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Hello BBT Team I am new and have enjoyed all your videos and training. I am having issue with Hot Key below. I get an error: can't get valid price message. This is the hot button on the Das Trader Pro template in download. Can someone help me what I am doing wrong. See the script below. CXL ALLSYMB;StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;SShare=50/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=200;Price=Ask-StopPrice*2+Ask;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:RANGE LowPrice:StopPrice HighPrice:Price ACT:SELL QTY:POS TIF:DAY+

Hello community. I have trying to All kinds of hot keys that take buying power + R ratio into a fixed risk dollar amount but continue to get this error message "ERROR: Can't get valid price!" The scripts I am using are from this you tube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPSLj7W-KQA I have even tried Kyle's excel file and with those I get the same error. These scripts are going into buttons into my montage which I have created and I have also tried click to trade via charts which I have also enabled. I am using the 3 month BBT Das trader pro trial Version - 5.6.4.13 Build Time - Jul 1 2021 12:23.01 Any assistance would be most appreciated. Thank you for your time, Adam

Hi , I am trying to using the long or short script in SIM environment on SPY , CObra trading with DAS trader Pro latest beta version long one CXL ALLSYMB; StopPrice=Price;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price; SShare=1000/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=200; Price=Ask-StopPrice*3+Ask; TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:RANGE LowPrice:StopPrice HighPrice:Price ACT:SELL QTY:POS TIF:DAY+; I Tired various scripts from various places in bearbulltrader. Am i missing any configuration Either i am get invalid price error or i get the very high number in the price field and if it buys it doesn't come with the range order 20:23:00 TriggerLog Update, F=9, NEWORDER ACC:TR3496 ACT:SELL SYM:SPY EXH:A QTY:POS RT:STOP StopType:RANGE LowPrice:, Untriggered, Canceled, , , mid:15

ERROR: Can't get valid price For me, this usually happens when a hotkey or hot button is activated when the MONTAGE window has no focus. You can see if the MONTAGE window has focus - it will have a green border. Solution: click on the MONTAGE window to gain focus (it's border green) before a hotkey or hot button is activated.

I am having trouble getting the hotkey to work. It keeps saying can't get valid price. It puts a number in the montage that isn't rounded to the nearest 2 digit cents. Is that problem? I've tried putting price=round2 in the formula but still can't get it to work. Any ideas?

I am trying to use this script for a hot button to set a STOP LOSS: CXL ALLSYMB;ROUTE=STOP;StopType=Market;StopPrice=Last-100/Pos;StopPrice=Round2;Share=Pos;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send; OR CXL ALLSYMB;ROUTE=STOP;StopType=Market;StopPrice=AvgCost-100/Pos;StopPrice=Round2;Share=Pos;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send; The above scripts throws the following ERROR Script: Invalid price Looks like DAS is not liking 100/Pos [ STOPPRICE = (AvgCost*Pos-100)/Pos = AvgCost - (100/Pos) = AvgCost - 100/Pos ] If AvgCost=5 and Pos=25 STOPPRICE = 5 - 100/25 = $1 which means that the StopLoss value = ($5 - $1) * 25 = $ 100 I am using this formula to fix my Stop Loss to $100 - a fixed amount. Why is DAS throwing an error for this? Any pointers will be appreciated - thanks in advance. **SOLVED** Gist: Stop Price does not support the POS command Use this workaround: CXL ALLSYMB;Share=Pos;Price=100/Share;Price=Last-Price;Price=Round2;ROUTE=STOP;StopType=Market;StopPrice=Price;Share=Pos;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send; Here's my interaction with DAS support chat -------------------------- kris: Hello, I am trying to use this script for a hot button to set a STOP LOSS: CXL ALLSYMB;ROUTE=STOP;StopType=Market;StopPrice=Last-100/Pos;StopPrice=Round2;Share=Pos;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send; The above script throws the following ERROR Script: Invalid price Looks like DAS is not liking 100/Pos I am using this formula to fix my Stop Loss to $100 - a fixed amount. Why is DAS throwing an error for this? Call accepted by operator Customer Service. Currently in room: Customer Service, kris. Customer Service: Hi this is Rashada' Customer Service: Please allow me some time to review kris: thanks Customer Service: Allow me to use your script kris: ok Customer Service: Yes the rejection is coming from Stopprice=Last-100/Pos kris: the formula is correct kris: [ STOPPRICE = (AvgCost*Pos-100)/Pos = AvgCost - (100/Pos) = AvgCost - 100/Pos ] If AvgCost=5 and Pos=25 STOPPRICE = 5 - 100/25 = $1 which means that the StopLoss value = ($5 - $1) * 25 = $ 100 kris: so looks like DAS is not allowing 100/Pos ? kris: I can use AvgCost - 0.15 and it is fine kris: AvgCost or Last Customer Service: Just a moment Customer Service: Stop Price does not support the POS command kris: is there a workaround - like using DefShare=Pos;StopPrice=Last-100/DefShare - something like this? Customer Service: What are you trying to do? kris: I am using this formula to fix my Stop Loss to $100 - a fixed amount. kris: see the calculation above Customer Service: You may try this hotkey to set your stop loss to be $100 Customer Service: CXL ALLSYMB;Share=Pos;Price=100/Share;Price=Last-Price;Price=Round2;ROUTE=STOP;StopType=Market;StopPrice=Price;Share=Pos;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send; Customer Service: Please test all Hotkey scripts prior to use to ensure accuracy. It is the responsibility of the trader for all order sent. kris: Appreciate your help - thank you so much! Customer Service: You are welcome Customer Service: Is there anything else I can assist you with? kris: No - thank you Customer Service: I hope you have a nice day. Goodbye! ---------------------------------------------------- Here's how my hot buttons look like With the $100 stop loss, once it is set, I can click and drag it to adjust - you just have to enable it in your chart area. Also, I can hit the button again - since it is programmed on Last, it will re-adjust.

Hi, the short hotkey has been working for me on the short side but the long hot key script hasn't been working at all I kept getting "ERROR: Can't get valid price!" message This is what I have for Long w/out Stop StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;SShare=1000/Price;Share=DefShare-SShare;DefShare=DefShare+SShare;SShare=Share;Sshare=DefShare-SShare;Share=0.5*SShare;TogSShare;ROUTE=MSPOL;Price=Ask+0.05;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send;DefShare=200;

Hi all, I've had the following RR hotkeys for long and short that have been working and today I'm getting a Error:Can't get valid price. I re confirmed double click on chart is enabled. Broker is TDA Long: ROUTE=STOP;StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;SShare=250/Price;Share=DefShare-SShare;DefShare=DefShare+SShare;SShare=Share;Sshare=DefShare-SShare;Share=0.5*SShare;TogSShare;ROUTE=SMRTL;Price= Ask+0.03;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send;DefShare=200;Price=Ask-StopPrice*2+Ask;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:RANGE LowPrice:StopPrice HighPrice:Price ACT:SELL QTY:POS TIF:DAY Short: ROUTE=STOP;StopPrice=Price+0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Price-Bid+0.00;SShare=250/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;Price=StopPrice-Bid*1;Price=Bid-Price;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:RANGE LowPrice:Price HighPrice:StopPrice ACT:BUY QTY:POS TIF:DAY Can not for the life of me figure out why today I'm getting the error issue.

Hi There - I had a Das Trader/bearbull help session yesterday and got setup with the risk based hotkeys. Everything works fine...once - and then I get the 'Cannot Find Valid Price' error on subsequent attempts to use the hotkey (or on the sell side). Hotkeys were setup in a screenshare so not sure where to begin, but here is what I have: CXL ALLSYMB;StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;SShare=25/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=200;Price=Ask-StopPrice*2+Ask;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:RANGE LowPrice:StopPrice HighPrice:Price ACT:SELL QTY:POS TIF:DAY+ The only thing I noticed is that after execution, the default in montage is set to limit, from market when the trade executes, but don't know enough to know whether that's relevant here. Any help appreciated!

that gives me an error saying "can't get valid price!". but i played around with an excel sheet to try and reverse engineer what is actually going on here with this script and came to the conclusion that this is what I need: StopPrice=ASK*1.01;DefShare=BP*0.97;Price=StopPrice-Ask;SShare=1000/Price;Share=DefShare-SShare;DefShare=DefShare+SShare;SShare=Share;Sshare=DefShare-SShare;Share=0.5*SShare;TogSShare;ROUTE=CARCAL;Price=ASK;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send;DefShare=100;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:MARKET PX:StopPrice-0 ACT:BUY STOPPRICE:StopPrice QTY:Pos TIF:DAY+ Can anyone look this over and let me know if this seems to be correct? It appears to work, but I'm wondering if there is something I'm missing or not thinking about that might get me into hot water down the road. Thanks in advance.

@peterB thank you Peter, I plugged in the Buy 1/2 and the 1r long script and its telling me in DAS that its invalid price and invalid shares, this is what i plugged in for the 1r long script: 341:StopPrice=Price-0.01;DefShare=BP*0.97;Price=Ask-Pri ce+0.01;SShare=30/Price;Share=DefShare-SShare;DefSh are=DefShare+SShare;SShare=Share;Sshare=DefShare-SS hare;Share=0.5*SShare;TogSShare;ROUTE=LIMIT;Price= Ask+0.05;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send;DefShare=100;TriggerOrde r=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:MARKET PX:StopPrice-0 ACT:SELL S TOPPRICE:StopPrice QTY:Pos TIF:DAY+ is there something else i have to do to make it work in the DAS

I can't seem to use the hotkey for some reason. I keep getting "ERROR: Can't get valid price!" Edit: The hotkey only works for shorting, when I try to use the long hotkey it does not work at all. I copied the hotkey exactly as I saw it so I'm a bit confused on that...If there's a fix for that, please let me know. Also, when I try to use my cover or sell hotkeys, it does not work. It brings up this in the picture and I did manage to find a solution which was going into my montage and changing the type of order from "limit" to "market" and it worked. If there's another way to fix it without doing that, please let me know. I'm trying this in replay by the way.

Hi everyone, sometimes I've been getting a pop up in DAS when I put an order that says something like invalid price, pretty sure its because the price falls outside my bid+0.05 by the time its executed. Usually it works well but with higher priced stocks I get this pop up often. It would be interesting if there is a way to make it a bid+%ofstockprice instead of a fixed number since it depends a lot on the price of the stock. Any comments are much appreciated.

Hi guys.. I found Williams youtube video on how to build a hot key for a long and short 1 to 1 risk .... this is the script CXL ALLSYMB;StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;SShare=10/Price;Share=DefShare-SShare;DefShare=DefShare+SShare;SShare=Share;Sshare=DefShare-SShare;Share=0.5*SShare;TogSShare;ROUTE=SMRTL;Price= Ask+0.05;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send;DefShare=200;Price=Ask-StopPrice*1+Ask;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:RANGE LowPrice:StopPrice HighPrice:Price ACT:SELL QTY:POS TIF:DAY+ BUT when I created a hot button and gave it this script and try in in SIMULATOR I keep getting an error saying "ERROR CAN'T GET VALID PRICE" can someone help? does this script not work in SIM?

My original question is the only reason I can think of as to why this script gives me a "script error, invalid price" message. Trying to make a simple hotkey script for Range order, short, where I can double click above my entry price, and generate a 2to1 range sell order. CXL ALLSYMB;ROUTE=STOP;StopType=Range;HighPrice=Price;LowPrice=AvgCost-Price*2+AvgCost+AveCost;Share=Pos;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send;ROUTE=SMRTM Say you have a $100 short entry, and you double click a stop price at $110. Then, 100-110*2+100+100=80, which is what I'm looking for. So is it the fact that the math involves negative integers, or am I missing something else? I know this should be a simple script, but I have been unable to find one that works for a short entry. Thanks! @Kyle29

Just as a general note. I wouldn't do the price=ask; at the end of the entry script. DAS has quite a few toggle-able options that will erase this once the order executes it (different resets, e.g. reset price on execution). It can also be erased if you switch to a different symbol, enter another trade, and/or switch back. It can lead to this "can't get valid price" error. Since the way you suggested is a pair hotkey (one for entry, and one for taking profit). You can use Price=AvgCost; at the beginning of the take-profit hotkey instead .. that will get the exact price value without having to worry about the montage keeping it. You mentioned above that you're using the dynamic $Risk hotkeys to enter the position. If you are, then this would be best to do it as a factor of R, this normalizes the hotkeys to get best results. Example: - You enter a position with $50 risk at $10.00, stop is at 9.50. This purchases 100 shares. 1R = $50 With this in mind, for you to realize a take-profit of $100 you would either need to sell 100% of the position at $11.00 (2R move), or 75% of the position at $11.50 (3R move), and so fourth. [This math changes if you're using a $100 risk hotkey] How you break that profit taking down would be up to your strategy (e.g. maybe you sell 75% at 10.75, keeping 25% for further move). This is not too far off how I trade it. My entry triggers all of my take-profits at various R levels which I've premapped out (e.g. 10% @ 1.5R, 20% at 2R, etc.) according to my strategy. It's a semi-autonomous approach, allowing for management of the trade to just be adjusting the stop (e.g. if you're following using a MA as the support level). The advantage is it makes it so you can focus on multiple trades at once, which is why I switched to doing it this way over the manual approach of scaling out.

Jina, did you update your BUY/ENTRY hotkey too? You have to update that hotkey as well. You need to add "Price=Ask;" at the end of the entry hotkey. That command stores the price in the montage window, which is retrieved later when you need to sell to capture $100. My post from Friday gives more details. The "can't get valid price" error message sounds reasonable if you didn't update the entry hotkey.

Hi Jason, I tried the hotkey today with JMIA in sim, At the time I am hitting the Hotkey my P&L was $175 but it saying can't get the valid price. I used Kyle's $ risk hotkey for entry and used yours's for partial is that the reason I got error message?

I tried it, but I'm getting a 'Can't get valid price' error for the FREE Roll + Long script, see screenshot. What could I be missing? Is there some 'documentation' on this topic?

thank you. I tried it, but I'm getting a 'Can't get valid price' error for the FREE Roll + Long script, see screenshot. What could I be missing? Is there some 'documentation' on this topic?

2020-8-20 (SIM/LIVE) Game Plan: Trade first 90 minutes Live then switch to SIM. Goal +3R Watchlist $INTC, $RKT, $AAL, $YNDX TRADE 0: $INTC One Minute ORB: Scratch Order did not go through on DAS. Error message, "Could not get a valid Price" Trade 1: $INTC (SIM) Reverse ABCD -0.40R I had marked the level of 49.67 from overnight trading for Support & Resistance. $INTC setup an ABCD pattern and I went short at 49.38 with the stop above my S&R line. I panicked when it turned and covered for a 0.4R loss...should have held for a 3:1 win... TRADE 2 $RKT (SIM) ABCD -0.55R Certainly came in long biased for this stock. Thought it was setting up for ABCD went long at 9:44 then out one minute later when it was going the wrong way. Maybe I should have given more with to the 9:43 down candle as it engulfed the 9:42 bullish candle. I know that I discounted it though because the volume was much lower... TRADE 3 $INTC *Trade of the day Double Bottom Reversal +1.2R $INTC put in a beautiful double bottom and I went long at 9:50. Good partials a different levels. TRADE 5 $INTC Reversal -0.20R When I got out of Trade 4, I reversed my position to a short since it crossed the 9&20 on the 1 minute. Wrong ! Bailed out quick. TRADE 6 $AAL (SIM) VWAP Breakthrough +0.44R Ooohhh, I thought I was in Live...don't worry, I am banishing myself to SIM for a one week minimum... $AAL breaks through VWAP on good volume. Not a high R:R trade but I thought the price-volume-action fundamentals were super solid. 10% partial at 10:15 when it stalled, then I chickened out at 10:17 for another stall. TRADE 7 $AAL (LIVE) Double Top Reversal -0.78R Look at this beautiful double top on $AAL ! I took a very aggressive entry with an aggressive stop. Needed a confirmation on the 2 minute candle...(Lesson of the day. I might be a much better trader turning off the 1 minute chart and just trading the 2, 5 and 15...) Multiple time frame confirmations....let the candles close...I know this !!! Had to accomplish my family duties and came back to the computer later... TRADE 8 $LYFT (LIVE) Continuation -0.96R A little humor here. I was chatting with my buddy @Christopher Patterson on Discord in the afternoon. If you have been following his journals, he is becoming a Master of Reversals... Chris called this out as a reversal and of course I bet against that....oops... Again, another decision based on just the one minute chart... Shoot, turned my day from Green to Red on this one... Went short at 12:34 thinking it would continue lower off the 9-20 and VWAP behind it... Ahhhhh....!!! Good news is that I feel I have some clarity by journaling again... Great VPA lesson from Chris ! Thank you sir ! Afterthoughts: -.053 R SIM -0.75 R LIVE -1.28 R Total Need to go back to SIM until I have another good solid week. No more live trading for a while. Concentrate only on trades with a 3:1 minimum R:R (Hard Rule?) Keep paying attention to and learning about VPA. Continue to mark up and use overnight levels. They have been right on these last two days ! Multiple time frame confirmation. Wait for the 2 minute to close. Multiple time frame confirmation. Wait for the 2 minute to close. This applies more after the first thirty minutes of trading. Thinking I need to be journaling my stops points. Need to balance some aggressiveness with good stops. VPA VPA VPA It is ok to not take a trade. Double tops, Double bottoms are strong. Wait for the two minute confirmation. Forget bias. Follow Price Action & VPA. "Patient Aggressiveness" - Dr. Katz Trying to get a little smarter every day...!

Emailed DAS Support again. Got this back to try: Share=Pos;Price=25/Pos;Price=Ask-Price;Price=Round2 Gets invalid price also. Was ready to quite this and then tested this script: Share=1;Price=AvgCost-Share This works, I suspect something from Kyle29's hotkey on my entry is left loaded and screwing this up. This shows you can get Share into a calculation for Price.

Update to this topic, I sent a message to Kyle 2 days ago, waiting for a response. So I think INT means integer meaning a positive whole value. I need a value with 2 decimal places so DefShare, SShare and Share will not work for storing and computing the values I am looking for. So I next went to test the parts of a script I can build and find writable values. I looked at LowPrice and HighPrice in a range script. tried: LowPrice=Avgcost; Price=LowPrice but get an error: Stop order type is not Range, can not set low price next tried DefShare=Pos; Price=AvgCost-25/DefShare and got error: Script:invalid price tried this with 10 shares AvgCost 28.93 so to test how it computes the math I could have gotten 28.93-25/10 being 26.43 or 0.393 Next tried DefShare=Pos; Price=AvgCost-DefShare And got error: Script:invalid price So next I tried changed my position to 1 share DefShare=Pos; Price=AvgCost-1 worked however running DefShare=Pos; Price=AvgCost-DefShare got error invalid price will review how Kyle uses price and shares in combination in his scripts

Hey, A couple things. First, with this script, before you hit the hotkey, you need to click on the chart where you want your stop loss to be. That might be why it's not getting a valid price. Second you'll want to change your Route to "Limit" while in sim. StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;SShare=20/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=200;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:MARKET PX:StopPrice-0.05 ACT:SELL STOPPRICE:StopPrice QTY:Pos TIF:DAY+

SO i'm trying to use the scripts provided for a stop at 20 dollar loss on long position hot key StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;SShare=20/Price;Share=DefShare-SShare;DefShare=DefShare+SShare;SShare=Share;Sshare=DefShare-SShare;Share=0.5*SShare;TogSShare;ROUTE=SMRTL;Price= Ask+0.05;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send;DefShare=200;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:MARKET PX:StopPrice-0.05 ACT:SELL STOPPRICE:StopPrice QTY:Pos TIF:DAY+ But is not working. I'm suing the Das Pro 3 month simulator. Is there anything that I need to do different to get it to work. Also not sure if it makes a difference but I'm trying it on replay since I'm working night shift right now. Haven't tried on live trading yet. It gives me an error saying "error: cant get valid price" Any help will be really appreciated thanks.