Hi All,

I've looked in the MT4 help setion and didn't find a list of keyboard shortcuts. Today I noticed that Control plus +, - made the trading screen bigger/smaller.

Does anybody have a list for the shortcuts?

Thanks!

moneyline

Don't have a list but F9 opens a new order.

Hot Keys
Hot keys (accelerating keys) are keys and their combinations that allow to execute various commands fast and without using of menus or toolbars.

ï — chart scrolling to the left;

ð — chart scrolling to the right;

ñ — fast chart scrolling to the left or, if the scale is defined, chart scrolling up;

ò — fast chart scrolling to the right or, if the scale is defined, chart scrolling down;

Numpad 5 — restoring of automatic chart vertical scale after its being changed. If the scale was defined, this hot key will return the chart into the visible range;

Page Up — fast chart scrolling to the left;

Page Down — fast chart scrolling to the right;

Home — move the chart to the start point;

End — move the chart to the end point;

"-" — chart zoom out;

"+" — chart zoom in;

Delete — delete all selected graphical objects;

Backspace — delete the latest objects imposed into the chart window;

Enter — open/close fast navigation window;

Esc — close the dialog window;

F1 — open this "Userguide";

F2 — open the "History Center" window;

F3 — open the "Global Variables" window;

F4 — download MetaEditor;

F5 — switch to the next profile;

F6 — call the "Tester" window for testing the expert attached to the chart window;

F7 — call the properties window of the expert attached to their chart window in order to change settings;

F8 — call the chart setup window;

F9 — call the "New Order" window;

F10 — open the "Popup prices" window;

F11 — enable/disable the full screen mode;

F12 — move the chart by one bar to the left;



Shift+F12 — move the chart by one bar to the right;

Shift+F5 — switch to the previous profile;



Alt+1 — display the chart as a sequence of bars (transform into bar chart);

Alt+2 — display the chart as a sequence of candlesticks (transform into candlesticks);

Alt+3 — display the chart as a broken line (transform into line chart);

Alt+A — copy all test/optimization results into the clipboard;

Alt+W — call the chart managing window;

Alt+F4 — close the client terminal;

Alt+Backspace or Ctrl+Z — undo object deletion;



Ctrl+A — arrange all indicator windows heights by default;

Ctrl+B — call the "Objects List" window;

Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert — copy to the clipboard;

Ctrl+E — enable/disable expert advisor;

Ctrl+F — enable "Crosshair";

Ctrl+G — show/hide grid;

Ctrl+H — show/hide OHLC line;

Ctrl+I — call the "Indicators List" window;

Ctrl+L — show/hide volumes;

Ctrl+P — print the chart;

Ctrl+S — save the chart in a file having extensions: "CSV", "PRN", "HTM";

Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 — close the chart window;

Ctrl+Y— show/hide period separators;

Ctrl+Z or Alt+Backspace — undo the object deletion;

Ctrl+D — open/close the "Data Window";

Ctrl+M — open/close the "Market Watch" window;

Ctrl+N — open/close the "Navigator" window;

Ctrl+O — open the "Setup" window;

Ctrl+R — open/close the "Tester" window;

Ctrl+T — open/close the "Terminal" window;

Ctrl+F6 — activate the next chart window;

Ctrl+F9 — open the "Terminal — Trade" window and switch the focus into it. After this, the trading activities can be managed with keyboard.

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I remeber there was a way to assign hotkeys for certian functions but the location escapes me at the moment. I just invested in a blooomberg terminal and I must say it's worth the price. I've traded a few news events starting with sone NZD news Thursday afternoon (US). I got the news, sold 10 lots NZDUSD and seconds later the spike occurred, about 20+ pips in my favor. I've did the same thing twice on Friday.


Now, I'm not here to pimp the bloomberg service. I think it's good, but that's up to the individual and if you can afford it in your stage of the trading game. I'm not a news trader by default, but I have to admit, leading the spike by a few seconds makes it worthwhile.

When the news is coming out I have the order window up for the pair I'm going to trade. Is there any way to assign hotkeys to do the buying or selling using just the keyboard? It might seem trivial, but I think it's be easier execution for me. Press key "X" to buy or key "Y" to sell.


Again, I think someone designed a script once or a dll, but I cannot for the life of me remember where it was. Can someone help me out?

Everyting I needed was here:

http://articles.mql4.com/189

I made 2 scripts to do this that I think are better than a buy and sell script I had. Please find the attached.

Still seems to me there was an even bbetter way to assign hotkeys to a whole host of functions.

Attached Files

	HotKey_Buy.mq4 (1.7 KB, 187 views)
	HotKey_Sell.mq4 (1.7 KB, 136 views)

thanks for sharing it.is it possible to set fixed SL and TP together once we execute the script?

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Not To my knowledge. This is something I would be using to beat the brokers spike when news is released due to getting it a bit faster. You can modify the scripts for different SL's and TP's or remove the TP alltogether and close it manually.

Say have one script you execute via hotkeys for a 10 pip SL, and call it HotKey_Buy_10SL and assign 1 key to it. Or another with a different SL you'd assign another Hotkey to.

The key here for me is speed. Modifying the SL's and TP's would have to be done via an EA and when you have only seconds to react, I think you'd end up losing the trade altogether.


The other alternative is to straddle the news, but most brokers aren't a fan of this and you run the risk of the brokers widening the spreads so far that both your SL's will get hit expecially with the whipsaws. Thus might be a better alternative.

Here are the scripts with no TP, but I've added a script to close the order which you can assign a new hotkey to as well.

The only thing is this:

You must have the correct chart window selected (for the pair you're trading) once you hit the hotkey buy or sell. Otherwise you're going to enter a position in the pair who's window is selected (which may not be what you want). So be sure.

The close script was designed to exit the LAST position opened in that pair. Again, make sure the right window is selected. This way if you have one open position in the pair prior to making a news trade it'll be the last one you entered that gets closed. It closes both buy and sell positions. So keep that in mind. It's really designed to trade a pair that has no open positions... just for news.

Attached Files

	HotKey_Buy_No_TP.mq4 (1.7 KB, 121 views)
	HotKey_Sell_no_TP.mq4 (1.7 KB, 94 views)
	HotKey_Close_Buy_or_Sell_No_TP.mq4 (1.8 KB, 102 views)

thanks buddy.it is very useful and convenient.

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Hi

If you want to duplicate a trendline you select (double click) the trendline then hold Ctrl down and drag and drop the line.
( Ctrl + drag and drop )

It is useful if you want a perfect parallel line for a channel or something like that.

Arctic4x

Hi
Pls, inform us about the needed command we should use in case we intend to close several trades in one shot.
Rgds