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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[Christian HarrisParticipant]

I don’t use them for fear of fat fingers.

Let me know how you get on, though.

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[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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[HODL]

Works for me but each to their own!

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[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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[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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[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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[DanTheDentist]

I would have a look at this: https://fxssi.com/mt4-hot-keys

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[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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