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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor example, the user might want to quickly display the Contract Description for a company. Using the keyboard command \u201cControl + D\u201d when clicked on that instrument row, the user generates the Contract Description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Order Entry <\/strong>shortcuts currently allow users to create buy and sell limit and market orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, I can use \u201cControl + B\u201d to create a buy limit order. I\u2019ll select an instrument and try this hotkey. Watch the order as it\u2019s created in the right-side price panel. Additionally, users can create custom hotkeys <\/strong>to increase the number of order entry shortcuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this example the user will create a mouse click hotkey to quickly create a Buy Midprice <\/em><\/strong>order with a default quantity of 300 shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again, access hotkeys from Settings and select Hotkeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The user selects the Order Entry tab and clicks New Custom Hotkey to create this new mouse click hotkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The setup requires the user to enter basic information into the following series of fields. The user starts by assigning a unique name to the instruction. Once the hotkey is created, the user will see this name when hovering over the area set for the hotkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the type user selects mouse click and then \u201cdouble left click.\u201d User sets the location to the ask price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaving the action as buy, user sets the order type to MidPrice and selects the Bid\/Ask midpoint as the default price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, the user may define the share quantity and in this case selects 300, and determines the time in force to GTC. The hotkey is saved simply by closing the dialog box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the user hovers the mouse over the \u201cask\u201d price, notice the available hotkey commands. And by double clicking the user creates the order over in the right-side price panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Users can always make order modifications should they be required before submitting the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember, hotkeys are there to make your trading experience faster. We hope you find using and creating hotkeys helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" See how hotkeys can help increase efficiency for completing common trading and platform actions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":899,"featured_media":9637,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"contributors-categories":[149],"traders-academy":[100,103,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-9634","1":"trading-lessons","2":"type-trading-lessons","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"contributors-categories-interactive-brokers","7":"traders-academy-beginner-trading","8":"traders-academy-level","9":"traders-academy-trading-lesson"},"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/hotkeys2.jpg\")
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