I've just opened a new account with Interactive brokers and I was wondering what are some of the hotkey combinations that current users have. I'm trying to find the right mix of speed and functionality. Htrader
Ctrl+Up/Ctrl+Down increase/decrease price Ctrl+Shift+Up/Ctrl+Shift+Down increase/decrease price big Ctrl+Left/Ctrl+Right decrease/increase size F4 buy limit F5 sell limit Ctrl+F4 buy market Ctrl+F5 sell market F9 cancel F12 transmit Works for me.
Hot keys: T = transmit C = cancel B = buy limit Shift B = buy market (only used on listed issues BTW) S = sell limit Shift S = sell market arrow up = increase price arrow down == decrease price I don't usually change size so that one is figured into my default order What i wish we had is a hot key selection for is routing! I hate the pull down menu in a fast market. If a MM puts up a bid or an offer i want SOES to lift or hit it now, i don't want to wait for instanet or selectnet -- kind of sucks to have your order hung and no way to instantly cancel it! (if you put up a SOES line you get no quotes) regards/greg
Up arrow - increase price by 1 cent Down arrow - decrease price by 1 cent Left arrow - decrease order size by 100 Right arrow - increase order size by 100 Enter - transmit C - cancel F1 - buy limit F2 - sell limit B - buy market S - sell market Big "Enter" key is good for transmit. Spacebar is also good. DT-waw
F4 -Sell F5- Buy F8- Tranmit F12 - Cancel Ctrl Arrows for size and price. ** I would not recommend using plain LETTERS for any of the functions. Too easy to press by mistake, when you think you are in a different window.