Homework Review: Model Walkthrough and Case List

In the last lesson you got the algorithm: hypothesis → run → conclusion. Now let's turn it into action. This lesson is your homework for all of Module 3: I've put together a ready-made workspace and a list of specific days when the cases we covered actually happened. The instrument, timeframe, and scale for each case are already set up — all that's left is to open the right day in Market Replay and work through it yourself.

First, let's get everything running, and walk through one full example together. After that come five cases, each with its own parameters.

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Step 0. Load the workspace

So you don't have to configure every instrument by hand, I've prepared a workspace — it already has the right instruments, timeframes, and scales set up for each case.

1. Download the .ws file using the button above.
2. Place it in the ATAS workspaces folder (path \AppData\Roaming\ATAS\Workspaces_v3).
3. Restart the platform and select the HomeWork Replay Volume Analys Core.ws workspace from the list.
4. Once the workspace loads — all charts, timeframes, and scales are already in place.

⚠️ Important: If you're setting things up manually, pay attention to the Scale in each case — it's listed separately and directly affects the analysis.

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How to work through any case: the general procedure

The mechanics are the same for every assignment below — only the instrument, date, and what exactly you're looking for change.

1. Open Market Replay (as covered in the simulator lesson), check the box for the right instrument, set the dates from the case, and start it.
2. Adjust the speed. While the market is "going in a straight line" and you're just waiting — speed up. As soon as the pattern, setup, or formation you need shows up — slow it down to 1× to study it properly.
3. Start with the higher timeframe. Build the profile over the specified window and figure out the context: where the trend is running, and where a reversal is shaping up. This sets the direction you'll be looking for an entry in next.
4. Drop down to the lower timeframe. Once you understand the direction from the higher timeframe, look for either a setup or an entry point on the lower one, in sync with the higher timeframe.
5. Log it in the moment. Replay gives you access to a demo Replay Account — always open a trade, set a stop and a take-profit, just like in real trading. Take a screenshot of the entry point and write your decision in your journal before you fast-forward.

Here's what the first step looks like in practice. For analyzing the higher timeframe: open the chart without Market Replay and use the profile. Price moved down, found support at the bottom of the range, and reversed upward — that's the higher-timeframe reversal picture, and it's what you then take to the lower timeframe to find a long entry point, already inside Market Replay.

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Case 1. Combining two profiles (lesson 3.2)

Parameter	Value
Instrument	6E — euro futures
Timeframes	M30 (higher) + M5 (lower)
Analysis date (M30)	June 16–25, 2026
Run date (M5)	June 26, 2026

A two-stage case:

• Stage 1 — higher timeframe (M30). Build a profile over the window from June 16 to 25, 2026, and find the reversal point. I'm deliberately not naming the direction — work it out yourself from the profile.
• Stage 2 — lower timeframe (M5). Load June 26, 2026 into Market Replay, start from the beginning of the session, and find the reversal setup on the profile, synced with the higher timeframe. Once you know the direction of the reversal from the higher timeframe, look for an entry in that same direction on the lower one.

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Case 2. Trend via clusters (lesson 3.3)

Parameter	Value
Instrument	GC — gold futures
Timeframe	M5
Scale	Scale 3 (required)
Run date	July 13, 2026

A hint up front: the higher timeframe is in a downtrend. So we're looking for a developing trend, not a reversal — an intraday trend model and a trend-following entry point. On the profile, look at the already-formed direction, and take the entry point from Footprint on M5.

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Case 3. Reversal scenario (lesson 3.4)

Parameter	Value
Instrument	6E — euro futures
Timeframe	M5
Scale	Scale 1 (no aggregation)
Run date	July 13, 2026

Load the day from the very start, play through it in full, and mark every setup you can find. Then, after the setup, find the entry point in the direction of the reversal — the task is to locate the reversal scenario.

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Case 4. Lower-timeframe detail (lesson 3.5)

Parameter	Value
Instrument	6E — euro futures
Timeframe	M5
Run date	June 26, 2026

Here we're continuing the case from lesson 3.2 — the same day, June 26, 2026. In case 1, the task was to find the setup; now we go into detail on what comes after it: reload the day, recall what its core idea was, and find entry points in the direction the lower timeframe develops. This case is deliberately kept separate from the first one — so you come back to the day with no leftover context and work through it with fresh eyes.

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Case 5. Candlestick setups across a timeframe combination (lessons 3.7 and 3.8)

Parameter	Value
Instrument	GC — gold futures
Higher timeframe	M30, Scale 5
Lower timeframe	M5, Scale 3
Run date	July 22, 2026

The cases from lessons 3.7 and 3.8 are combined here: at their core, they're both candlestick setups, just in different shapes. Load July 22 into Market Replay and, from the very start of the day, run through M30: find every candlestick setup from lessons 3.7 and 3.8 that you can. Whenever you spot a long or short setup on the higher timeframe, switch to M5 and find every entry point you can identify.

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Work through these five cases, and you'll have built up your first real statistics: where it worked, where you got stopped out, what risk-to-reward ratio you achieved with each type of setup.

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You've reached the end of the course. Now — the most important part

Let's briefly go over what you have now. You can read Footprint and Volume Profile — you see not just a candle, but the trades behind it. You can find zones on the profile, tell a trend setup apart from a reversal one, catch an entry point using clusters on the lower timeframe, and set a stop for a real reason, not a guess. You know what percentage of your account to risk on each type of setup, and why the risk is different for a rare entry with a stop behind volume versus a frequent pattern with a short stop. You know how to convert that percentage into a concrete volume — via micro contracts on futures, via fractional sizing on crypto, adjusted for fees. And you have a simulator to run all of this without risking real money.

That's the full loop: from "I see a zone" to "I know my volume and my risk." You now have enough to move from lessons to systematic practice.

And so this transition doesn't just hang in the air, here's your final assignment — done entirely in ATAS, not in a notebook:

1. Pick a setup from the ones we've covered — whichever feels closest to you.
2. Analyze the volume: build the profile and Footprint, find the zone and the signs of control.
3. Determine your entry point and stop — by your case's rules, not by preference.
4. Calculate position size from your dollar risk and the distance to the stop — like in the calculation lesson.
5. Run a series of observations or trades (on Market Replay or on the live market with small volume) and record the results: entry, stop, volume, how it ended, what you learned.

Run through about ten situations like this, and you'll see your real accuracy in numbers. This is where trading actually begins — not with one more lesson.

To get started right now

All of this happens inside ATAS. If you haven't installed the platform yet — now's the time: download ATAS and activate the trial period, it'll be enough to complete the final assignment and get a feel for the tools in action. If you've already used your trial — pick a suitable plan and keep practicing with the Replay and volume-analysis features included in that plan.

Good luck. From here on, it's the market — and your discipline.