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  1. On 2/2/2021 at 4:14 PM, Justin said:

    This will show on the chart (below) as a range order, as the hotkey is set to do a 5 cent range (Price=Price+.05) - you can change this to whatever you're comfortable with.

    Could I have this trigger a market order instead of a range?  In other words, one the selected price is hit, I'm fine getting in at any price.


  2. I *think* the answer to this question is "No", but figured I'd ask the community just in case.

    I'm currently using William's Equalized Risk + Range Order hotkey seen here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPSLj7W-KQA&t=6s&ab_channel=BearBullTraders

    My questions is: Is there any way to have the Target portion of a Range order trigger a Market order instead of a Limit order? I ask because my trades have an uncanny tendency to tick at or even above my target price, not fill me, and then reverse from there. I'm fine leaving a few pennies on the table if I'm not filled precisely at my target price.

     


  3. On 11/15/2018 at 8:57 PM, KyleK29 said:

     

    The tool I'm developing (and will eventually release to the community) loads your exported trades, caches the minute data for the stock, and then runs a bunch of simulations against that data before producing a report of comparisons to the baseline. For example if you wanted to compare what your PnL looked like if you never moved to breakeven and sold at R.5, R1, R1.5, and R2 levels, it'd do it. The report crunches the benchmark numbers and adds some meta data about each trade (e.g. calculated stop too close, risk reward ratio not adequate, scaled too early, didn't let run) - the goal is to give a broad brush idea to people about areas they may be able to hone their edge (a few trades flagged as scaled-too-early is just noise, a large percentage might be something to look at).

    The difficult part about this is making it user friendly. 🙂

    Not sure when I'll have it in a state to release, lots of projects at the moment so the passion development has to go on the back burner.

     

    Hey Kyle,

    Any progress on this by chance?


  4. 8 minutes ago, Justin said:

    Hey @evan

    Trade-Ideas can do this too.

    They have scans and alerts for all sorts of technical parameters.

    Have a look here:
    https://pro.trade-ideas.com/Help.html#configure_window_specific_filters

    They have ascending triangles, double tops, etc.

    I did not know that.  Thanks, Justin.  I'll look into it.   If anybody knows of any other options (preferably less expensive), please chime in.  The free FinVIz has scanners for daily patterns, but not intraday.


  5. I've noticed I'm frequently getting bad fills on my stop loss orders.  In cases where my stop is tight, this can really screw me up.  If I have a 5-cent stop and I get filled at 8 cents (as happened to me today in CCL), I just nearly doubled my expected loss.   

    I am using ROUTE=MARKET for my stop loss orders.  Is this what everyone else is using, or is there some other routing that gets better fills?  I'm using ROUTE=SMRTL for my entries, and my fills from that are usually great.  But my understanding is that SMRTL is for marketable limit orders, which aren't a good idea for stop-losses.  Am I understanding routing correctly here, or am I confusing it with order types?

    It should be noted that I'm in SIM, so maybe once I go live with IB the fills will be better?


  6. This exists now.  In case anybody finds the above instructions confusing, here is the step-by-step on how to set up "click and add" price alerts.

    Steps: 

    1) Right click on a chart > Chart Area > Config Area.  Check the box in the bottom-right that says "Enable placing alert on chart".

    2) Next, you must create a hotkey (Setup > Hot Key > Add New Item).  I have simple scripts for when price crosses above or below my alert price.  I'll share them:

    Price crosses ABOVE alert price: AlertName=newalert;AlertType=LastPrice;AlertOperator=>=;AddAlert

    Price crosses BELOW alert price: AlertName=newalert;AlertType=LastPrice;AlertOperator=<=;AddAlert

    3) Open the Alerts window (Tools > Alert & Trigger).  This window NEEDS to be open for the hotkeys to work, so I now just have it permanently fixed in my Desktop layout.

    4) Now, when you press your hotkey, an arrow with an "A" next to it will show up on the chart, and you simply click the price where you'd like the alert to be placed.  (NOTE: The first time you click, you'll get an error message that says "Placing alert failed".  Just click again and it will work.  This is a bug and I've reported it to DAS already.

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  7. Just wanted to come back and answer my own question on this, in case someone else needs it in the future.  You can place alerts more quickly now by clicking on the chart.  

    Steps: 

    1) Right click on a chart > Chart Area > Config Area.  Check the box in the bottom-right that says "Enable placing alert on chart".

    2) Next, you must create a hotkey (Setup > Hot Key > Add New Item).  I have simple scripts for when price crosses above or below my alert price.  I'll share them:

    Price crosses ABOVE alert price: AlertName=newalert;AlertType=LastPrice;AlertOperator=>=;AddAlert

    Price crosses BELOW alert price: AlertName=newalert;AlertType=LastPrice;AlertOperator=<=;AddAlert

    3) Open the Alerts window (Tools > Alert & Trigger).  This window NEEDS to be open for the hotkeys to work, so I now just have it permanently fixed in my Desktop layout.

    4) Now, when you press your hotkey, an arrow with an "A" next to it will show up on the chart, and you simply click the price where you'd like the alert to be placed.  (NOTE: The first time you click, you'll get an error message that says "Placing alert failed".  Just click again and it will work.  This is a bug and I've reported it to DAS already.

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  8. Does anybody have a hotkey script for adjusting your stop to reflect your new position size after taking a partial, WITHOUT adjusting the stop price?  I have the hotkey that does this and moves the stop to B/E, but what if I want to keep the stop where it is?

    Example:

    I go long 100 shares of a stock at $100, with a stop at $99.  Price moves up to $101 and I take a 25% partial.  I have 75 shares remaining, but my stop is still for 100 shares.  I am looking for a hotkey that will adjust the quantity to 75, while leaving the stop at 99.


  9. On 12/10/2018 at 11:15 AM, KyleK29 said:

    No, I don't believe there's an ability to interact with alerts via the chart or hotkeys. 

    Man, is this still the case?  This post is over a year old and I know DAS issues frequent updates, so wondering if this is something they've addressed.  I, too, find adding price alerts overly cumbersome in DAS.  I wish there was a way to add price alerts with the click of a mouse, similar to how we add horizontal price levels.

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  10. 4 hours ago, FT81 said:

    Kyle,

    Is there a way to automatically draw a line on a chart at your expected stop price? I saw on another post that you use such lines for reference when you are trading. 

    Do you draw the lines manually?

     

    Thanks

    Rahul

     

    If you enter a hard stop into the market, DAS automatically draws a horizontal line at that price level.  If you prefer to have "mental stops", you can draw the lines manually:  Right click within a chart, hover over "Trend Lines", click "HorizontalLine", then click the level on the chart where you'd like to place the line.  Alternatively, you can use the toolbar at the top of your chart: Click the dropdown arrow next to the pencil icon, then select "HorizontalLine" in the dropdown menu.  


  11. 12 hours ago, hailchaser2 said:

    Thanks Kyle, a DAS feature that I would like, is pre market hi/lo study. I have found a study on this forum for TOS but not DAS.

    hi/lo of day doesn’t work because it moves throughout the day.

    This is one I can answer.  You can add the pre-market high/low as price levels on your charts.  Just right-click on a chart, click Study Config, then select PriceMarker.  The dropdown menu has options for both PreMkt High and PreMkt Low.  I think older versions of DAS didn't have this, but the current one does.  Make sure your DAS version is up to date.

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  12. 13 minutes ago, peterB said:

    shorting on ssr is just replacing the price of bid to ask in the hotkey syntax

    Okay, so if I'm using Kyle's hotkey, and my script is currently:  

    StopPrice=Price+0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Price-Bid+0.00;SShare=100/Price;Share=DefShare-SShare;DefShare=DefShare+SShare;SShare=Share;Sshare=DefShare-SShare;Share=0.5*SShare;TogSShare;ROUTE=SMRTL;Price=Bid-0.05;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send;DefShare=200;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:MARKET PX:StopPrice+0.05 ACT:BUY STOPPRICE:StopPrice QTY:Pos TIF:DAY+;

    I would change the bolded part to Price=Ask?

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