After Thor’s webinar on tape reading I have read the book “Dark Pools” by Scott Patterson and listen the Chat with Traders Podcast with Aaron Fifield and the guest he had on the show name Sang Lucci. From what I read and learned from these guys is that tape reading and level 2 are must know strategy for long term and consistent success. So far I haven’t understood and used much these tools but I’m planning to dive into. Just want to see how many of you agree that this is something that is must know for success and how much of your trading strategy is based on these two indicators?

Reaching out to the community tape readers for a discussion on how to train to read tape on multiple tickers simultaneously. Looking to discuss and explore methods to train ur eyes to improve tape reading performance. Ur opinions welcomed....... 1. Wht is best layout of windows to maximize tape reading efficiency ? 2. wht eye drills, mouse drills etc would u implement ? 3. Max length of focus b4 u take a break ? 4. Max number of stocks to tape read ? 5 Explain ur steps/process. Not possible to give wrong answers, its all wht works for u and opinions but we can learn from each other.

Have wanted the feature to enable scrolling the Montage with mouse wheel in DAS for over 24 mths. Many persons have requested it over the years from DAS. Well I decided to stay at a Holiday Inn Express for the past week (Yes my head is hard, took a week) and have written the code below, 😎 use at your own risk. The is another function from the group, Tech Tools for Traders (TTT) of BBT which I have developed out of frustration. Pls enjoy. Test, test and re-test before implementation. Any suggestions for additional tools or fixes pls drop me a note. No promises. You will need to install AutoHotKeys. @KyleK29 , @Justin, @peterB @Andrew Aziz, @Bryan W, @RobertoPls spread the word, thks. /* AutoHotKey script to Click top arrow and/or bottom arrow of a specific scroll bar in DAS Trader Pro Montage */ #SingleInstance Force #InstallMouseHook #NoTrayIcon #MaxHotkeysPerInterval 200 SetTitleMatchMode,2 #IfWinActive, ahk_exe DasTrader.exe ~WheelDown:: ; User clicks in window then scrolls with mouse wheel. ControlGetFocus, OutputVar, A ; Get Control of current selected Window If (OutputVar = "Edit2") { ControlFocus, ScrollBar1, A ; Focus on the scroll bar of selected window ControlGetPos, x, y, w, h, ScrollBar1, A ; Get size and coordinates on the scroll bar xVar := x + 5 ; Calculate absolute location of bottom arrow button of scroll bar - set X ...center of the button yVar := y + h - 5 ; Calculate absolute location of bottom arrow button of scroll bar - set Y xVarRel := 5 ; Calculate relative location of bottom arrow button of scroll bar - set X ...center of the button yVarRel := h - 2 ; Calculate relative location of bottom arrow button of scroll bar - set Y SetControlDelay -1 ControlClick, ScrollBar1, A, , Left, 1, NA X%xVarRel% Y%yVarRel% ToolTip, Scrolling Down... ; Display at mouse arrow ControlClick, Edit2, A ; Select the Control/window before exiting SetTimer, ToolTipLabel, 1500 } return ~WheelUp:: ; User clicks in window then scrolls with mouse wheel. ControlGetFocus, OutputVar, A If (OutputVar = "Edit2") { ControlFocus, ScrollBar1, A ; Focus on the scroll bar of selected window ControlGetPos, x, y, w, h, ScrollBar1, A ; Get size and coordinates on the scroll bar xVar := x + 5 ; Calculate absolute location of top arrow button of scroll bar - set X ...center of the button yVar := y + 5 ; Calculate absolute location of top arrow button of scroll bar - set Y xVarRel := 5 ; Calculate relative location of bottom arrow button of scroll bar - set X ...center of the button yVarRel := 5 ; Calculate relative location of bottom arrow button of scroll bar - set Y SetControlDelay -1 ControlClick, ScrollBar1, A, , Left, 1, NA X%xVarRel% Y%yVarRel% ToolTip, Scrolling Up... ; Display at mouse arrow ControlClick, Edit2, A ; Select the Control/window before exiting SetTimer, ToolTipLabel, 1500 } return ToolTipLabel: ToolTip, SetTimer, ToolTipLabel, off return #IfWinActive return ; End ScrollMontage.txt