Hi everyone, I have been studying for about 7 months and am now starting to live trade and still trade in sim to practice some of my weaker setups. I trade everyday and am definitely to looking meet other traders. Is there a link to your discord group as the one above seems to have expired? Thanks, Dexter

Yes! THIS is also why I stick with trading.

Tht works too, but u can go to Settings ---> Trading Setup ---> Global Trend Lines Limit ---> enter all 99999999999999s DAS support advised that the number is "limitless" was the word used.

Haha with fixed risk keys you are locked in! Yes it is good although frustrating at times. I feel like dialing in stopplosses for ABCDs will be a lifelong pursuit. Did you consider re-entering? My theory behind aggressive stoplosses is that you are more likely to get stopped out, but the extra Rs you get when they work will hopefully make up for this. E.g. Rs gained with conservative stoploss=2. Rs gained with aggressive stoploss = 4 (minus 1 R for stopping out on the first entry) = 3. Now its a judgment call every time, cause the trade can still fail and you can get stopped out more than once, and thats no fun.

Sorry for the delay in posting the file. But anyway here it is. As mentioned previously it is a revision / expansion of the Total Trader file. It will only work in excel as the macros use visual basic. As it uses macros the file needs to be saved as a macro enabled excel file .xlsm You can download the file from Google Drive using the link below. Any questions / corrections / suggestion message me. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G5fKj600EDBfM--QNMzQxxOmEkDCJUDF/view?usp=sharing FILE USAGE INSTRUCTIONS (also included on the "INSTRUCTIONS" sheet): The default in the file is an account size / starting balance of $25,000 and risk of $50 per trade. These can be adjusted as required on the "INSTRUCTIONS" sheet. The file calculates commissions for either CMEG, IB (tiered) or excluding commissions. If you select to include commissions (using the "ON"/"OFF" switch) the file will estimate fees as well. The fees are an estimate only and I tend to overwrite them when the actual data is available from the broker to ensure the account balance is 100% correct. First step is to enter the Date for the trades on the "INSTRUCTIONS" sheet. European format DD-MM-YYYY. The file is based on loading the "Trades" report from DAS. The columns in the report should be structured as below. You then copy the data in the Trades report and paste (past values) into the "DAS_DATA" sheet in the file. I then tend to sort the data. Select the data from cell A2 to the end of the data (A2:H6 shown below), select Sort and Sort by SYMB then by TIME. Then run the "Analyse DAS Data" macro using the button on the "INSTRUCTIONS" sheet. It converts the data shown above to identify the trade direction, duration, total profit, commissions and Fees, gives an ID number, win/loss etc. Add some additional data on the first row of each trade ONLY (the rows with a Trade ID): Add in the STOP price when you entered the trade (used for calculating the overall reward to risk), the Strategy you were following, then (based on the strategy indicators you have defined for the strategy) you enter a 1 if the indicator was present at the point of entry or 0 if it was not present. This gives a way to track which indicators are key or for example the success rate of a setup if more than 50% of the indicators are present at the point of entry versus the success rate if 100% of the indicators are present. Enter the timeframe of the chart you were using for the setup. If the setup was on the 5 minute chart but you used the 1 minute to get a better entry, you should enter "5". Enter a wellbeing score from 1 to 10 (10 being best). If you want to track some comments you can also enter a tag line and a key takeaway. Example when populated Then run the "Transfer Data to Journal" macro using the button on the "INSTRUCTIONS" sheet When finished you will see this message (click OK): Data is transferred from the "DAS_DATA" sheet to the "JOURNAL" sheet. "JOURNAL" sheet feeds the "CALCULATIONS" sheet and the blue sheets "WEEKLY_CARD", "SCORECARD", "DASHBOARD", "STRATEGY_STATS". Clear the data from the "DAS_DATA" sheet with the macro "Remove DAS Data" button on the "INSTRUCTIONS" sheet. I set the excel calculation options to "Manual" when using the file to speed the macros up. Then each sheet should be refreshed after the DAS data to Journal sheet successfully completed. There are buttons on the Blue sheets to calculate the sheet and charts. What can you get out of the file? Examples below are using the single trade AMD example from above. Obviously the more trades loaded, the more informative the analysis, but this gives a small flavour... A moving weekly scorecard that can be refreshed using the drop down list selecting the week end date: A total Scorecard tracking the account from inception to current date: A Dashboard with detailed stats across a range of elements that can be viewed on a total basis on average basis: A Strategy Stats sheet with in-depth tracking of the Strategies you have defined

Update: I completed 30 days of DAS trader Pro, using the Sim Account. I will not be continuing with DAS. Their lack of customer support, and poor attitude during my correspondence with them is a deal-breaker for me. Live, side-by-side Level 2 comparisons show DAS and TOS to be perceivably equal in speed and response. DAS has "more prices" but many of them are duplicates - so it has more visual info to interpret, to get the same result. Some of my fills in DAS Sim were erroneous... fills that showed up many percentage points above the top wick of the candle... how can that even happen? In Sim, you can short even if the broker has none to short, because DAS does not process through the broker... so this is not an accurate Simulator Experience. It also does not calculate fees and commissions, so you have no facts to compare. TOS has better charting than DAS. I know multiple BBT members confirm this... some do not even use DAS charts at all, because they don't compare to TOS's. If you use Interactive brokers, you are required to use the "SMART" routing where they decide the best route. This is similar to TD Ameritrade's "Advanced Routing Technology" https://www.tdameritrade.com/tools-and-platforms/order-execution.page So you are leaving it up to the broker to select routing in either case. I found execution speed to be within the same second as the order placement in both TOS and DAS... when comparing timestamps. (Of course DAS was in SIM... TOS was real live trading). I have an easy TOS workaround to DAS's "sell half" hotkeys/buttons ... open a second "Active Trader" window and set your quantity appropriately. I am not using the "Andrew Aziz/Ross Cameron" style of trading, where you move quickly into and out of trades repeatedly, so this workaround is more than adequate for me. I'll stick with TOS for the time being, and investigate IB's TWS platform. Successful traders such as Michael Goode have found TWS to be their platform of choice. I hope this helps anyone looking to learn more about the differences between DAS and TOS... I'm happy to answer anyone's questions!