Keyboard Shortcuts for Faster Multi-Account Execution
Master these shortcuts to trade faster and more efficiently. The difference between clicking and using hotkeys can mean the difference between profit and loss when markets move fast.
Shortcuts never fire while you are typing in a text or number field. When a dialog or menu is open, Escape closes it first and does nothing else.
Cockpit: Exits and Pending Orders
Know these by heart. They work on the trades you placed yourself; bot trades and AI paper accounts are only touched by Flatten All.
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
Escape |
Cancel Pending | Cancels your pending (unfilled) orders. Open positions stay open. Also clears closed rows kept on screen and resets the quick offset to $0. |
Escape twice within 2 seconds |
TP to Max | The second press also moves the take profit of every open trade you placed to its Max, the best price that trade has reached so far (the same price as the row and HUD Max buttons). Runners and accounts with Trade switched off are skipped. No confirmation: the double press is the confirmation. |
Shift + Escape |
TP Chase | Starts the TP chase on your open trades: each take profit is re-priced to the current price until the trade closes. |
Shift + Escape twice within 2 seconds |
Flatten All | Flatten All for your organization: every trade on every Trade-tagged account closes, bot trades included. AI paper accounts are never touched. |
Only two presses of the same kind count as a double press: Escape, then Shift + Escape, then Escape never moves chased take profits to Max. A held-down key never counts as a second press.
Cockpit: Quantity and Views
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
1 – 5 |
Set Quantity | Sets the cockpit order quantity from 1 through 5. Keys 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0 do not change quantity. |
Shift tapped twice |
Open P&L HUD | Shows or hides the floating Open P&L HUD at the cursor (Trades tab). |
Hold Shift |
Wider action | While held, HUD and Open Trades actions use the whole focus (All), the row Add button opens the Group Limit Add composer, and the row quick-limit arrows switch between 1 contract and your selected quantity. Tooltips update as you press and release the key. |
Hold Shift / Shift + Alt |
AZ2 / AZ5 Limit | Expert mode only: the Limit button becomes an AZ2 limit (Shift) or AZ5 limit (Shift + Alt) while held. |
Charts Page
In the native chart controls drawer, Escape or Shift + Escape closes the drawer without sending a trading command.
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
Escape |
Cancel Pending | In Trade mode, cancels your pending orders for the chart's symbol family. While you are dragging a line it cancels the drag instead and sends nothing. |
Shift + Escape |
TP Chase | Starts the TP chase on your open trades in the chart's symbol family. The chart has no double press. |
Ctrl + T |
Trade / Watch | Switches the chart between Trade mode and Watch mode. |
↑ / ↓ |
CBC Timeframe | Steps the CBC timeframe up or down. |
Hold Alt while dragging a stop |
Loosen Stop | Offers the loosen step, which shows the extra risk in dollars and sends only when you click Loosen. |
Tips for Using Shortcuts
- Practice in the Dojo first - Build the muscle memory risk-free before using shortcuts on funded accounts.
- Know Escape vs Flatten All - Escape only cancels pending orders (twice also pulls take profits to Max). Shift + Escape twice closes everything.
- Shift + Escape for graceful exits - When you want out but don't want to pay the spread, use this instead of a market close.
- Prefer physical controls? - See Stream Deck trading controls for TradeMonkey hardware templates.