ATAS Suite

Options levels and options flow, directly inside ATAS. The Hermes ATAS plugin draws the web terminal's GEX levels, per-strike distribution, gamma heat, options order flow and statistical projection onto ATAS charts. Combined with ATAS's own footprint and cluster charts, one chart shows both where options are defended and how futures trade at those levels.

Indicator overview

Right-click a chart → Add Indicator → search Hermes. The indicators sit under the Hermes and HermesGEX categories.

The three distribution panels and the Gamma Γ Heatmap were built from live-trader feedback: keep the price chart to bare candles and volume, and move the distribution and gamma trails beside and below it so nothing overlaps.

Pick the right version

Each ATAS major version runs a different .NET runtime, and the plugin must match it. The version is in the bottom-right corner of the ATAS main window.

Installation

Manual install (if install.bat can't run): press Win + R, enter %APPDATA%\ATAS\Indicators (if it doesn't exist, start and close ATAS once) → delete old Hermes.Atas*.dll files → copy the new DLL in → right-click the DLL → Properties → if there's an Unblock checkbox at the bottom, tick it and click OK (Windows blocks downloaded DLLs and ATAS skips them silently).

Indicator still missing: double-click check.bat in the package. It checks the file location, Windows blocking and the ATAS log, and unblocks the DLL automatically; send a screenshot of the result to support@hermesgex.com.

Updating: download the new package, exit ATAS and run install.bat again.

Authorization and plans

1. The first time you add any Hermes indicator, the browser opens the authorization page with the code pre-filled.
2. Sign in to HermesGEX → click Authorize → the chart's top-left corner shows "Hermēs · Connected".
3. Every Hermes indicator shares this one authorization.

• The token lives in memory only, never on disk — confirm once again after restarting ATAS.
• One subscription, one trading machine: authorizing on another computer signs the previous one out.
• Plans: options-data indicators and Delta Heatmap need a paid plan — see pricing. Volume Heatmap, Quant4 and Toxicity with the wall-break warning turned off use local footprint data only and need no authorization.

Suggested setups

Options-level chart: a candle chart with Hermes GEX Levels & Distribution — or keep bare candles and add OI Level & Volume Level (90DTE for open-interest support / resistance), GEX Level and Greek Level on the right, plus Gamma Γ Heatmap at the bottom to watch the gamma levels move over time.

Order-flow confirmation: add the Toxicity pane and Extreme Order Flow to the same chart. As price nears a Call / Put Wall, extreme toxicity plus extreme triangles in the same direction lean toward a break; fading toxicity leans toward a rejection.

Structural context: add Market Stats Projection for today's range, IB extensions and historical hit rates as targets and stop references.

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Hermes GEX Levels & Distribution

The main indicator: live GEX levels and per-strike distribution on the price chart, with futures automatically converted to the current contract's price scale.

• Levels: Zero Gamma, Long / Short Gamma (including 0DTE), Call / Put Wall and open-interest walls, HVL, Call / Put Transition, secondary walls C2–6 / P2–6, absolute gamma Ab1–3 (purple magnet levels).
• D+ / D−: net-delta extremes (thin cyan dashed lines) marking where hedging flow may reverse; hidden when they coincide with a wall so labels don't overlap.
• Right-side distribution: Gamma Profile / volume GEX / open-interest GEX columns, each switchable, adjustable panel width.
• Expiry switch: 2 · Display → distribution / wall expiry: 0DTE / 1DTE / 90DTE. The distribution, Call / Put walls, OI walls, 0Γ and ±Γ switch together, and the status line shows the expiry. Outside 0DTE the derived levels (HVL, Transition, secondary walls, Ab1–3, D±) are hidden so methodologies don't mix.
• HUD: the futures cockpit shows net GEX (positive = long-gamma regime, negative = short-gamma regime, magnitude = strength).

Common settings: leave 1 · Connection → Ticker override empty to map from the contract automatically; poll interval; automatic price conversion and the manual conversion factor.

The three distribution panels (OI & Volume / GEX / Greek Level)

Vertical panels docked at the far right of the chart, sharing the price axis: each bar sits at its strike and follows the chart as it scrolls and zooms. The price chart can stay bare candles and volume.

Shared settings

• Expiry: 0DTE / 1DTE / 90DTE. If the selected expiry has no data, 0DTE is shown and the panel header says so.
• Profile Plot Style: One Sided Left Aligned / One Sided Right Aligned / Two Sided Mirrored (puts and negatives left, calls and positives right).
• Major lines: lines and labels toggle separately. Lines run from the last bar to the left edge of the chart; labels are drawn on the price chart (left side or next to the latest bar, nudged apart when too close).
• Colors and style: positive / negative bars, lines and labels, and label backgrounds are all configurable, as are line width, dashes and label font size.
• Hover tooltip: hover a bar to see that strike's value and distance from price.
• Price line / mouse line: the panel draws its own dashed price and mouse lines (the mouse line only within the price area), with configurable color and thickness.
• HermesGEX brand box: top or bottom of the panel, with adjustable height, font size and background.

Hermes Gamma Γ Heatmap

A bottom pane with its own price axis, three layers from bottom to top:

• Price: Candlestick / Line / Heikin-Ashi / High-Low styles, with a dashed price line.
• Gamma trails: 0Γ, +Γ, −Γ and Call / Put Wall each toggle separately, drawn as separate glowing dots (oval or round) with adjustable width, height, spacing and glow, price-labelled at the end. When a level jumps to a new strike the dots simply continue at the new price — no vertical connectors.
• Per-strike heat cells: one column per bar, one cell per strike, positive / negative GEX in separate colors, normalized to each column's maximum.
• Expiry: 0DTE backfills today's history on load; 1DTE / 90DTE accumulate live from the moment the indicator loads.
• "Include Γ levels in axis" is on by default; turn it off to scale to visible candles only.

Options order flow

Both share one cache, so loading them together adds no extra requests.

Futures order flow and statistics

Hermes Prop Sync: trades straight into the journal

Load Hermes Prop Sync on a chart for the account and contract you want synced (it reuses the authorization of any Hermes indicator already loaded). Each chart syncs only the account currently selected on that chart; for several accounts, load it once per account chart.

1. Create an account in the web prop journal with the account number set to the ATAS account name — or wait for the platform accounts to report in and link / create directly from "Platform accounts".
2. Trade normally: every time a contract returns flat, one trade is recorded (side, size, average entry / exit, P&L, commission) and uploaded within 15 s. Fills that existed before the indicator loaded are not re-sent.
3. Every 5 minutes the account balance and daily P&L are attached, so the web shows platform balance and the difference for reconciliation.

• Status badge: shows whether it is waiting for fills, the time of the last successful sync, or that the account is not linked yet (fill in the account name on the web as prompted); corner or visibility is configurable.
• Offline-safe: trades are queued locally before upload and kept for 7 days; the server de-duplicates, so re-uploads are harmless.
• Trading-calendar market context: with Market Stats Projection also loaded ("Sync daily structure to the trading calendar" is on by default), each session's structure appears on the calendar.

Compared with the NinjaTrader suite

Both platforms share the same authorization and data definitions, so the levels match; each adds different tools suited to its platform.

See the NinjaTrader 8 suite for the full NinjaTrader guide.

FAQ and troubleshooting

Hermes doesn't appear in the indicator list Usually the wrong build (runtime mismatch) or a DLL blocked by Windows. Check your ATAS version and run check.bat to diagnose and unblock.

Two sets of Hermes indicators, or a load error Old and new DLLs are both present. Exit ATAS and run install.bat again — it removes old Hermes.Atas*.dll files first.

Status says signed in on another device The same subscription was authorized on another computer. Re-add the indicator on this machine to authorize again.

Status line shows "· DTE?" The selected expiry has no data; it has fallen back to 0DTE.

Walls differ from the web by a constant amount Usually a change in the futures–index basis. Check the contract month and set a manual conversion factor if needed.

Distribution-panel bars don't line up with chart prices Make sure the panel and chart are the same instrument and contract month; the panel follows the chart's price axis, so it re-aligns when you stretch the chart.

Anything else: email support@hermesgex.com with your ATAS version and a check.bat screenshot.

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