The hunt for the perfect pattern had just begun.

For the first time in six months, he didn't hesitate. He set a buy stop order exactly where the robot suggested, placed his stop loss at the pattern’s invalidation line, and walked away to make coffee.

He ignored the sketchy forum links and went straight to the official MetaTrader Marketplace. One click. One install. He dragged the indicator onto his EUR/USD chart.

Mark laughed. Then he opened a new tab and typed again: "autochartist mt4 download – volatility filter add-on."