DAS Trader NOOB-Hot Buttons

[amundsonjj03 0]

Hello,  I am new to the BBT community.  I am set up with DAS Trader simulator and have been working through my layout and setup for the past week and am having some issues using the hot buttons on the montage screen.  I tried copying the scripts that were in the presentations but none of them seemed to execute properly in the simulator.  I then went to other forums and still couldn't find exactly what i was looking for there.  I have my charts set to "double click to trade".  But my first question is, what exactly is supposed to happen when you double click on a price point?  Nothing seems to happen for me.   Then the hot buttons I'm trying to set up but having an issue with are the following:

• Fixed Risk Stop Hot Button - Long & Short (i.e. $20, or $0.20 drop, either would work for me)
• 1-2 Risk/Reward Hot Button - Long & Short(copied script from DAS Hotkey script presentation with no luck, and copied others from forum with no luck, tried entering a position, double clicking a stop location on the chart, then execute the hot button and no luck there either, it actually added to my position when i clicked that hotkey button.  

Here's the hot button setup i'm trying to work with to start:

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thank you,

Josh

[amundsonjj03 0]

Thanks Peter!  I think i'm almost there with this.  I'm noticing the snag that i'm running into when watching the "equalized risk per trade hotkey" video in the education center that when Kyle double clicks on his stop location, the montage populates that value under "Trigger Price".  However, when i double click the location, it places that value next to the "display" section in the montage.  I was guessing this is some sort of double click setting, but can't seem to find why this is happening or anywhere to change my settings on this?  I've attached some pictures again for reference of whats happening to me vs the video.  Also, here is the script i'm working with, i typed this out myself from the pdf of that video.  I don't suppose there is a location that these are posted that i can just copy and paste to make sure i have typos in my script is there?

 

StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;Sshare=40/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:STOPSTOPTYPE:MARKETPX:StopPrice-0.05ACT:SELLSTOPPRICE:StopPriceQTY:PosTIF:DAY+

Thank you for your help!!

Josh

[sunspore 6]

On 4/1/2021 at 7:20 PM, amundsonjj03 said:

Thanks Peter!  I think i'm almost there with this.  I'm noticing the snag that i'm running into when watching the "equalized risk per trade hotkey" video in the education center that when Kyle double clicks on his stop location, the montage populates that value under "Trigger Price".  However, when i double click the location, it places that value next to the "display" section in the montage.  I was guessing this is some sort of double click setting, but can't seem to find why this is happening or anywhere to change my settings on this?  I've attached some pictures again for reference of whats happening to me vs the video.  Also, here is the script i'm working with, i typed this out myself from the pdf of that video.  I don't suppose there is a location that these are posted that i can just copy and paste to make sure i have typos in my script is there?

 

StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;Sshare=40/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:STOPSTOPTYPE:MARKETPX:StopPrice-0.05ACT:SELLSTOPPRICE:StopPriceQTY:PosTIF:DAY+

Thank you for your help!!

Josh

Josh, I have this button and it works fine. It looks to me like the difference between your script and mine is that mine has a couple spaces within the script, yours doesn't. Also, mine has a semi-colon at the end, yours does not. I don't know that either of these things will cause a problem, but knowing how coding works, in most languages it would cause problems. My Long entry is below. My route is different than yours, as is my share size, but the rest should be fine.

StopPrice=Price-0;DefShare=BP*0.925;Price=Ask-Price+0.00;SShare=75/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+;

[Han 0]

Hi BBT,

I just installed the DAS sim and have the same problem with @amundsonjj03 regarding the equalized risk hotkey. I noticed that in my route dropdown box doesn't have SMRTL like the script was written for, maybe that's why it didn't work properly. Can anyone show me how to fix this?

[mawij2002 0]

Hi community, I am new here too, just got the sim today and I am setting it up. I think I am not doing right the hot keys/hot buttons.  I have been playing a bit using the buttons and I have observed the stop does not get triggered when the price reaches it. I did the style> stop order thing. 

1. For example, I tried using this script for long equalized risk 10$. First I double click on the chart where I want the stop to be, next to display in montage I see the price of the stop I want. Then I click the hot button where I have the script for long Risk 10$. Then when the price falls I see I still have the position.

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=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+;

Is there a repository of scripts for SIM? I found a google doc (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zLMOpPymZfydidPuu_e0HXjvMjHCUbUoaWgVWab5DO8/edit)  where I took these scripts I am using and I always change the SMRT to LIMIT. Not sure if it is up to date or if I am copying them wrong. Or maybe I have to do something else in configuration?

2. Same thing happens when I try sell partial 50% & bring stop to BE -- script below--. I don't think it works either bringing the stop to BE.

CXL ALLSYMB;ROUTE=LIMIT;Price=BID -0.05;Price=Round2;Share=Pos*.5;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send;ROUTE=STOP;StopType=Market;StopPrice=AvgCost;Share=Pos-share;TIF=GTC;SELL=SEND

3. Last q, is there a way to see where the stop is (like a line that gets draw or something)?

Thanks so much for y'alls help.

 

Yeipi

[TonyC 0]

On 3/30/2021 at 9:18 PM, amundsonjj03 said:

Hello,  I am new to the BBT community.  I am set up with DAS Trader simulator and have been working through my layout and setup for the past week and am having some issues using the hot buttons on the montage screen.  I tried copying the scripts that were in the presentations but none of them seemed to execute properly in the simulator.  I then went to other forums and still couldn't find exactly what i was looking for there.  I have my charts set to "double click to trade".  But my first question is, what exactly is supposed to happen when you double click on a price point?  Nothing seems to happen for me.   Then the hot buttons I'm trying to set up but having an issue with are the following:

• Fixed Risk Stop Hot Button - Long & Short (i.e. $20, or $0.20 drop, either would work for me)
• 1-2 Risk/Reward Hot Button - Long & Short(copied script from DAS Hotkey script presentation with no luck, and copied others from forum with no luck, tried entering a position, double clicking a stop location on the chart, then execute the hot button and no luck there either, it actually added to my position when i clicked that hotkey button.  

Here's the hot button setup i'm trying to work with to start:

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thank you,

Josh

Josh..Great post..I have found that if you email Jason at the DAS support team and ask him exactly what you're looking for, he is quick to [email protected].

 

[Roly 0]

I am setting up DAS simulator and have watched the BBT video on how to setup the HOT BUTTONS in the Montage.  But, It is not showing up for me. I clicked on the Layout Config and there is not an option for the hot buttons to be added to my montage. 

[JKripps 0]

Hey Roland, I came across that issue as well when I was setting mine up just now. The fix is to go to: 'Setup' (top left) > 'Other Config'  then in that dialogue box uncheck 'use new config window' which is in the top left.  Then try going through the instructions again and your window should look the same as in the video.  I'm sure there is a way to do it with the new layout, but the videos all reference the old layout so I switched mine for the time being so I could follow along and set things up.  Hope that helps

Edited May 18, 2023 by JKripps