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DISPLAY ABOVE ASK / BELOW BID TRADES IN THE TAPE (Like jigsaw)

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One of the flaws of the ATAS TAPE is that you cannot choose to display the trades which caused the ask to move higher, or the bid lower.

This setting allows you to clearly display the sweeps that caused the market to move. Because the +++ / ---- do not stand out at all when the markets are volatile, and we have several DOMs and several TApes side by side on a screen.

Displaying them clearly, as Jigsaw does, allows you to gain clarity.

Being able to filter trades with a certain volume as ATAS currently allows is good, but also knowing the impact of these trades on the price is even better!

Adding this option would bring real added value to ATAS.

Here is an example of a Jigsaw tap which allows trades to stand out if they have caused the price to shift (above bid / below ask):

Posted by Olivier Decesse ·
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  • Shea

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    Oct 3

    Bump

  • tiago

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    Sep 23

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    Merged request

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    1 vote

    Enhancement to the “Above Ask and Below Bid” feature on smart tape

    I’d like to suggest a enhancement to the “Above Ask and Below Bid” highlighting feature in the Smart Tape.

    Currently, ATAS allows us to colour trades that execute above the best ask or below the best bid, which is great for spotting aggression and slippage. However, it would be even more useful if we could set a filter based on how many price levels the trade impacted before coloring it.

  • Michael

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    Dec 2, 2025

    Agree 100%.

  • Andreas

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    Nov 27, 2025

    I need this too and I believe it’s a very simple change on your site. Right now you can only change the background color for above ask and below bid together which does not allow good detection.

    Please add:

    - Above ask background color
    - Below bid background color
    - Above ask font color
    - Below bid font color

    Please also add the option to change the font color for each alarm. Right now you just can change background colors, which again limits coloring options significantly.