Method for calculating a pass schedule for a stable rolling process in the rolling of at least one section of a metal strip in a roll stand, comprising the following steps: i) provision of input data for a pass schedule computer, wherein the input data also includes a predetermined initial offset of the work roll relative to another roll, which supports it, in the roll stand; and before and/or during the rolling process; ii) calculation of the target horizontal force on the work roll with the help of the pass schedule computer, on which a process model of the rolling runs, taking into account the input data; and iii) checking whether the target horizontal force determined by the pass schedule computer fulfils a predetermined boundary criterion; if yes: setting the offset, on which the calculation of the target horizontal force was based, at the work roll and rolling the rolling material with the resulting target horizontal force; or if no: repeating steps i), ii) and iii) with a respective changed offset (saw) of the work roll from a set of N available different offsets and with otherwise unchanged input data until it is established in step iii) that the last calculated target horizontal force fulfils the boundary criterion taking into account the last changed offset; characterised in that if the iterative repetition of the steps i), ii) and iii) each with a change of the offset alone does not lead in step iii) to the target horizontal force satisfying the boundary criterion then the method in step iii) in the case of the option "if no" provides the following first modification: selection of that optimal offset from the set of N offsets by which the calculated target horizontal force best fulfils the boundary criterion, and repeating the steps i), ii) and iii) each with a changed tension on the rolling material on the inlet side of the roll stand from a set of L available different tensions and/or each with a changed tension on the rolling material on the outlet side of the roll stand from a set of M available different tensions and in each instance with the optimal offset kept constant and also with otherwise unchanged input data until it is established in step iii) that the last calculated target horizontal force fulfils the boundary criterion taking into account the last changed tension. i) provision of input data for a pass schedule computer, wherein the input data also includes a predetermined initial offset of the work roll relative to another roll, which supports it, in the roll stand; and before and/or during the rolling process; ii) calculation of the target horizontal force on the work roll with the help of the pass schedule computer, on which a process model of the rolling runs, taking into account the input data; and iii) checking whether the target horizontal force determined by the pass schedule computer fulfils a predetermined boundary criterion; if yes: setting the offset, on which the calculation of the target horizontal force was based, at the work roll and rolling the rolling material with the resulting target horizontal force; or if no: repeating steps i), ii) and iii) with a respective changed offset (saw) of the work roll from a set of N available different offsets and with otherwise unchanged input data until it is established in step iii) that the last calculated target horizontal force fulfils the boundary criterion taking into account the last changed offset; characterised in that if the iterative repetition of the steps i), ii) and iii) each with a change of the offset alone does not lead in step iii) to the target horizontal force satisfying the boundary criterion then the method in step iii) in the case of the option "if no" provides the following first modification: selection of that optimal offset from the set of N offsets by which the calculated target horizontal force best fulfils the boundary criterion, and repeating the steps i), ii) and iii) each with a changed tension on the rolling material on the inlet side of the roll stand from a set of L available different tensions and/or each with a changed tension on the rolling material on the outlet side of the roll stand from a set of M available different tensions and in each instance with the optimal offset kept constant and also with otherwise unchanged input data until it is established in step iii) that the last calculated target horizontal force fulfils the boundary criterion taking into account the last changed tension. selection of that optimal offset from the set of N offsets by which the calculated target horizontal force best fulfils the boundary criterion, and repeating the steps i), ii) and iii) each with a changed tension on the rolling material on the inlet side of the roll stand from a set of L available different tensions and/or each with a changed tension on the rolling material on the outlet side of the roll stand from a set of M available different tensions and in each instance with the optimal offset kept constant and also with otherwise unchanged input data until it is established in step iii) that the last calculated target horizontal force fulfils the boundary criterion taking into account the last changed tension.