Cival Manipulation & Pressure Toolkit v1.0.0 - Install Guide

Two indicators for ATAS Platform, installed together:

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1. Requirements

Both indicators need the instrument's real tick size from ATAS.

2. Install with the included script (recommended)

Step 1. Close ATAS completely (every ATAS window; check Task Manager for leftover ATAS processes).

Step 2. Extract the ZIP to an ordinary folder, for example Downloads\Cival-Manipulation-Pressure-Toolkit-v1.0.0.

Step 3 (optional). Integrity check, in PowerShell from the extracted folder. This compares every file with SHA256SUMS.txt:

Get-Content .\SHA256SUMS.txt | ForEach-Object {
  $hash, $path = $_ -split '  ', 2
  $actual = (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath ($path -replace '/', '\') -Algorithm SHA256).Hash
  '{0}  {1}' -f $(if ($actual -eq $hash) { 'OK      ' } else { 'MISMATCH' }), $path
}

Every line should start with OK (letter case of the hashes does not matter).

Step 4. Run the installer from the extracted folder:

.\ATAS\Install.ps1

It installs both DLLs into %APPDATA%\ATAS\Indicators, backs up any DLL of the same name already there, and verifies the SHA-256 of each copy. If Windows blocks the script because it came from the internet, run Unblock-File .\ATAS\Install.ps1 once (or powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\ATAS\Install.ps1) and try again.

Step 5. Start ATAS.

3. Manual install

1. Close ATAS.
2. Copy ATAS\Cival.Manipulation.dll and ATAS\Cival.PressureToolkit.dll into %APPDATA%\ATAS\Indicators (paste that path into Explorer's address bar). You may install just one of them.
3. If a file with the same name is already there, move it out of the Indicators folder first (keep backups elsewhere; do not leave two copies in the folder).
4. If Windows marked the files as downloaded, right-click each, choose Properties and tick Unblock, or run Unblock-File on them.
5. Start ATAS.

4. First load

Open a chart, open its Indicators window (right-click the chart, then Indicators) and search the exact names below. Leave every setting at its default for the first session.

4A. Cival Manipulation

1. Add Cival Manipulation. A panel titled CIVAL MANIPULATION appears in the top-right of the price pane (it needs a pane of at least 200 x 100 pixels).
2. Allow about 15 completed bars to warm up (14 prior true ranges for the ATR baseline, then a 12-bar window).
3. What the panel text means at first:

4B. Cival Pressure Toolkit

1. Add Cival Pressure Toolkit. An information panel titled Cival Pressure Toolkit appears at the top-left of the price pane, with a readiness line and a tape status line.
2. Switch the chart temporarily to a cluster/footprint view if you want to confirm bid x ask numbers exist in each candle, then switch back.
3. What the panel text means at first:

4. Set the volume floor for your instrument. Minimum aggressive row volume is in the feed's units and defaults to 10. That is a very different size on a coin-denominated perpetual than on an index future. Adjust it before judging the output.

5. Verify it works

Tick every line:

• [ ] Cival Manipulation and Cival Pressure Toolkit both appear in the indicator list and add without an error.
• [ ] The CIVAL MANIPULATION panel is visible, and its text is not Waiting for instrument tick size.
• [ ] After about 15 completed bars, scrolling back through history shows at least one blue range box in an instrument that has compressed ranges (not every chart will in a short window; this is normal).
• [ ] The Pressure Toolkit panel's readiness line begins Active, not Missing bid/ask footprint.
• [ ] After 21 completed bars with footprint, bubbles with a number in the centre and labels beginning Strong pressure or Pressure appear (they need rows of at least the Minimum aggressive row volume with a 3 to 1 ratio, so quiet instruments may show none until you lower the floor).
• [ ] The tape status line shows a real status (Individual print history loaded; live tape active, a Tape ... coverage line, or an explicit No individual print history; live prints only). Waiting for individual prints should change after history loads.
• [ ] Faint grey Round <price> lines appear around the current price (switch Round-number levels off if you do not want them).
• [ ] During a live session with a depth feed, the line LIVE resting depth (updated levels only) replaces Depth stale/awaiting fresh feed.

6. Updating

1. Save your chart template first (indicator settings live in your ATAS workspace and chart templates, not in the DLLs).
2. Close ATAS and run the new version's .\ATAS\Install.ps1. It backs up the DLLs it replaces.
3. Start ATAS and reopen your chart. If ATAS was left running, it may offer Reload indicators in the main window's status bar; reopening ATAS is the safe alternative.

7. Uninstalling

Close ATAS, then run .\ATAS\Uninstall.ps1 from the extracted folder (it removes both DLLs), or delete Cival.Manipulation.dll and/or Cival.PressureToolkit.dll from %APPDATA%\ATAS\Indicators by hand. Charts that used the indicators will no longer show them. Exports stay in %APPDATA%\ATAS\CivalManipulation and in any CSV folder you chose until you delete them.

8. Troubleshooting