Hotkeys for day trading

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July 26, 2024 at 08:55 #186026 Reply
Sammy
Do people on here bother using hotkeys? I haven’t so far but I’m beginning to think I might be missing a trick as it could save me from clicking through various screens and menus.

It would also be handy to know which hotkeys people do use for day trading…
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- July 26, 2024 at 10:50 #186039 Reply
  Christian Harris
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  I don’t use them for fear of fat fingers.
  
  Let me know how you get on, though.
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  - July 29, 2024 at 06:42 #186194 Reply
    Dex AG
    I don’t bother with them either. 1. I don’t think it really saves much time and hassle. 2. I tried it a while back and found I accidentally pressed the wrong shortcuts, making unintended trades and then having to reverse them. Using the basic menus and mouse clicks helps prevent this in my humble opinion.
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  - July 30, 2024 at 06:51 #186390 Reply
    HODL
    Works for me but each to their own!
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- July 29, 2024 at 06:42 #186192 Reply
  HODL
  Yahh man I use em becaue you can trasew much faster and effecient.
  
  I use
  
  Buy: Shift+B
  
  Sell:Shift+S
  
  Cancel:Shift+C
  
  Increase size:Shift+up arrow
  
  Decrease size:Shift+down arrow
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- July 29, 2024 at 06:42 #186193 Reply
  DanTheDentist
  Hi, I use hotkeys on my MT4 terminal. I find for active trading it cuts down on wasted clicks.
  
  The ones below are pretty standard but you can set custom ones from inside the Navigator Window (find the indicator or script you want then right click to set a hotkey from the context menu).
  - New order – F9
  - Close order – Alt + F4
  - Modify order – F4
  - Buy at market – Alt + B
  - Sell at market – Alt + S
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  - July 30, 2024 at 06:51 #186392 Reply
    Sammy
    This is great, thank you. Do you know if there is like a full list of all hotkeys? I think that would be easiest for me to refer back to.
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  - July 31, 2024 at 09:07 #186561 Reply
    DanTheDentist
    I would have a look at this: https://fxssi.com/mt4-hot-keys
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  - July 30, 2024 at 06:51 #186391 Reply
    MrChase
    Some other useful ones for MetaTrader:
    
    F5: Switch between charts
    
    F6:Launch strategy tester
    
    CtrlE:Activate/deactivate EAs
    
    CtrlM:Reveal/hide Market Watch
    
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