When you hit the button to take your partial you can add this to the end of it to set a stop at break even. This is a 25% partial with stop at break even: CXL ALLSYMB;ROUTE=SMRTL;Price=Ask+0.02;Share=Pos*.25;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:MARKET StopPrice:AvgCost ACT:BUY QTY:POS TIF:DAY+

Updated: 8/8/2019 @ 12:44pm (PST) Finally out of the alpha stage and releasing this to the community, I've been using it with success. Because I had to do some musical chairs with memory I made a configuration utility as the script itself is very ugly. This is more of a BETA release for this, so if anyone wants to try this out in SIM and let me know if you have any issues with the configuration sheet or the hotkeys themselves. It's based on the work started by @fjmocke here: https://forums.bearbulltraders.com/topic/469-das-calculate-shares-based-on-account-risk/ . What it is: It's a hotkey command script that can be used to dynamically alter the share total based on: Available Buying Power (capital) Stop Location (Risk) % Account Risk OR Fixed Dollar Amount The script includes purchase power protection and won't send an order that you can not afford, it does this by calculating two factors: A - Shares You Can Afford B - Shares at Risk Parameter (e.g. $25,000 account equity, 1% risk = $250 risk, $250 * a stop distance of .10 = 2500 shares) min{A,B} = 0.5(A + B - | A - B | ) But, why male models? I just told you. /Zoolander reference You'd use this to calculate your share total based on what you're willing to risk. So instead of blindly throwing 500 shares at every setup, you can dynamically alter risked amount based on the per-trade setup. I use it on my StreamDeck (will also release the icon packs soon) with modifiers of 100%, 75%, 50%, and 25%. 100% is the A-Plus setups I see, those I have HIGH confidence in. Alternatively, if a stock has a large spread or is low-float, I may only use the 25% modifier key for those. Instructions for Configuration: Go to this link: V2.1: DOWNLOAD ^^ Recommend latest DAS version of 5.4.3.0. Requires DAS version 5.2.0.34 or above (current BETA branch as of 11/19/2018) for the physical stop portion to work. If you don't use the physical stop, you don't have to worry about it. NOTE: Thoroughly test in SIM to make sure it's doing what you expect it to do. Choose: Download the ZIP file and unzip to where you want. On "Setup & Instructions" configure your settings. Account Leverage (default for DAS is 4), this is the margin your broker gives you. Some off-shores give 6. It needs to match what is configured in DAS for proper calculations. Max Account Risk %. This is the maximum percent of equity you're willing to risk on every trade (default is 1%). You can always risk lower (more on that later). % of Total Buying Power. If you don't want to calculate based on the total buying power of 100%, you can set this to a lower percentage (example: 100,000 buying power with 60% here equals $60,000 maximum position size) Route. LIMIT, MARKET, SMRTL. Default is LIMIT. Order Bid/Ask Offset. This is the offset you use when you send the price for order, e.g. "Ask + 0.05" (meaning fill me up to 5 cents above ask) Time in Force. Default: Day+ Default Shares. This is the amount of shares you want to set as the DEFAULT SHARES for all trades (e.g. when you click a Symbol and it loads, this is the share total). You can see why this is here in the technical breakdown section below. Minimum Stop Buffer. This is an offset to the stop distance. If you set this to 0.05, it'll add 5 cents to the stop distance calculation (so if your stop distance is 0.05, it'll be calculated on 0.10). Switch to the "Hotkeys" tab. Choose your preferred style. % Risk of Equity (Dynamic) or Fixed Price (e.g. $150 risk). %Equity Risk: Use the drop down to select what you want the value to be % equity. NOTE: This is a modifier AFTER your account risk maximum %. So if you have 1% account risk, and set this to 50%, your effective account risk is 0.005 --> 0.5%. $ Fixed: Use the drop down to select what you want the value to be for dollar risk. Select "long" or "short" to flip the script's direction. Click the cell that contains the start of the command (E column) and Ctrl + C (copy). Paste it into DAS. It should look like a sample command below. Instructions for Usage: First, you must have "Double Click to Trade" turned on in Chart, Right-Click --> Configure --> Settings --> Double-click to trade. Double click the chart where you want to set a mental stop (it does not place a stop order, you can always put one in after). Hit your configured hotkey. Sample Scripts: LONG: DefShare=BP*0.98; Share=DefShare*0.25* Price * 0.01; Price = Ask - Price + 0.02;SShare = Share / Price; Share = DefShare - SShare; DefShare = DefShare + SShare; SShare = Share; SShare = DefShare - SShare; Share = 0.5 * SShare; TogSShare; ROUTE =LIMIT; Price = Ask + 0.05; TIF=DAY+; BUY=Send; DefShare = 500; SHORT: DefShare=BP*0.98; Share=DefShare*0.25* Price * 0.01; Price = Price - Bid + 0.02;SShare = Share / Price; Share = DefShare - SShare; DefShare = DefShare + SShare; SShare = Share; SShare = DefShare - SShare; Share = 0.5 * SShare; TogSShare; ROUTE =LIMIT; Price = Bid - 0.05; TIF=DAY+; SELL=Send; DefShare = 500; Technical Breakdown: DAS has basic scripting. Montage commands have access to very few read/write variables, basic operations, and only operators of addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. To do this calculation we need additional operators (min function, and absolute function) and more memory for storage of variables. This command gets around these limitations by using user-writeable areas of memory in the program. Since DAS is written in the C++ language (from what I can tell), it's strict on what can be done in these existing memory locations. The hotkey uses the following items (plus the usual Price -- FLOAT): (Assumptions on Datatypes) DefShare -- INT (Used as a temporary variable for storage) SShare -- Unsigned INT (Behaves like an Unsigned INT in certain situations. Used as a temporary variable for storage) Share -- INT (Used as a temporary variable for storage) With the 3 INT variables, objects are moved around in memory so that we can calculate and compare with our variable limitation (be much easier if we could assign our own). To facilitate the ABS() function, we use a trick --> When a negative value is placed into an Unsigned INT it loses it's sign (thus, it becomes a POSITIVE value in memory). A more detailed technical breakdown (step by step) is located in the Configuration spreadsheet up above. Future Enhancements: If need be, I can make a step-by-step video of this entire process. I have a version that uses an AutoHotKey macro to drop a line at the stop location, I can upload that as well if people want it. ^^ Update, I discontinued this as it was too cumbersome. You had to have two sets of hotkeys for each command. I may someday revisit it if I can build out a configuration tool for it. TLDR: It does the math for you so you can risk a known amount (% or $) based on your per-trade risk position (stop distance). And yes, I'm a bit of a tech nerd. Also, longest post .. ever. Would not read again, 0/5 stars. --- KNOWN ISSUES: %Account Risk gets smaller and smaller when subsequent open positions Reason: No Equity variable, we reverse calculate equity using Buying Power. On subsequent positions, the % (e.g. 1%) calculation will be based on the available buying power and NOT the account equity. Workaround: Precalculate the %risk and use it for the $risk versions. So 1% of $25,000 equity equals $250. SSR rejection on LONG position when scaling out; rejection message (e.g. "Short marketable limit order disable due to SSR!") if using the automatic STOP trigger. Reason: DAS calculates that the position will drop below the open stop order position and reject as this can cause the position to "flip" if it was triggered. Workaround: Have a hotkey to clear the open orders (CXL ALLSYMB), clear it, scale the position (e.g. 25%). Either replace the stop or switch to a mental stop. Alternatively, you can add "CXL ALLSYMB;" to the front of the scale-out hotkeys. You just have to be cognizant to replace the stop order. Equated position size if very small (e.g. 4 or 5 shares when expected is hundreds). Reason: Wrong side was used for the order. E.g. a long hotkey is used when trying to go short. -or- Stop Distance was calculated to be a negative value (clicked too close to current price). Workaround: Be cognizant of the hotkeys used and the stop distance clicked. Clicking too close (a really tight stop) can be very dangerous if you do it inadvertently. TriggerOrder for automatic STOP placement not being sent (no stop order placed). Reason: Montage is not set to a style that doesn't allow TriggerOrder input. Styles not compatible are: Default [DAS's, if you changed it], Basic, OCO, Option, Full Fix: Use a style that is compatible, they are: Stop Order, Detail, Trigger -- I recommended using the "Stop Order" montage style. To change this, right click the montage area around where you'd enter a price and select Style --> Your Choice. --- UPDATES: 10/17/2018 - Added v.1.1 link, you'd need to use the new version to change anything. - General cleanup of the script. Added instructions for the IB issue (discussed in this thread) - NEW FEATURE: Added a new section to the Hotkeys sheet, it will now create a set up for Dynamic Scale-In hotkey commands. You'd use these by setting a scale value (say you want an additional 50% of your current position size). The hotkey will calculate the maximum share you can afford (how much you can afford at the moment) and the scale value, choosing to take the least amount. So if your current position is 1500 shares (@ $50.00) and you want to scale in at 50% your current position, it'd check if you can afford an additional 750 shares, if you can't, it'll buy the maximum you can afford. For this example, you can't afford it (if Buying Power is 100k), so it'd buy roughly $25k worth (500 shares). - CLEANUP: Cleaned up the $Dollar Risk version and removed unnecessary steps. Don't really need to replace yours if they exist, but worth noting. 10/30/2018 - Added @Michael P's suggested fixes for Excel. Configuration tool should now work in both Sheets and Excel. - NOTICE: This was a configuration tool change, no changes were made to the hotkey scripts, so no need to change any existing hotkeys. 11/19/2018 - Shortened some of the commands so we don't hit any hotkey character limit, makes them less readable, but shorter. Couldn't get them low enough to fit the montage buttons though (although removing the portions for the buying power rejection protection would likely do it). - Added a section for SELL/COVER buttons for people who just need to create those. E.g. "Sell 25% position" or "Sell 33% position". - Added @Robert H's stop suggestion. New fields on the setup page for enabling physical stops. If enabled, it'll place a MARKET or LIMIT (settings included) trigger order to go into the market once the initial order is fulfilled, these are placed at the location you double-clicked on the chart. 11/20/2018 - Added a stop-order setting to set an additional buffer for the stop price (for those that want to include or exclude the double-clicked price). - Added conditional formatting to subdue the stop settings that aren't required if you disable sending a physical stop into the market. 12/10/2018 - Added a known issues section to this post and the spreadsheet (for when a new version goes up). 12/12/2018 - Updated known issues section to include the "Montage Style" issue for TriggerOrders. 12/13/2018 - Updated to new version 1.46. Fixed a bug in the Trigger Order script which could cause it to not be interpreted by DAS's command parser on certain user settings. - Added "modifier" extra hotkeys. See instructions next to these on how to use them. - - - Set Stop to Breakeven - Long or Short - Stop Limit or Stop Market (cancels any pending orders for SYMB) - - - Set Stop to Breakeven - Bidirectional - Stop Market (cancels any pending orders for SYMB) - - - Stop - Update Price - Long or Short - Stop Limit or Stop Market (cancels pending orders, double click chart where you want stop before firing hotkey) - - - Stop - Update Price - Bidirectional - Stop Market (cancels pending orders, double click chart where you want stop before firing hotkey) - - - Stop - Update Position - Long or Short - Stop Limit or Stop Market - Replace (requires you double-click the original stop in the Orders window) - - - Stop - Update Position - Bidirectional - Stop Market Orders Only - Replace (requires you double-click the original stop in the Orders window). 8/8/2019 - New version 2.0, download the .zip file and unzip it. - Fixed an issue with some hotkey configurations that may have caused them to be inaccurate in vary rare situations. Recommend recreating your hotkeys in this new version, just to be sure. - Added Profit Target hotkeys. - Added % Scale-In Hotkeys - Added $ Risk Scale-In Hotkeys - Added Short-SSR to Long/Short dropdown for SSR hotkeys (DAS Simulator) - Added Range Order hotkeys - Added Y-Margin Scale Increase hotkey, Y-Margin Decrease, and Y-Margin Reset - Added new sheet "Example - Equity%" and "Example - $Risk" to give a more workflow outlook on what is happening. - Included a ScaleOut worksheet to manually simulate what different scale percentages / scenarios look like (instructions will be in the video). ALSO: Video is done and rendering, I think it comes in at 45minutes with 3.4gigs (4k), so it'll need to be optimized before I upload it to YouTube. Will try to do it today and will update this when done. 9/10/2019 - New version 2.1 released. Just general clean up (UI) and bug fixes. - FIXED: Issue with the Scale-In $Risk hotkeys. - FIXED: Issue with the Stop Update Price long and short hotkeys> ^^ If you use either of those, please regenerate them and replace in your DAS to avoid issues. UPDATES: The majority of this side project is completed and besides a few requests I have in with DAS developers to optimize a few things, out of any major bugs or improved scripting features, I'd say this is about done. I'll provide any edge-case support as need, but I want to move on to other BBT-community projects. So what do I have cookin' for you guys, gals, and cat? You'll see a glimpse in the video of an early prototype (buggy! I programmed that in a few hours, so bugs are expected) of a DAS calculator side program. The newer version (need to finish the UI) will incorporate a lot more in ways of tools for you, including automatically calculating changes without a hotkey intervention. It also allows you to mass-process trade log .csv files you may have exported and compile it into Excel or .CSV for import into other programs. Configuration is drag/drop friendly, so rearranging your columns is as easy as click and holding. I'm also going to shift my attention to finishing my ORB-strategy research. Right now, my datapool encompasses 15000 news article, gaplists for 2011-2019, and 1second data for stocks in that range. It's a data store of roughly 80 gigs. The idea is to test for hidden signals we may not see that can indicate a potential direction of an ORB strategy (if no rare outside influence occurs, like a terrorist attack) by leveraging a consortium of machine learning algorithms to give us a higher probability of success for each day. Depending how the research works out, the end product would likely be a probability predictor for each day. I'll share the research results with the community and may incorporate some other tests as well. VIDEO: Ok, so I may have gone down an editing rabbit hole and that took longer than expected. The videos are up, came in quite long so I chunked it down. Sorry it's a tad scattered and not one-linear cohesive unit, but I tried to mark it up as best as possible. Part 1 - Config / Math - https://youtu.be/YrRrydwGyRY Part 2 - Setup, Quick Examples, Tips - https://youtu.be/pXLlWF7T6hw Part 3 - Sim Trade Example - https://youtu.be/SO9UhJh4dTc Bonus 1 - Scale/Price Excel Calc - https://youtu.be/KTr_iJ2p0TU Bonus Tips - https://youtu.be/sNHXFMoia7A

This is how mine looks StopPrice=Price+0;DefShare=BP*0.97;Price=Price-Ask+0;SShare=40/Price;Share=DefShare-SShare;DefShare=DefShare+SShare;SShare=Share;Sshare=DefShare-SShare;Share=0.5*SShare;TogSShare;ROUTE=LIMIT;Price=Ask;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send;DefShare=0;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:MARKET PX:StopPrice+0.3 ACT:BUY STOPPRICE:StopPrice QTY:Pos TIF:DAY+;

This is a very common question, so hopefully this post can be a good reference. There is a new hotkey command called DuplicateWindow which lets you 'clone' an existing Montage, Time/Sales, or Chart window. All settings like hotkey buttons, colors, fonts, etc. will be copied over. How to: -Go to menu Setup > Hot key -Add New Item -Enter a Name and Hot Key. In the Script Field, enter DuplicateWindow -Press Commit Now you can simply select the window you wish to duplicate, then press the hotkey (CTRL+D in the above example). And voila, attack of the clones!

Hello fellow BBT's, I have been experimenting with an automated way to manage risk in DAS. What I have so far is a set of hotkeys that can be used for trading. There are a total of 10 hotkeys, 5 for managing long positions and 5 for managing sort position. The intention is to have the the keys automatically calculate share size when entering a position and also define the exit strategy for that position based on risk to reward. These hotkeys are not trivial and require a lot of explanation. If you are interested, keep reading, beware this is a lengthy post. I would greatly appreciate feedback, especial with the math model used to calculate risk. UPDATE 20190126- There is a new version of the spreadsheet and some of the functionally has changed from the original version posted (v1.4). Background concepts The scripts are based on a number of parameters, some of which are user defined and some are obtain from DAS. Here are a list of concepts then need to be understood before using the hotkeys. Equity: Is the amount if cash in your account. DAS has this. Margin is the margin that your broker gives you. Some brokers give 1:4 some give 1:6. If your equity is $25,000 and you get 1:4 margin then your total baying power is $100,000. Buying Power: DAS calculates your buying power based on your account equity and margin. Buying power is Equity X Margin. Percentage of Buying Power to use: This is a user defined percentage to be used. In order to manage risk, the user may decide to only use 10% of the account. Adjusted Equity: This is Equity X %Percentage of Buying Power Adjusted Buying Power: This is Buying Power X %Percentage of Buying Power. From here on when we refer to Buying Power in the Hotkeys, we really mean Adjusted Buying Power. Risk Tolerance: This is a percentage which indicate how much you are willing to risk (lose) in a single trade. A good guideline value for Risk Tolerance is 1% of your Adjusted Equity. Max. Loss per Trade: This is Adjusted Equity X %Risk Tolerance Example: Equity= $25000 Percentage of Buying Power = 10% Adjusted Equity = $2500 Risk Tolerance = 1% Max. Loss Per Trade = $25 Risk Per Trade: This is value calculated using using a mathematical model that I have found to approximate the expected change in the price. It is a simple model based on a linear function of the form f(x)= ax + b where x is the price of the stock and the constant a is a percentage of the price (user defined) and b is a user Base Risk plus the Spread (Ask-Bid). I found that a=0.1/100 =0.001 (or 0.1%) works very well in this model. Base Risk: This is a user defined value which represents the minimum change that a stock can have. What this means is that a minimum a price will move this value. I have 0.05 is a good value for Base Risk. Thus be can be defined as: b=Spread+0.05 (Spread plus 5 cents) This is the model used: f(x) = 0.001 x + 0.05 + Ask – Bid The model works best with smaller spread (Ask – Bid), simply because a high spread means high risk. In general you should avoid trading when the spread is too high. I personally look for spreads that are less than 0.05. Let's do an example of the model Assume are have a stock where Ask=20.22 Bid=20.2 f(20.22) = 0.001 * 20.22 + 0.05 + 20.22 – 20.2 = 0.09022 The Risk per Trade is 0.09002. What does this mean? Well if you are considering this stock for a long position, it means that the if the stock drops more than 0.09022 in price, you should get out of the trade. Now that we know our Risk per Trade for this stock, we can define our risk to reward levels If we take a long position at $20.22, expecting the price to go up, then our stop loss is at $20.1297 (20.22 – 0.09022). At this point we should exit the trade. The reward at a 1:3 would be when the price gets to $20.49 (20.22 + 3 x 0.09022). Note: Similar math applies to Shorting a position. This Risk per Trade model explained above is used in the hotkeys to create STOP Range Order to exit a position either on a STOP Loss or on a reward ( 1:3 or 1:2) level. Risk per Trade value is also used in some of the hotkeys to automatically determine how many shares to buy and stay within the Max. Loss Per Trade value. This is especially useful to determine how many share to take when the price of a stock is low. If a stock price is less than $30, you should determine the share size using Risk per Trade. There are a couple of hotkeys that will do this for you. Long Position Keys are used to enter and manage long positions. ALT+Numpad9 - Buy X number of share based on Max Risk per Trade and staying within the Buying Power parameters. ALT+Numpad7 - Buy X number of shares where X is ½ of the shares of ALT+Numpad9. ALT+Numpad8 - Send a STOP Range order to Sell with lower price at Ask – Risk per Share and High Price at Ask + 3 Times Risk Per Share (1:3 Risk Reward). This key is based on the current Ask price can be used repeated times while in a trade. Each time that is used, the previous order is canceled and a new one submitted based on the current Ask price. So if the price is moving in your direction you could use this key to “trail” the price, thus protecting your gains and possibly maximizing the gain. ALT+Numpad/ - Send a STOP Range order to Sell with lower price at Ask – Risk per Share and High Price at Ask + 2 Times Risk Per Share (1:2 Risk Reward)This key is based on the current Ask price can be used repeated times while in a trade. Each time that is used, the previous order is canceled and a new one submitted based on the current Ask price. So if the price is moving in your direction you could use this key to “trail” the price, thus protecting your gains and possibly maximizing the gain. ALT+Numpad- - Exit the position selling all share Short Position Keys are used to enter and manage short positions. ALT+Numpad3 - Short X number based on Max Risk per Trade and staying within the Buying Power parameters. ALT+Numpad1 - Short X number of shares where X is ½ of the shares of ALT+Numpad3. ALT+Numpad2 - Send a STOP Range order to Cover with lower price at Ask – 3 Times Risk per Share and High Price at Ask + Risk Per Share (1:3 Risk Reward). This key is based on the current Ask price can be used repeated times while in a trade. Each time that is used, the previous order is canceled and a new one submitted based on the current Ask price. So if the price is moving in your direction you could use this key to “trail” the price, thus protecting your gains and possibly maximizing the gain. ALT+Numpad5 - Send a STOP Range order to Cover with lower price at Ask – 2 Times Risk per Share and High Price at Ask + Risk Per Share (1:3 Risk Reward). This key is based on the current Ask price can be used repeated times while in a trade. Each time that is used, the previous order is canceled and a new one submitted based on the current Ask price. So if the price is moving in your direction you could use this key to “trail” the price, thus protecting your gains and possibly maximizing the gain. ALT+Numpad- - Exit the position covering all share How to Use the Keys The keys are layout for easy use on a full size keyboard. Buying: Hold the Alt Key and when ready to buy press one of the Buying (“9” or “7”) from the numeric keypad. For Ask price less than $30 use “7” for higher price use “9”. Immediately after the order is executed, and while still holding the Alt Key, press one of the STOP Range Sell keys (“8” or “/”). This creates a STOP Range order. Any time during the trade, you can press Alt+Numpad8 or Alt+Numpad/ to adjust your STOP Range order based on the current Ask/Bid price. You can also Sell your position anytime during the trade with Alt+Numpad- (minus key). Shorting: Hold the Alt Key and when ready to short, press one of the Shorting (“3” or “1”) keys from the numeric keypad. For Ask price less than $30 use “1” for higher price use “3”. Immediately after the order is executed, and while still holding the Alt Key, press one of the STOP Range Cover keys (“2” or “5”). Any time during the trade, you can press Alt+Numpad2 or Alt+Numpad5 to adjust your Range order based on the current Ask/Bid price. You can also Sell your position anytime during the trade with Alt+Numpad+ (plus key). How to get the hotkey scripts and load top DAS If you made this far in this, then you are probably interested in giving this a shot. Here is how to get the scripts: Step 1: Read and agree to the license for the scripts: IMPORTANT Licensing information These hotkeys/scripts are only meant to assist traders using DASTrader to learn how to trade. They automate simple tasks like share size and creation of Stop Range orders. The scripts are experimental and provided as is with no guarantees. Use these hotkeys/scripts only in a simulator environment to avoid issues. The author is not liable for any damages. The code is licensed as open source under GPL-3.0 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html ). Read the license before you proceed to download and use the scripts. Step 2: Get and install the OpenOffice suite so that can use the spreadsheet configure your keys. Here is the link for Open Office: https://www.openoffice.org/ Step 3: Get the spreadsheet from this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/opzq1ws4005xii4/Trade-Risk-v1.8-beta.ods?dl=0 Step 4: The default values should work fine for most cases. However should you need to do changes, you can changes these values in the configuration spreadsheet: Account Equity Risk Tolerance Margin Percentage of Buying Power to use ROUTE Base Risk Percentage or Price to use Note: Some cells in the sheet are lock/protected to avoid changing them by m,mistake. If you need to change the locked cells you will have to unlock them. Step 5: Follow the instructions within the configuration spreadsheet to set the parameters and copy the Hotkey Scripts from the Hotkeys tab within the spreadsheet. Step 6: If your DAS is running, then exit DAS. Find the DAS Directory and make a copy of the hotkey file “Hotkey.htk”. Use a text editor, like Notepad, to open the file Hotkey.htk. Paste the content from Hotkeys Tab in the spreadsheet above to the end of the file Hotkey.htk and save it. When you open DAS you will have the 10 Alt keys available. You can examine the scripts in DAS by clicking Setup->Hot Key and scrolling down. The Alt+ keys should be together. Click Cancel to exit the Hot Key tool. Note: If you are updating your ALT Hotkeys, you must first delete the old hotkey scripts from the Hotkey.htk file. For details follow the Updating Hotkeys instructions below. Step 7: Set your DAS to operate with your simulator account for testing. The hotkeys are now available to for use from any Montage Window. The Montage Window needs to be selected for the keys to work. Updating Hotkeys If you already had a set of ALT Hotkeys, and need to update them with new scripts, follow these steps: Step 1: In DAS open Hotkey Tool (Setting > Hot key) locate the Alt+keys and delete them all the Alt+ hotkeys using the Delete Item button. The click OK to Save the file. Step 2: Exit DAS Step 3: Use OpenOffice to update the hotkey configuration file as needed and save the spreadsheet. Follow the instructions within the configuration spreadsheet to set the parameters and copy the Hotkey Scripts from the Hotkeys tab within the spreadsheet. Step 4: Find the DAS Directory and make a copy of the hotkey file “Hotkey.htk”. Use a text editor, like Notepad, to open the file Hotkey.htk. Paste the content from Hotkeys Tab in the spreadsheet above to the end of the file Hotkey.htk and save it. When you open DAS you will have the 10 Alt keys. You can examine the scripts in DAS by clicking Setup->Hot Key and scrolling down. The Alt+ keys should be together. Click Cancel to exit the Hot Key tool. Step 5: Set your DAS to operate with your simulator account for testing. The hotkeys are now available to for use from any Montage Window. The Montage Window needs to be selected for the keys to work.

Found another way! This makes it easy to do if you would like to open the same montage in a different tab. Right click on the header of the Montage and click SAVE AS DEFAULT. Open a montage in a new tab, right click the header again and click LOAD DEFAULT. You will have loaded the montage from your original tab then you can duplicate as much as you want. This also works with charts!!!