book, which show executions and resting size but not order identity. The detectors are inference, not observation, and on the pages where they matter that difference is worth naming.
Does ATAS label Elliott waves automatically?
Automatic Elliott Wave labeling is not listed on its product, pricing or support pages as of 2026-08-11. TradersWeek fits 24 wave patterns automatically, scores every count against the Elliott rules and leaves the labels editable by hand, in the free tier. If wave analysis is the reason you are comparing platforms, the closer comparison is MotiveWave, not ATAS.
Can I place orders from TradersWeek the way I can from the ATAS DOM?
Into a paper account, or to an exchange through an API key you connect yourself. TradersWeek is not a broker and holds no client funds, so there is no equivalent of ATAS chart and DOM trading through a broker connection.
The free core opens without an account, so the browser half of this is checkable in a minute.
Open terminalLast reviewed 11 August 2026